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I was just reading Mufar's thread about how Renn is growing up so nicely. And he tends to be only into her...not so much other people in the family. He sounds like a one man dog. But of course, that can change I suppose as some time goes on and depending on if the others take part more in his care. Sometimes that make a difference. Or sometimes it's nice to have a one man dog.
But that made me think of what I've been experiencing lately with Maurice, my wee black poodle. It's something that has never happened before with any of my past dogs, even super friendly ones. I don't know whether to train this out of him or just forget it. I suppose I can reinforce more...have little practice sessions and teach him what how much better it is to come along than not.
Here's the issue: He really likes other people. Both of my poodles do but he reeeeeeeeeeelly likes other people, loves to stop and chat on our walks through the neighborhood. And then when I say it's time to go, once in a while he comes right along but most of the time he plants his feet and wants to stay right there with the person.
Yesterday we took a marvelous hike and at the end where you can sit on a bench or look at the map and info thing on the board, we did. We sat and started talking to the people next to us. They made a fuss over the tpoos, naturally. I mean....who wouldn't, right? LOL. :angel::angel: Then when I wanted to leave, Maurice again planted his feet, wouldn't budge. I've never run into this before. This is a fairly new thing. Then he did finally, with a little tug and "let's go" and we walked along and there was another man sitting on another bench. I was just going to keep on walking and then Maurice stopped dead in his tracks....wanted to say, "hi" to the guy. (usually this only happens when I stop in the first place and start chatting) It was kind of embarrassing. Then I gave a little tug and he refused. Then I picked him up and carried him a little ways and put him down and he walked the rest of the way back along the trail. OMG. Should I fix this or would I be squelching his free spirit? LOL. :hippie:
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What would you do? Would you take something like this seriously? I suppose if you have a heavy dog, you wouldn't want to get into a pulling contest. I guess I'm just glad I have dogs that aren't aggressive or ornery. But they sure are love children. Lol. Actually, Matisse is more of a mama's boy and though he likes to get attention from other people, he is not as into it as Maurice.
But that made me think of what I've been experiencing lately with Maurice, my wee black poodle. It's something that has never happened before with any of my past dogs, even super friendly ones. I don't know whether to train this out of him or just forget it. I suppose I can reinforce more...have little practice sessions and teach him what how much better it is to come along than not.
Here's the issue: He really likes other people. Both of my poodles do but he reeeeeeeeeeelly likes other people, loves to stop and chat on our walks through the neighborhood. And then when I say it's time to go, once in a while he comes right along but most of the time he plants his feet and wants to stay right there with the person.
Yesterday we took a marvelous hike and at the end where you can sit on a bench or look at the map and info thing on the board, we did. We sat and started talking to the people next to us. They made a fuss over the tpoos, naturally. I mean....who wouldn't, right? LOL. :angel::angel: Then when I wanted to leave, Maurice again planted his feet, wouldn't budge. I've never run into this before. This is a fairly new thing. Then he did finally, with a little tug and "let's go" and we walked along and there was another man sitting on another bench. I was just going to keep on walking and then Maurice stopped dead in his tracks....wanted to say, "hi" to the guy. (usually this only happens when I stop in the first place and start chatting) It was kind of embarrassing. Then I gave a little tug and he refused. Then I picked him up and carried him a little ways and put him down and he walked the rest of the way back along the trail. OMG. Should I fix this or would I be squelching his free spirit? LOL. :hippie:
What would you do? Would you take something like this seriously? I suppose if you have a heavy dog, you wouldn't want to get into a pulling contest. I guess I'm just glad I have dogs that aren't aggressive or ornery. But they sure are love children. Lol. Actually, Matisse is more of a mama's boy and though he likes to get attention from other people, he is not as into it as Maurice.