7 posts tagged “bucky”
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I was worried yesterday because both the honey and I had to go to work, leaving our diarrhea dog in the house alone. I got home around 5:45, and miracle of miracles, no messes! YAY! Boy, now I know a little bit of how new parents feel. Except babies have diapers.
Bucky seems to be quickly improving, maybe because of the antibiotic he's on.
Yesterday was Bucky's training -- and he was a star pupil! Our trainer has been very pleased with his progress. He's learned sit and down, and now we're working on stay and come.
Sit and down were critical for Bucky, as he learns to get over his dog-aggressiveness. Out of fear, he'll launch at another dog, so we need to overpower his natural urge with obedience. And it's been working!
I'm very happy we adopted Bucky, and our adoption agency, Boston Buddies, was great and very honest. But, I've learned that when you adopt a dog, you don't really know what you're going to get until you've had the dog for a couple of weeks. Usually, the agencies get very limited information, and they only know what they observe. I wanted a dog-friendly dog, and I'm sure that Bucky will be dog-friendly within a couple of weeks max, but he wasn't exactly dog-friendly when we got him.
I highly recommend getting training for any dog, but a dog with aggression or bad habits must have training, or they will be a liability to you and a danger to themselves. It's a small investment over a dog's lifetime.
Anywho, in two weeks Bucky will get to venture out with other dogs! The honey and I were kind of sad that Bucky doesn't have any friends in the animal kingdom, but soon, soon!
If anyone in SD needs a trainer, ours is John's Natural Dog Training Company, and we like him a lot.
These photos are from a few weeks ago. It was a lazy Sunday, and Bucky wanted to hang out in the hammock.
Ok, I admit it -- I've become one of those people that dresses up their dogs. Bucky likes it though (and by "like it", I mean he doesn't hate it).
Now, for the walk-off:
Here's Bucky and the honey searching for something:
Bucky can be a little sneaky. Yesterday, while I was at work, he found a way into the closet where we store all his stuff, including treats. He ripped into three bags. He only ate one bag, but that's a lot for a 26-lb dog. They were the wheatgrass treats. Well, let me tell you, little Bucky is thoroughly "cleansed" from all that wheatgrass. So. Gross.
So much for his doggie diet....
With the rest of the treats, he just kind of spread them all over the house. What a goober. Luckily, he didn't get sick or anything.
Here's a dog tip for you -- when you come home and find a disaster like this, you can't discipline the dog; it's already too late. Dogs don't really have a concept of time, so they can only be disciplined at the time they do something bad. So, chalking it up to experience, we moved everything to what is hopefully a Bucky-proof location.
Some great news in the Hapa household... we now have a new member of the family, Buckminster (you can call him Bucky for short).
