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[kuwaizair]

hi. i live with my parents and have these miscreant animals. I am unemployed so it is the perfect time to be productive and try to do *something* about geriatric dog's antics

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[cottonmanifesto]

housetraining is really very simple in theory, but requires dedication and consistency in practice

[kuwaizair]

in the summer when I live the house the dog dosen't go crazy, cry and pee any/everyhere

[cottonmanifesto]

so you're actually more venting than looking for advice? maybe this isn't the best place for that.

regarding the grooming - you are utterly terrifying her with the grooming. you can clearly see the whites of her eyes, her tail is tucked, she is licking and licking and licking the air in an attempt to self-calm. nobody will die if you take time to reintroduce her to the grooming process.

you can train her to take treats better by not releasing the treats if she's "grabby." if she can't stop being grabby, just put everything away and try again later.

[kuwaizair]

if you try to hand feed she'll greedly take the food like she is starving

[miss_teacher]

These dogs are seniors and it sounds like your parents haven't bothered to train them at all. I think it's great you want to, but you need to realize that you are battling 13 years of bad habits. This means that it's not going to be an easy task and it could take a very long time before you see any results

[kuwaizair]

she does it off and on, so I don't know if it is a "well she was let outside at 4 am so she dosen't need to go back out at 6:30 am" or a "OMG you left me now I will wee by your chair" so I think it is an emotional thing.

i have two of them the one is better behavied.

they eat the puriena lamb and rice, because the other food was making her itchier, the vet said to switch forumla.

I don't belive this dog dosen't 'need frequent brushing' when I can get that much fur off her in a week. when it is summer I can get a handfull off her neck alone.

[miss_teacher]

I don't belive this dog dosen't 'need frequent brushing' when I can get that much fur off her in a week. when it is summer I can get a handfull off her neck alone.You need to read what I wrote. I did not say she didn't need frequent brushing. I said that you are brushing too much at one sitting. She's not trained to sit there that long and you are scaring and hurting her. You cannot just do a full brushing job on her right now. She needs to be trained first. You start by brushing her for a very short time and stopping before she freaks out. You keeping going and going and going and she struggles and runs away. The way you are doing it you are training her to keep struggling since it works and she gets away from you. Brush her for 10 seconds, then stop. Then you can go back in an hour and do more. You can do this multiple times a day if she's not struggling. So you will get a lot of brushing in and will also be training her that it's not that bad of a thing

[kuwaizair]

do they need to teach her to be ok with their leaving or should I? would I then accidentally teach her it is ok to be upset when they leave?