when i have my dog, i would NEVER....

[yorkiepuppie]

milu is my first dog, before i got her, i always really disliked dogs begging for people food. so i used to say to myself and others all the time.

when i have a dog, i would NEVER feed it ANY people food!!!!!!

that was my pet peeve!!! BUT! NEVER say NEVER....

i ended up with the pickiest eater ever, milu doesn't like dog food!

granted, i never known dogs could be as picky as she is about food...(in fact, i have never met a dog who was picky about food before)

what did you say you would NEVER do?

[John Stelting]

buy a dog clothes.......



But I was the first to buy him a harley t shirt.......

[Nancy1999]

Originally Posted by John Stelting

buy a dog clothes.......



But I was the first to buy him a harley t shirt.......

Lol, that's funny!

I'm sure I would have said, I'd never allow a dog to poop and pee in the house.

[yorkiepuppie]

Originally Posted by John Stelting

buy a dog clothes.......



But I was the first to buy him a harley t shirt.......

hehehe

[yorkiepuppie]

Originally Posted by Nancy1999

Lol, that's funny!

I'm sure I would have said, I'd never allow a dog to poop and pee in the house.

i never even thought pooping and peeing inside the house was an option before for some reason. but now i am SO THANKFUL for pee pads!!! how wonderful is it to have your dog pee pad trained!

[chachi]

Mine would be give people food also. But I am quilty of doing it. My Grandpa had a dog that was very overweight because he gave it people food. Thats why I said I wouldnt do it.

[Cinq1964]

Let him sleep in the bed with me and my DH. Guess what, he sleeps right in the middle of us and I wouldn't want it any other way! LOL!

[bildio]

Let him sleep in bed with me.

[linz06]

Sleep in my bed, or constantly be on the furniture That didn't even last the first day.

[QuickSilver]

There are a lot of requests for confessionals this week!

For me, it was treating a dog like a baby. Unecessary clothes, unecessary toys, doggy daycare. Check, check, and check.

[yorkiepuppie]

Originally Posted by QuickSilver

There are a lot of requests for confessionals this week!

For me, it was treating a dog like a baby. Unecessary clothes, unecessary toys, doggy daycare. Check, check, and check.

haha. i read in the dummy books to not treat dogs like babies, because they need to be dogs. so i tried to treat milu like a dog when i got her. but she got offended and informed me that i need to treat her like the baby princess that she is.

[AddieLove]

Mine is more of an "I will ..."

I said I would let my friends play with her as much as they wanted because I could play with her all day.
But when they would come over, I would get super protective and want to play with her more.

[TatumsMom]

I swore this time around I would not give my dog table food..... and I've actually stuck to that rule (and Tatum is 5 years old). I previously had a toy poodle and for a couple years we lived next to my grandparents. My grandpa watched him during the day while I was at work and he always fed him off the table. He actually would sometimes put his own toy poodle on his lap to eat the leftovers straight from his plate! When we moved away, Dax (my poodle) was at least 7 lbs. overweight (he should have only weighed about 7 lbs. and ended up at 14 lbs.!) and had knee problems. Once he got on a good dog food, he did lose the weight and then only very rarely did he have a problem with his knee.

And of course, even though I tell people not to feed Tatum, my dad one time gave her a lick of cherry pie filling off his finger. You know that dog would beg from him every time he came over. She never before or after that would beg from anyone else but we finally broke her again from begging from him. She's so good about it that her favorite spot to chill is on her back on my lap at the dinner table when we are just sitting around the table after we finish eating. She doesn't even attempt to get at my plate on the table.

I will admit it is hard though to not offer her table food!

[yorkiepuppie]

Originally Posted by TatumsMom

I swore this time around I would not give my dog table food..... and I've actually stuck to that rule (and Tatum is 5 years old). I previously had a toy poodle and for a couple years we lived next to my grandparents. My grandpa watched him during the day while I was at work and he always fed him off the table. He actually would sometimes put his own toy poodle on his lap to eat the leftovers straight from his plate! When we moved away, Dax (my poodle) was at least 7 lbs. overweight (he should have only weighed about 7 lbs. and ended up at 14 lbs.!) and had knee problems. Once he got on a good dog food, he did lose the weight and then only very rarely did he have a problem with his knee.

And of course, even though I tell people not to feed Tatum, my dad one time gave her a lick of cherry pie filling off his finger. You know that dog would beg from him every time he came over. She never before or after that would beg from anyone else but we finally broke her again from begging from him. She's so good about it that her favorite spot to chill is on her back on my lap at the dinner table when we are just sitting around the table after we finish eating. She doesn't even attempt to get at my plate on the table.

I will admit it is hard though to not offer her table food!

wow, that's really nice you are able to stick with your rule.
the first time i gave in to giving milu people food is when we are having dinner. she cried, i ignored her. and then she started performing all the tricks she knows. (sit, down, spin, play dead, ...etc.) i still ignored her.

and then she went to her pee pad, and squeezed really hard and peed.

then i caved.

i just thought if she wants it THAT bad, then i guess i should give her a little bit...

probably a bad move on my part. but i am weak!

[AddieLove]

LOL
That is too hilarious! What an adorable pup! I've only taught mine to sit, but she will sit just the same whenever we're eating, and of course I do cave.