Boxerhelper
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Maggie still isn't big on the box!
when i have to leave her at home or at bedtime I tell her "get in the box"! She's so smooth...i open the door and she acts like she's headed in, but then gives me the "shame look" and scurries past the cage and jumps on my bed and flops down. I tell her get down and she gets all submissive and sad looking. I try and pick her up to get her down and she stretches and rolls on her back...(Those of you who have tried to pick up a flipped over boxer know what I'm talking about--all leggy, squirmy and then you get the front paw in the eye--or worse--mouth) Lately she's been crashing with us in bed...we haven't let her do that since she was a puppy 'cause whizzed all over the down comforter. Actually she whizzed on me and then went over to sleep on my husbands side (traitor dog)! I use food, but even with a treat she still sometimes would rather go "bye-bye"--it's getting to the point she sees me with my phone and keys and says "UH, WHERE WE GOIN?" We've had her a year and sometimes she still barks when I leave, but when I get home she sits like a good girl and seems fine. She's chowing on an orange slice right now. Does anyone else's dog have problems with cucumbers? I fed her a slice a while back and it wasn't five minutes later she yacked it! So anyway, I use food to get her in the box without a fight. Boxers can hear a wrapper from 300 yds ya know so she knows she's getting food. I use the low-cal training treats-- I drop 'em in the back of the crate and she goes in. I know its under-handed, but she pulls her share of shady tricks, too! If my husband I are up late talking (really) she's kind of like "YOU"RE NOT SLEEPING...WHY AM I IN HERE? LET ME OUT NOW, NOW,NOW!) Sorry to ramble, but I could go on an on all night. But anyway, Maggie suffers the seperation-anxiety, too. If we left her out she'd destroy anything within reach. She rarely chews things, but I can't even leave her alone while I shower or fold laundry in the basement--she finds MY things and eats them. ie-two pairs of prescription glasses...HA, HA MAGGIE I GOT CONTACTS...the things we do for love! So I lock her in the bathroom with me and the laundry room. I should have named her Shadow!!
OK, I'm done,
Amber
when i have to leave her at home or at bedtime I tell her "get in the box"! She's so smooth...i open the door and she acts like she's headed in, but then gives me the "shame look" and scurries past the cage and jumps on my bed and flops down. I tell her get down and she gets all submissive and sad looking. I try and pick her up to get her down and she stretches and rolls on her back...(Those of you who have tried to pick up a flipped over boxer know what I'm talking about--all leggy, squirmy and then you get the front paw in the eye--or worse--mouth) Lately she's been crashing with us in bed...we haven't let her do that since she was a puppy 'cause whizzed all over the down comforter. Actually she whizzed on me and then went over to sleep on my husbands side (traitor dog)! I use food, but even with a treat she still sometimes would rather go "bye-bye"--it's getting to the point she sees me with my phone and keys and says "UH, WHERE WE GOIN?" We've had her a year and sometimes she still barks when I leave, but when I get home she sits like a good girl and seems fine. She's chowing on an orange slice right now. Does anyone else's dog have problems with cucumbers? I fed her a slice a while back and it wasn't five minutes later she yacked it! So anyway, I use food to get her in the box without a fight. Boxers can hear a wrapper from 300 yds ya know so she knows she's getting food. I use the low-cal training treats-- I drop 'em in the back of the crate and she goes in. I know its under-handed, but she pulls her share of shady tricks, too! If my husband I are up late talking (really) she's kind of like "YOU"RE NOT SLEEPING...WHY AM I IN HERE? LET ME OUT NOW, NOW,NOW!) Sorry to ramble, but I could go on an on all night. But anyway, Maggie suffers the seperation-anxiety, too. If we left her out she'd destroy anything within reach. She rarely chews things, but I can't even leave her alone while I shower or fold laundry in the basement--she finds MY things and eats them. ie-two pairs of prescription glasses...HA, HA MAGGIE I GOT CONTACTS...the things we do for love! So I lock her in the bathroom with me and the laundry room. I should have named her Shadow!!
OK, I'm done,
Amber
