i dont know if i am the only one with that problem, but sometimes i am tired of magnum. i am not treating him mean or nothing, it's just, he is 6 yrs old, i wlk him 6-7 times a day, we have a big field/woods behind our house(usually walk between 20-30 minutes each) and it happened that he sometimes pees on my livingroom carpet! the vet cheked him out. no UTI's or Kidney problems. he usually barks and lets us know he has to go out. last night he peed on my 3 yr old bed, while she was sleeping. everytime this happens, i say :'ok if this happens again, thats it, i'm sick of him. i have to find im a new home!!!" i really love him though, and i would never consider giving him away. i just say it when i am angry. and of course, once it happens again, i still keep him.lol ilove him so much, but sometimes he ticks me off so bad that i dnt even wanna look at him.how can i stop him from doing that? i even bought some stuff that u spray on and he wont go there anymore, BUT he just does it somewhere else. i also am a nightowl, so i let him out around midnight for the last time, and then when i get up again at 7. why can't he hold it???? he is a grown dog. my husband is mad, because we have military housing and its carpeted, but he understands that i love Magnum, so he just agreed it's okay with him, if i am the one cleaning it. i really dont care about the cleaning, its about me getting so frustrated. i am sorry this is too long, but i had to get it out of my system. does your dog ever pi$$ u off ???? or am i just over reacting?
does your dog ever get on your nerves??
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Yes, they get on my nerves. They get on my nerves when they act like little brats, when they annoy eachother....but that's how it's gonna be. They're not perfect, they're not gonna be. My neice and nephew get on my nerves sometimes too lol. When they were here Seneca would grab the baby gate, and whenever you looked at her she would throw her head back and SCREAM at the top of her lungs like her life was ending 
because you were eating and she was stuck behind a darn gate.
because you were eating and she was stuck behind a darn gate.
Oh yes Teddy angers me quite often. Especially first thing in the morning when I know he has to have a poopy but instead he just stands there and doesn't do anything then when I finally give up and bring him inside he cries and cries until I take him out to have h is poop. GRRRRRRRRR I am not a morning person lol.
I just said that last night. The new puppy has coccidia and is pooping water. Luckilly it is usually outside (yeah I said usually) and he pees on the floor some times. Plus Mira has been pooping in her kennel off and on for a while now (I thought that part of it was due to the move ???). And Baby pooped in her kennel the other day and got out yesterday during the day and pooped in the livingroom. I am so sick of poop and pee!!!! The past 2 night I threatened to give them away. No way would I ever do it. But is the same that my parents said and my sister says now about her kids. You love them but man can they drive you crazy at times. Just like my parents or my sister would never giver their kids up for adoption, I'd never give them away either... but sometimes you just feel better letting off some steam.
Me: (after working a 13-hour shift, raining outside) Sorry Zeus, no walk tonight.
Zeus: *whine*
Me: No Zeus, not tonight.
Zeus: (lays head in my lap and gives sad eyes) *whimper* *whine*
Me: (half-asleep with a splitting headache) Zeus, go play by yourself.
Zeus: (dragging leash to me) *whimper whimper whimper*
Me: Zeus, please just go find a chew toy.
Zeus: *sigh* (finds a chew-bone on the floor, brings it to my feet and settles down with it) CRUNCH CRUNCH CRUNCH CRUNCH GNAW CRUNCH GRIND CRUNCH
Me: (Popping an extra Advil) Why did I want a dog..why did I want a dog...why did I want a dog
Zeus: *whine*
Me: No Zeus, not tonight.
Zeus: (lays head in my lap and gives sad eyes) *whimper* *whine*
Me: (half-asleep with a splitting headache) Zeus, go play by yourself.
Zeus: (dragging leash to me) *whimper whimper whimper*
Me: Zeus, please just go find a chew toy.
Zeus: *sigh* (finds a chew-bone on the floor, brings it to my feet and settles down with it) CRUNCH CRUNCH CRUNCH CRUNCH GNAW CRUNCH GRIND CRUNCH
Me: (Popping an extra Advil) Why did I want a dog..why did I want a dog...why did I want a dog
Oh yeah Penny is driving me insane at the moment... After her leaving the walls alone for a while and us just purchasing a fortune of new chewtoys, and toys to prevent her from being bored we decided that it was time to fix our walls and make our house look decent again. It looked so nice... no holes or nothing... of course I went upstairs for about 15 minutes and I shouldn't have... I came back to another hole... GRRRRRR Sometimes it seems no matter what you do for them they'll do the one thing you hate.... And then yeah I sigh and complain and wonder why on earth i got a puppy... but in the end I love her and nothing she'll ever do, no matter how many holes she chews in my walls, will make me get rid of her. So yeah I think it's safe to say EVERYONE get's that way with their dog sometimes lol, you are not alone!
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Jack sticks his whole face in his water bowl and gets the floor soaking wet. I've slipped and fallen on my butt more times than I can count.
Sometimes he finds dead animals and brings them in to give to me as gifts too. Then there's the rolling in all things smelly and icky....
Can't stay annoyed at him for too long, though. He's just too loveable!
Sometimes he finds dead animals and brings them in to give to me as gifts too. Then there's the rolling in all things smelly and icky....
Can't stay annoyed at him for too long, though. He's just too loveable!
My dogs get on my nerves on occasion, but I have 4!!! They tumble around, steal stuff, chew stuff, trip me and go after each other on a regular basis ugh!! BUT, they are my dogs and I love them for all their little annoying ways!
If Magnum is having those accidents I would suggest you have him wear a belly band when he's in the house. It usually prevents them from going in the house and it's very humane and easy to take on and off.
