[sandyh]

Well guys: Meet one of my dogs, this is Mia the youngest. But now she is almost a year old. man they grow up fast. well i was trying to figure out how to put a pic right on here but i am not very good with a computer so i guess you get an attachment

[CorkyMax]

That Mia is a cutie--looks like she'd be nice to hold!:mrgreen:

[sandyh]

she was, but now she thinks she is a lap dog and i have no lap

[DoggieVogue]

What a pretty girl!

[wishbone]

She looks so sweet and innocent there, wondering how she doing as she's a year old now? Care to share?

[sandyh]

Well my son has just dropped her off in the last few weeks. She is very hyper as she doesn't get out for many walks. i am trying to train her to walk on the treadmill but she doesn't want to pay to much attention to it whole the other dog is eating it, so ya that's not going to well. she is getting a little better with her commands though. Its hard trying to teach two hyper dogs at once, especially when you have to do the follow through and i lack on that part alot because i cant jump up and down. The barking has gotten worse because i have kids out here who think it is okay to play in front of the house even though they can hear and see the dogs totally spazzing out in the window. I have had to put cardboard in some of my windows so that they cant see out. they aren't trying to kill my cats anymore. she will occasionally try and flatten her if she stands still to long by her but we are working on that too

[CorkyMax]

Originally Posted by sandyh

Well my son has just dropped her off in the last few weeks. She is very hyper as she doesn't get out for many walks. i am trying to train her to walk on the treadmill but she doesn't want to pay to much attention to it whole the other dog is eating it, so ya that's not going to well. she is getting a little better with her commands though. Its hard trying to teach two hyper dogs at once, especially when you have to do the follow through and i lack on that part alot because i cant jump up and down. The barking has gotten worse because i have kids out here who think it is okay to play in front of the house even though they can hear and see the dogs totally spazzing out in the window. I have had to put cardboard in some of my windows so that they cant see out. they aren't trying to kill my cats anymore. she will occasionally try and flatten her if she stands still to long by her but we are working on that too

Sounds like you got your hands full! You just gave me an idea--I have a treadmill (should be using for myself, lol)--Think I'll see if it will work for my 2 boys (dogs)--esp. the cocker--He is pretty lazy and also needs to lose some weight! Wish I could think of something to help you with those kids!!! Have you ever tried just talking to them---using a little psychology--How old are they? Boys/girls or both? How many? Maybe you could get them to slowly respect you and your wishes! Bake them some cookies and start a conversation--work on them liking you and your animals--Maybe you could teach them not to be cruel to animals--Prob. have to use a lot of psychology and take some time. Wondering also if you were out in front of your window doing all this and your dogs were watching out the window that they (after a few times) would eventually think everything was okay since you were being friendly with these kids. Dogs are very sensitive to your body language, etc. and if they sensed that you were okay with these kids--They might 'relax' on the barking, etc. Ya, lol, I know--You'd prob. rather tell the 'brats' to get lost!! Don't know what kind of home life they have--normal or not but if you could get an idea of their background and found some kind of 'weakness' there--It might be something you could get their attention on--like being whatever is lacking in their lives! Does the word nuture come into play here? Lol, all of the animals you take care of for everybody--you might as well add a few kids to that list!! I'm joking! But the over all concept might work if you can handle it and the kids aren't too far out and bad that it would be impossible to do. (and prob. be a slow process but if it worked--worth it, esp. having a regular bedtime "shift!'---And who knows it could be a win-win situation for you, the dogs and the kids!!