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  1. So would it be too much for a dog to let them loose in the house, or at very least start by enclosing in one room? Our ultimate goal is to have the dogs just inside, with no crates.. so should we try now to start working towards that, and *not* use a crate if later we intend for them to not need one?
  2. Hello, We just adopted a new BC female who is 10/11 mths old. (I recently posted about her) I am wondering.. she is very very timid - not in a fearful aggressive way, but in a "scared baby" sort of way, like she has not experienced the world and wants to stand behind mama all the time. When my husband tries to pet her, she gets excited and will zoom past him and bounce (lol) tail wagging, but stay juuust out of reach and not let him pet her, and just acts timid when she's in a spot where he's too close. When he does pet her eventually she's fine and not truly scared. The same goes for with our other dog - when the other dog is near her, she slinks down to the ground and gets submissive. When the dog leaves, she bounces up and acts super excited about what just happened. Is this a trait she could have as an adult, or is it more a puppy-ish thing? I haven't had such a submissive dog before so not sure what to do to encourage her to NOT be as submissive. Advice would be helpful, thanks!
  3. I'm sorry for all the questions...but I'm wondering. how do I know if she should be crated? I found out today she's actually 10mths old so she is probably not very housebroke.
  4. thank you. at 1 yr old should she be more housebroken? I am not sure if we need to use the crate or what. How long should a dog stay in a crate?
  5. I am also kind of curious. The BC wants to get on the couch, and gets on when w e aren't looking. We say "OFF" and point to the ground and her bed, and if she doesn't move, we take her collar and move her. At which point, she turns around, and jumps right back up very timidly, trying to get her place back. What can you do there, and why does she jump back on so quickly? We didn't know if she was nervous, and felt safer there or if we need to address some respect issues.
  6. I think I understand. And yes, what BH's do is sniff sniff sniff, search, sniff some more, and bay like crazy at any noise. Haha. I haven't noticed too many people keep bloodhounds as indoor pets, mostly just as hunters/trackers because their instincts are hard in a home, lol. But whatever we can do to help them both I am willing to do, it would be very nice to have two well behaved dogs, who hopefully start a nice relationship.
  7. What is NILIF? And yes, we are working on our BH... we jokingly say, she is the dumbest smartest dog in the world, because she IS smart, but holy moly is she stubborn and spiteful. We adopted her too, and apparently, she's always had this stubborn streak, but it has gotten alot better. Most of what she does is gets into things (trash, counter top surfing, snoops in drawers, etc) and is very hard to come when she's busy and doesn't want to give up what shes smelling. I've been told most BH's you can never fully get that stubbornness out of. SO -- I just am worried that the BC will be just like her since she is young and naive and could potentially take to whatever our BH does, but I am certain the BC is way more trainable than the BH, so I am hoping I have more to work with
  8. Hello everyone, My family just adopted a sweet almost 1 year old BC female, and in our home already we own a very lovable wrinkly Bloodhound female who is 5. They are learning how to play together and so far seem to enjoy it, though Bitsy (what we call her for now, since she is so tiny) is a little timid because she hasn't been around many dogs, but is warming up alot. Our BH is a great family dog and stays indoors, but she is known to have a VERY big stubborn streak and can be destructive if we aren't careful. My concern is, will my BC girl pick up on her behaviors, or is it possible that my training and consistant work with her is enough to override the influence of her new sister? I plan to work with her individually she will mainly be "my" dog (she's already attached to me at the hip), and in general she is already the more eager to please and trainable one out of the two. So, what can we do to make it work out, any suggestions? Thank you all! EDIT: I guess while I am at it, I may as well ask for advice on the whole introduction to the home thing. I am new to having two dogs. Our BH is housetrained so she gets some house access. I was told my BC was crate trained, but she took off and hid when I brought the crate out. So for now, while at work, she is in our tiled bathroom with all her things. I was told she was housebroke, but she's had 2 accidents... at 11mths old, maybe she is just adjusting, or should I treat it as though she's not housetrained yet?
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