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Going to the Dogs
Topic Started: Jan 20 2007, 01:11 PM (1,379 Views)
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I Visited Candy Mountain and All I Got Was This Lousy Incision
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I am sure some of you just might have a dog or 2 or 3....

Well some of my friends have met Ralph The Wondur Dog before.
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He likes to open the fridge door and help himself to snacks.

We have resorted to using a scat matt to discourage this behavior.

There are some other behaviors we try to discourage as well...
This is the latest,
Ralph the wondur dog loves his creature comforts.

He loves to lie on the couch, or in a chair - anything soft.
We discourage him from getting on the furniture, however.

At night he comes up to the bed room with us. We put a scat mat in front of the fridge to discourage sneaky nocturnal visits and a scat mat on the couch as well.

He has a nice bed upstairs. You know those exercise trampolines?
Well - ours is used as the base for his bed. Than a doggy bed on that. And a pillow.
I even put a wittle blanky over him when it is cold.

I don't want him on the bed.
He can be to smelly - from the barn- and he is just too damn big.

Of late - he has been getting up aboot 3 in the am - hoping up on the bed between the Mrs™ and I.

We have a quilt comforter as top layer for warmth.

When he plops his fat ass down between us the comforter is pulled into the middle- effectively dragging it off us and leaving us cold.
Trying to get him down once he is up there is like trying to move a 300 lb dead body.

So I figured I would out smart him.

I brought the scat matt upstairs and put it on the bed .
It is not shocking us underneath us.

First night he tried to get up he got a little surprise.

Last night he did not even bother.
But
In the morning the scat matt slipped off the end of the bed.
The Mes ™ did not realise it was now on the floor.
So she walked across the floor at the foot of the bed and got a rather rude awakening.

Than I got a rather rude awakening.

Meanwhile, Ralph is over on his bed giggling his ass off.
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Due's Mom
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Shunnnnn the unbeliever. Shunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn.
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OMG! Thanks for this....a very funny read, indeed :lol:
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"Slipped" off the floor, I think not.
One clever dog you have there ;)
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Goooooooood Ralph. Pat. Pat. Pat.
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I think it is terrible that CL moved the scat mat to the wife's side of the bed and blamed it on Ralph the wonder dog.


almost like blaming the dog for farting.
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:lol: Ralph got The Mrs.(tm) good :lol: Me thinks Ralph is to smart for his own good :lol:
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OK Im new here but can I borrow your scat mat? My dog is not allowed on the furniture either, but everyday when I get home I see a little black and white face poking through the window (he sits on the couch and so all you see is his head sticking above the back). The only thing that is good about him being on the couch is that when I first got him from the pound, he would sit on the kitchen table to see out of the kitchen window when someone pulled in the driveway! =)
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It sounds to me like he wins. Time to get a bigger comforter and just let him sleep on the bed. :yes:
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Great story :lol:

Sounds like CL and Ralph are ganging up to Mrs CL in her place :teehee:

Seriously, all these issues mean that Ralph doesn't believe you are in charge in your house. A lot of this can be addressed by establishing just exactly who is in charge. There are some simple ways to do this.

1. The dog never eats before you do. At our house this means the dog is only fed after we eat breakfast and dinner. Unauthorized trips to the fridge mean he is seriously giving you the finger :lol:

2. The dog never goes in or out of a door before a human. If she tries to rush the door she gets a bump with my leg and growl from me as she goes by. Doesn't seem like much but dogs hate being bumped.

3. Mouse traps are your friend. When we first got our dog, she used to get on the couch (the expensive couch, not the cheap one in the family room) when we were not home. I placed several mouse traps on the couch everyday before I left. After about a week of that, no more dog on the couch :) You can use them almost everywhere and they are a lot cheaper than ScatMats. My dog looks to be about the same size as Ralph. I don't worry about her actually getting hurt by them. I would not recommend them for a small dog though.

4. Do not yell at or lose your temper with the dog. This makes it look to the dog like you are not in control and adds more nervous energy to the situation.

5. This is really important. Make sure the dog is getting enough exercise.
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I'm new too and very happy to meet Ralph The Wunder Dog, enjoyed your funny post about him. Will he bring YOU snacks from the fridge? I never tried a scatmat, but I have used mousetraps to keep various pets off the bed (during the day)...came home to find the trap 'sprung' and one large footprint in the middle of the bedspread (that worked, but only once). Tried one of those alarm-buzzer things in a wastebasket, but Chunky attacked it (big GSD, now long gone, and probably the only dog in history who did not go to heaven). How come even small dogs seem to GROW when they get on the bed?

Jersey Fresh, good on you for adopting from the shelter! :cheer: Your little black and white faced pooch just can't wait for you to come home, you're the highlight of his day. And, welcome, from another new comer. :)
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Hey, what do you mean he's smelly from the barn....aren't we all? :one: I like smelly.

So, if you were a scat mat, what would you look like? ...feel like? Never heard of such a thang.

My standard poodle spends most of his day on the couch. Through the outside window, he looks a bit like Big Bird from SS, or just someone with a very strange hair do :jaw: but, what can you do.
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Black Tack
Jan 22 2007, 10:44 AM
So, if you were a scat mat, what would you look like?  ...feel like?  Never heard of  such a thang.


Black Tack, I'd never heard of it either (all my current pets are getting old) so maybe it's a new thing?

http://www.petsmart.com/global/product_det...80778108#detail

Yikes, that's one long link. :yes:
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Thanks OTF....very interesting :yes:
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Shunnnnn the unbeliever. Shunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn.
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Black Tack
Jan 22 2007, 10:44 AM

So, if you were a scat mat, what would you look like?

OMG BT - you just made me snork chocolate milk out my NOSE!!!

:P :lol: :teehee: :clap: :P :teehee: :lol: :clap:
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Now THATS attractive Jessi :one: :jaw:

Anyways, you should be sharing that chocolate milk ...come on, pass it over ;) Oh and I have some grapes...want some?
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