Our Boxer Baboune died this fall, we adopted a new friend, an 18 months Boxer named Fifille.
We are a family of five with three children aged 1, 3 and 5 years.
I adopted my first Boxer baby, and had then taken care of all his education. She remained still an energetic boxer, though very well trained. With children, the Quebec winter, we decided this time to adopt an adult dog, to avoid the joys of potty training.
Fefille comes from a family of four including twins of 2 years. She is used to children. They left her in a cage when they left. She poops outside, sits, lies down, that's fine, but that's it!
The adoption of Fifille is still fresh. Not even two weeks
She has some disturbing behavior. The question of her climbing up in the bed at night and on the couchs, something that was probably allowed by his former owners, is almost already resolved. But, she steals food from my children, she eats food on the kitchen counter, she only comes when she feels like it when I call her name.
I am perfectly comfortable with the Pavlovian principles , I'm more the type to reward than punish. But the problem is that Fifille really does not respond to the command "NO". I reward when she comes when I summon her, when she sits down, etc., but when she steals my children's lunch, she climbs onto the kitchen table to eat leftovers, etc., I'm saying NO ! she really does not react.
So all the characteristics of a more dominant dog of what I'm used to, it doesn't scare me to put more energy to train this dog. The walk goes perfectly. I took her for a walk almost everyday (damn wheater!)
I was on vacation last week, but this week she is alone at home. Early in the week, we have attached to the banister as we did with our previous dog before trust is built, but total failure. Incredible damage. We bought a cage the day before yesterday. Fefille was happy. We thought that she was used to it before, that then all the better for it. She slept in the cage by reflex. This is my wife who puts her in the cage in the morning. Yesterday, no problem, but this morning she refused to enter, and my wife was even afraid of being bit at a time. The ride lasted 20 minutes.
Certainly I am not very cheerful for this situation. If something happened to my family, I'd never forgive myself. It is a playful dog, not aggressive, but...stubborn!
My questions are as follows: What do you think? It is recoverable? Where do I start?
We are a family of five with three children aged 1, 3 and 5 years.
I adopted my first Boxer baby, and had then taken care of all his education. She remained still an energetic boxer, though very well trained. With children, the Quebec winter, we decided this time to adopt an adult dog, to avoid the joys of potty training.
Fefille comes from a family of four including twins of 2 years. She is used to children. They left her in a cage when they left. She poops outside, sits, lies down, that's fine, but that's it!
The adoption of Fifille is still fresh. Not even two weeks
She has some disturbing behavior. The question of her climbing up in the bed at night and on the couchs, something that was probably allowed by his former owners, is almost already resolved. But, she steals food from my children, she eats food on the kitchen counter, she only comes when she feels like it when I call her name.
I am perfectly comfortable with the Pavlovian principles , I'm more the type to reward than punish. But the problem is that Fifille really does not respond to the command "NO". I reward when she comes when I summon her, when she sits down, etc., but when she steals my children's lunch, she climbs onto the kitchen table to eat leftovers, etc., I'm saying NO ! she really does not react.
So all the characteristics of a more dominant dog of what I'm used to, it doesn't scare me to put more energy to train this dog. The walk goes perfectly. I took her for a walk almost everyday (damn wheater!)
I was on vacation last week, but this week she is alone at home. Early in the week, we have attached to the banister as we did with our previous dog before trust is built, but total failure. Incredible damage. We bought a cage the day before yesterday. Fefille was happy. We thought that she was used to it before, that then all the better for it. She slept in the cage by reflex. This is my wife who puts her in the cage in the morning. Yesterday, no problem, but this morning she refused to enter, and my wife was even afraid of being bit at a time. The ride lasted 20 minutes.
Certainly I am not very cheerful for this situation. If something happened to my family, I'd never forgive myself. It is a playful dog, not aggressive, but...stubborn!
My questions are as follows: What do you think? It is recoverable? Where do I start?