Alex is actually really good in the car, thankfully. I remember reading an article about "the hidden costs of pets" that described a woman who picked up her new Yorkie puppy, left it in the car for fifteen minutes to buy food and other supplies, and came out to $600 worth of damage to the interior of her car. Yikes!
Alex, being a retriever, loves to grab shoes and socks (and underwear and bras :^P), but he rarely chews them. Still, I try to discourage it. I actually got really lucky, and when he was a baby, I discovered that he hates being sprayed in the face with water. We have a spray bottle code-named the Tomato Sandwich; Alex catches sight of it, drops whatever he has, and runs. This has been really effective in curbing him of the urge to "retrieve" Daddy's socks and Mommy's unmentionables! :^D
And yes ... people love Alex. I'm sure with a Yellow Lab puppy, you know how it goes! :^D It kind of annoys me (okay, really annoys me) when people just run up to him, while I'm trying to get him to behave, and start saying, "Oh, I don't mind if he jumps on me! It's okay!" Yes, but I mind because he's getting really big, and I'm trying to teach him to behave before he can drag me across the parking lot, and rewarding him with attention for acting like an idiot is not going to teach him to behave. Though some justice was served to one such person who tried this with Alex today. He peed on her leg; she promptly lost interest. >:^D
HAHAHHA that's classic, another reason I'm glad I have a girl puppy. Although a dog did pee on me at the dog park once... the poor lady was just horrified it happened. The puppy jumping is indeed somewhat cute to people until the pup gets to be 50 lbs! :D
Water spraying didn't seem to work for us heh but now it seems when she retrieves things it is simply to show us to hand it over but she promptly drops anything now when she hears the tone and the command of drop it, but that doesnt always work for toys haha.
I know the bra thing very well... lost at least one and had the underwear stolen. hehe I'll have to tell hubby though about the yorkie, he'll feel better I think with the minimal amount we had. ^_^
Alex, being a retriever, loves to grab shoes and socks (and underwear and bras :^P), but he rarely chews them. Still, I try to discourage it. I actually got really lucky, and when he was a baby, I discovered that he hates being sprayed in the face with water. We have a spray bottle code-named the Tomato Sandwich; Alex catches sight of it, drops whatever he has, and runs. This has been really effective in curbing him of the urge to "retrieve" Daddy's socks and Mommy's unmentionables! :^D
And yes ... people love Alex. I'm sure with a Yellow Lab puppy, you know how it goes! :^D It kind of annoys me (okay, really annoys me) when people just run up to him, while I'm trying to get him to behave, and start saying, "Oh, I don't mind if he jumps on me! It's okay!" Yes, but I mind because he's getting really big, and I'm trying to teach him to behave before he can drag me across the parking lot, and rewarding him with attention for acting like an idiot is not going to teach him to behave. Though some justice was served to one such person who tried this with Alex today. He peed on her leg; she promptly lost interest. >:^D
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Water spraying didn't seem to work for us heh but now it seems when she retrieves things it is simply to show us to hand it over but she promptly drops anything now when she hears the tone and the command of drop it, but that doesnt always work for toys haha.
I know the bra thing very well... lost at least one and had the underwear stolen. hehe I'll have to tell hubby though about the yorkie, he'll feel better I think with the minimal amount we had. ^_^
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