Hi Everyone! I need a little advice...
I'm currently almost 5 months pregnant and worried about my baby being around a boxer that is still a puppy himself. The father of my Child has a 10 month old boxer that doesn't seem to be trained or listen very well. He does listen when you have food in your hand when you ask him to do his tricks (sit, lay down and high five) but, when visiting his house these are things I observe that cause me to worry:
1. Jumping up on me when he is excited or wants to play. It worries me because he paws very hard on my stomach sometimes when doing this. I tell him to get down and he listens for a few seconds and does it again.
2. He poops in the house on a rug in the same spot or sometimes still pees in the house. His owner either cleans it up then brings him over to spank him and tell him no. Or he cleans it up puts it in a bag then takes it over to him, shows him the bag then spanks him or tells him no. Or brings him him to it, spanks him and tells him no. Or sometimes doesn't spank him or tell him no. I've even seen him ask what did you do and the dog try to run from him and when he caught up with him, he picked him up and put him in his lap and hugged him.
3. When you leave the kitchen (after cooking or not) he tries to get everything and anything down from the counters if he thinks it's food. I've seen the owner go into the kitchen after cooking dinner knowing the dog has been successful in getting some stuff off the counter and then giving him food from off the counter.
4. The owner has to keep everything up off the dresser or leave the bathroom door shut because the dog gets the shampoo bottles, tooth paste, in his gym bag and has ate his energy pills twice now and doesn't get scold for it.
5. Begs us for food when we are eating dinner and most of the time tries to lick your plate while eating or paw at his owner and put his paws on the table constantly. The owner will tell him no and the dog doesn't seem to listen that well to him.
6. When playing it constantly goes for his hands and "gently" bites, growls and paws at them. However, when the dog does it to me it seems hard and aggressive.
I've brought up the fact that he needs to be more consistent with him or take him to training school but, he says he will grow out of this behavior. He says the dog knows the commands but just chooses not to listen to him sometimes and that's okay.
I'm just afraid that when the baby comes it's going to be crawling around on the floor where there is remains of poop or pee, it's not going to listen to commands. He says when the baby comes the dog will be fine with the baby. I just think it needs to be able to listen and obey commands before the baby comes into his house. I've mentioned the fact of the baby laying on the floor in the living room and the dog running around either taking the child's toys or getting caught up and stepping all over the baby. He says if he does that's something we can't stop.
Help me! Am I just being too paranoid? Or can anyone offer any information to help me understand what this dog might need before the baby comes in August?
I'm currently almost 5 months pregnant and worried about my baby being around a boxer that is still a puppy himself. The father of my Child has a 10 month old boxer that doesn't seem to be trained or listen very well. He does listen when you have food in your hand when you ask him to do his tricks (sit, lay down and high five) but, when visiting his house these are things I observe that cause me to worry:
1. Jumping up on me when he is excited or wants to play. It worries me because he paws very hard on my stomach sometimes when doing this. I tell him to get down and he listens for a few seconds and does it again.
2. He poops in the house on a rug in the same spot or sometimes still pees in the house. His owner either cleans it up then brings him over to spank him and tell him no. Or he cleans it up puts it in a bag then takes it over to him, shows him the bag then spanks him or tells him no. Or brings him him to it, spanks him and tells him no. Or sometimes doesn't spank him or tell him no. I've even seen him ask what did you do and the dog try to run from him and when he caught up with him, he picked him up and put him in his lap and hugged him.
3. When you leave the kitchen (after cooking or not) he tries to get everything and anything down from the counters if he thinks it's food. I've seen the owner go into the kitchen after cooking dinner knowing the dog has been successful in getting some stuff off the counter and then giving him food from off the counter.
4. The owner has to keep everything up off the dresser or leave the bathroom door shut because the dog gets the shampoo bottles, tooth paste, in his gym bag and has ate his energy pills twice now and doesn't get scold for it.
5. Begs us for food when we are eating dinner and most of the time tries to lick your plate while eating or paw at his owner and put his paws on the table constantly. The owner will tell him no and the dog doesn't seem to listen that well to him.
6. When playing it constantly goes for his hands and "gently" bites, growls and paws at them. However, when the dog does it to me it seems hard and aggressive.
I've brought up the fact that he needs to be more consistent with him or take him to training school but, he says he will grow out of this behavior. He says the dog knows the commands but just chooses not to listen to him sometimes and that's okay.
I'm just afraid that when the baby comes it's going to be crawling around on the floor where there is remains of poop or pee, it's not going to listen to commands. He says when the baby comes the dog will be fine with the baby. I just think it needs to be able to listen and obey commands before the baby comes into his house. I've mentioned the fact of the baby laying on the floor in the living room and the dog running around either taking the child's toys or getting caught up and stepping all over the baby. He says if he does that's something we can't stop.
Help me! Am I just being too paranoid? Or can anyone offer any information to help me understand what this dog might need before the baby comes in August?