BUT, they are my dogs and I love them for all their little annoying ways!If Magnum is having those accidents I would suggest you have him wear a belly band when he's in the house. It usually prevents them from going in the house and it's very humane and easy to take on and off.
It seems Magnum has more deep seated issues than just wanting to do things. I am seeing a pattern with being "mad" at you... and "mad" at your child if he's peeing in your child's bed, especially. That's how they take out their frustrations. So, don't get mad at him, but work with him. (I know, easier said than done). Magnum obviously feels like he's #1 and he's been "dissed" by your daughter and this is how he takes it out on you. You are probably in more of a hurry to get back home on your walks than you were, etc. And he senses that. Among other things since he's not KING anymore. Does this make sense? He was your "baby" first and obviously has a problem with the new pecking order. Be careful and I would see a doggy psychologist/trainer to help you through this phase. If successful, I'll bet Magnum and your child will be inseparable "siblings" and you won't have further problems...
My dogs get on my nerves occasionally as well.
The main thing lately that drives me crazy is incessant barking. I am home alone, will be for another 10 days or so, and the dogs seem to know that when mom and dad aren't home, they need to protect me. Both of them go on alert, watching out the windows, and if the wind even moves a plant, they go off. They will bark for 10-15 minutes if I don't get up to stop them. (And right now I can't be getting up and down much, my knees are doing all they can to let me know that they're crappy.) So, I just turn up my music as loudly as I can to counter their noise. I have a friend's dog here with me right now, and when the three get going it really does grind on my nerves.
My two both do things that absolutely infuriate me, aside from barknig. (I hate both of their barks. Dakota's is really loud, sudden and screamy, and Ripley's is shrill and it makes your hair stand on end.) Dakota is just STUPID sometimes, he does some of the dumbest things with no regard to what it does to him. He will run and bang into walls, and not even care. He'll run around outside and skid on the hard ground, and not even pay attention when his pads are scraped raw and bleeding badly. (The first time I found out that he had tender feet was when I opened up the door to let him in and he tracked little puddles of blood all over.)
Ripley always has to be a brat at the wrong moments. When I'm on the phone, he will usually choose that time to get on the kitchen table, or start barking at something outside. Then when I go to get him, to shut him up, he starts "zooming" around the house, making as much noise as possible.
So yes, my dogs are irritating to me sometimes. But they're my kids, I love them enough to look past their flaws and see their perfections. It doesn't mean I don't wish I could just lock them up in a little plastic bubble sometimes, though. LOL.
The main thing lately that drives me crazy is incessant barking. I am home alone, will be for another 10 days or so, and the dogs seem to know that when mom and dad aren't home, they need to protect me. Both of them go on alert, watching out the windows, and if the wind even moves a plant, they go off. They will bark for 10-15 minutes if I don't get up to stop them. (And right now I can't be getting up and down much, my knees are doing all they can to let me know that they're crappy.) So, I just turn up my music as loudly as I can to counter their noise.
I have a friend's dog here with me right now, and when the three get going it really does grind on my nerves.My two both do things that absolutely infuriate me, aside from barknig. (I hate both of their barks. Dakota's is really loud, sudden and screamy, and Ripley's is shrill and it makes your hair stand on end.) Dakota is just STUPID sometimes, he does some of the dumbest things with no regard to what it does to him. He will run and bang into walls, and not even care. He'll run around outside and skid on the hard ground, and not even pay attention when his pads are scraped raw and bleeding badly. (The first time I found out that he had tender feet was when I opened up the door to let him in and he tracked little puddles of blood all over.)
Ripley always has to be a brat at the wrong moments. When I'm on the phone, he will usually choose that time to get on the kitchen table, or start barking at something outside. Then when I go to get him, to shut him up, he starts "zooming" around the house, making as much noise as possible.
So yes, my dogs are irritating to me sometimes. But they're my kids, I love them enough to look past their flaws and see their perfections.
It doesn't mean I don't wish I could just lock them up in a little plastic bubble sometimes, though. LOL.
Murray follows me constantly, without fail, everywhere I go, 24 hours/day, 7 days/week. Can get a little nerve racking. When I'm cooking dinner, he will lay down in the middle of the floor. You know someday I'm going to trip over him and dinner will be splattered all over the floor - which of course he will love to clean up for me.
Bear, the love of my life, likes to walk in front of me, REAL slow. Like, I'm cleaning house and go put something away in my bedroom and I'm trying to walk back down the hall, but Bear is walking in front of me, like I said, REAL slow.
Also, they bark at every little noise. They bark when someone walks down our street OR drives by in a car.
But oh yeah, I love them like crazy. I wonder what they would say about me? Could it be possible I get on their nerves sometimes???
Bear, the love of my life, likes to walk in front of me, REAL slow. Like, I'm cleaning house and go put something away in my bedroom and I'm trying to walk back down the hall, but Bear is walking in front of me, like I said, REAL slow.
Also, they bark at every little noise. They bark when someone walks down our street OR drives by in a car.
But oh yeah, I love them like crazy. I wonder what they would say about me? Could it be possible I get on their nerves sometimes???
Very interesting problems! If you are apprehensive about being alone, your dog will bark more for warning. Chip will bark at a new car in neighborhood or someone's delivery truck , or someone just walking by if he doesn't recognize them. I check it out, thank him saying it's O.K. and he stops. As far as Magnum... did you have the problem before the baby was born ??? I agree with EliN ... but maybe after your last post he's wanting to establish that she's his and he marks her bed. This is a behavioral issue....don't blame the dog until you find out the reason.