Introducing Fifi...who jumps on bed every night!
Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2016 10:50 pm
Hi all,
Me and my husband are new pet parents of a Chow Chow. I've had dogs pretty much all my life and I am now 32 yrs old. Fifi is five months old and is my first Chow. She's essentially a potty-trained pup and generally responds to voice calls such as 'Come' and 'No' but gets aggressive at certain times during the day. When she completes a bowel movement, she runs around the whole house, jumping on furniture and even clamps our ankles and hands. We both try to tell her to stop by threatening to use water by saying 'water'! and holding a bottle. But she growls and then sits in one place. It isn't ideal though because one of us then goes to her and pats her gently, lovingly talks to her and even at times, brings her water bowl to her so she can drink from it (after all the running). The second thing is that in the middle of the night, she jumps on the bed, and starts walking about, clamping our hands and feet (and that hurts) and then circles the bed aggressively only to sit there. We brought a crate for her, she lounges outside of it. We brought a mattress, she keeps her toys on it. She is a fussy eater and loves eating mostly in the evenings and late afternoon, as she sleeps during the day. She is quite socialised, has been around my parents, my brother and his family and also doesn't jump or bite anyone who walks into the house. She is wary but not aggressive with strangers. I walk her twice a day.
Me and my husband are new pet parents of a Chow Chow. I've had dogs pretty much all my life and I am now 32 yrs old. Fifi is five months old and is my first Chow. She's essentially a potty-trained pup and generally responds to voice calls such as 'Come' and 'No' but gets aggressive at certain times during the day. When she completes a bowel movement, she runs around the whole house, jumping on furniture and even clamps our ankles and hands. We both try to tell her to stop by threatening to use water by saying 'water'! and holding a bottle. But she growls and then sits in one place. It isn't ideal though because one of us then goes to her and pats her gently, lovingly talks to her and even at times, brings her water bowl to her so she can drink from it (after all the running). The second thing is that in the middle of the night, she jumps on the bed, and starts walking about, clamping our hands and feet (and that hurts) and then circles the bed aggressively only to sit there. We brought a crate for her, she lounges outside of it. We brought a mattress, she keeps her toys on it. She is a fussy eater and loves eating mostly in the evenings and late afternoon, as she sleeps during the day. She is quite socialised, has been around my parents, my brother and his family and also doesn't jump or bite anyone who walks into the house. She is wary but not aggressive with strangers. I walk her twice a day.