Gamble2891
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Hello everyone, as you can see I am a first time poster on this forum. I am not the owner of a dachshund, but my girlfriend is, and we are both in need of some helpful advice when it comes to training him.
Porkchop is his name, and he is a sweetheart. However, he has some behavioral problems that have been persisting for over a year now. I moved in with the girlfriend about 4 months ago, and have been trying to correct Porkchops behavior problems with mixed success.
One of his big problems is that he will grab objects, like hairbrushes, paper towels, glasses, run under a bed with them, and gnaw on them. There have been several instances in the past where I had tried to reach under the bed and take the object which he had stolen, and Porkchop aggressively lashed out, biting hard enough to draw blood. In response to this problem, I have tried to work with him so that when he does take something under the bed, I lure him out with a treat, and give him lots of praise and love when he leaves the area under the bed. I am at the point now where, if he does take something under the bed, I can call to him and he will come to me and be rewarded with praise and a rubdown (he loves getting massaged at the top of his neck!
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However, his desire to grab objects and take them under the bed still persists, and I would very much like to find a solution to the problem. I do my very best to make sure there is nothing within his reach, but for his health, I want to make sure he doesnt have the urge to chew on objects he isnt supposed to. We had quite a scare a few months ago when my girlfriend left a closed bottle of Ibuprofin out within his reach. After a trip to the animal hospital, we found that he had thankfully avoided ingesting any of the medicine, but they had found small shards of plastic in his bowel, and I want to avoid any health risks that could be caused by swallowing bits of plastic like this, at the very least.
If anyone has any advice on how to rectify this problem, please let me know. Thank you!
Porkchop is his name, and he is a sweetheart. However, he has some behavioral problems that have been persisting for over a year now. I moved in with the girlfriend about 4 months ago, and have been trying to correct Porkchops behavior problems with mixed success.
One of his big problems is that he will grab objects, like hairbrushes, paper towels, glasses, run under a bed with them, and gnaw on them. There have been several instances in the past where I had tried to reach under the bed and take the object which he had stolen, and Porkchop aggressively lashed out, biting hard enough to draw blood. In response to this problem, I have tried to work with him so that when he does take something under the bed, I lure him out with a treat, and give him lots of praise and love when he leaves the area under the bed. I am at the point now where, if he does take something under the bed, I can call to him and he will come to me and be rewarded with praise and a rubdown (he loves getting massaged at the top of his neck!
)However, his desire to grab objects and take them under the bed still persists, and I would very much like to find a solution to the problem. I do my very best to make sure there is nothing within his reach, but for his health, I want to make sure he doesnt have the urge to chew on objects he isnt supposed to. We had quite a scare a few months ago when my girlfriend left a closed bottle of Ibuprofin out within his reach. After a trip to the animal hospital, we found that he had thankfully avoided ingesting any of the medicine, but they had found small shards of plastic in his bowel, and I want to avoid any health risks that could be caused by swallowing bits of plastic like this, at the very least.
If anyone has any advice on how to rectify this problem, please let me know. Thank you!
