Help fellow poodle owners! Wrigley is really loveable, sweet, GREAT with my kids...but he is also driving me crazy. He chews up everything so I must keep him in my eye sight at all times unless I keep him gated in the kitchen but even then - he manages to steal things off of my counter top (a plate of cookies - covered in saran wrap - ate every one of them! A new roll of paper towels - shredded everywhere, a baby lock off of my cabinet doors...)
If I let him outside with Sophie to enjoy the sunshine - he goes right for dirt spots and digs, digs and digs some more. This is a frustration for two reasons: 1) He is tearing up my yard 2) He comes in with filthy paws - I'll wipe them off but there always seems to be dirt in his paws that he gets all over the place.
Lastly, when I settle in with he and the other dogs and we sit to try and chill, I don't mind the dogs rough housing for awhile - but when the other two are ready to sit and chill, Wrigley just starts pacing and pacing and pacing. So I'll tell him to sit and he does obey but then he starts the panting (I'm guessing this is because he really wants to be up and moving?) When he finally realizes I mean business and he does relax - the farting begins. BAD BAD smell. Seriously - it lingers in the house. I have to shut the door to the room we are in and when any other family member comes in (hubby, sons) they all react like they've been smacked.
I know that Wrigley is a smart boy - he is doing well in obedience. He is a loveable boy - lets my kids play with him and love all over him - but these other things are driving me crazy! Will he out grow it? Or is he just a more high maintenance poodle?
Sophie is more relaxed - she plays but she doesn't seem as high strung...I think that also points out Wrigley's personality more.
If I let him outside with Sophie to enjoy the sunshine - he goes right for dirt spots and digs, digs and digs some more. This is a frustration for two reasons: 1) He is tearing up my yard 2) He comes in with filthy paws - I'll wipe them off but there always seems to be dirt in his paws that he gets all over the place.
Lastly, when I settle in with he and the other dogs and we sit to try and chill, I don't mind the dogs rough housing for awhile - but when the other two are ready to sit and chill, Wrigley just starts pacing and pacing and pacing. So I'll tell him to sit and he does obey but then he starts the panting (I'm guessing this is because he really wants to be up and moving?) When he finally realizes I mean business and he does relax - the farting begins. BAD BAD smell. Seriously - it lingers in the house. I have to shut the door to the room we are in and when any other family member comes in (hubby, sons) they all react like they've been smacked.
I know that Wrigley is a smart boy - he is doing well in obedience. He is a loveable boy - lets my kids play with him and love all over him - but these other things are driving me crazy! Will he out grow it? Or is he just a more high maintenance poodle?
Sophie is more relaxed - she plays but she doesn't seem as high strung...I think that also points out Wrigley's personality more.