Comments on: A Dog Who CAN’T Be Bad

By: Maggie

Maggie — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 18:27:25 +0000

HA! Yeah… smart enough to know when to be bad… That’s this crew. Ha.hah.ha.

Maybe start her with a “potty stick” now while she’s comfortable? I’m going to try this in the spring, too, but the idea is to get them to pee on something specific (the stick) to keep them from peeing on something undesirable (in our case, the vegetable garden). Then, when you’re on the boat, you can poke the stick into the pee pad? I honestly don’t know how the initial training would work for a girl dog, though… with the boys, I stick a stick in the ground, and they pee on it. 🙂

By: Jodi

Jodi — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 16:16:20 +0000

I’m not really good at teaching my dogs. LOL Delilah is just naturally bad and Sampson, well I suspect he is a lot like Honey, too good to be bad.

I’m sure you’ll figure a way out to train her to toilet somewhere on the boat.

By: 24 Paws of Love

24 Paws of Love — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 03:04:04 +0000

In reply to 24 Paws of Love. BTW, LOVE the pics of Agatha and Christie. Very cool dogs!

By: 24 Paws of Love

24 Paws of Love — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 03:03:19 +0000

All of our dogs are quite independent, so we do more negotiating than commands. Sometimes on walks I can be embarrassed with Brut and his bad behaviors when we run into people. So when we do, while I keeping him under control, I am secretly thanking him for barking and looking so scary. It definitely keeps people away which makes me more comfortable than if they were to try and come up to him.

Could you get a piece of sod and train Honey to use it in the yard? Then be able to put on boat that has her scent on it? Sounds like quite a challenge, but if anyone can do it, it would be you and Honey! 🙂

By: Groovy Goldendoodles

Groovy Goldendoodles — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 01:49:37 +0000

WOW! – that’s a tough one Pamela. I literally have no suggestions – sorry my friend!

By: Elaine

Elaine — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 01:34:50 +0000

I’ve seen a few videos of people who have trained their dogs to use a toilet. Honey’s pretty big though to use a toilet in a confined space on a sailboat, but maybe it’s worth a try.

By: Jana

Jana — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 01:18:00 +0000

Jasmine was and Cookie is pretty clever and independent to do their own thing when they feel they must.

By: It's Dog or Nothing

It's Dog or Nothing — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 22:38:34 +0000

Mauja and Atka know that pulling on their leash toward a human or dog is a no-no. We’re still working on refining it, but we’re making progress. I’ve been approached by a strange man in the dark a few times and each time Mauja and Atka broke the pulling rule. They were at the end of their leashes barking at the man. I’m always happy when they break the rule appropriately.

By: Greyhounds CAN Sit

Greyhounds CAN Sit — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 22:18:08 +0000

Heck, I think you’ve got an uphill task ahead of you teaching Honey to toilet on the deck of a sail boat. The only thing I can suggest is to collect some of her urine (e.g. with an OLD soup ladle or similar!) and put it on some faux grass and maybe do some preliminary training with that? Good luck!

By: Ann Staub

Ann Staub — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 20:19:48 +0000

That’s an interesting thought I haven’t really considered before… My last Shetland Sheepdog sounds a lot like Honey. She was the most well-behaved dog and always did the good thing. OK, she did have some mischief here and there but those were her younger days lol. I’m sure Honey will figure out the “new good things” in your new sailboat life. She’s a smart girl 🙂