kc.lynn
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My boyfriend and I own a 7 year old and a 5 month old Newf, both males. They are our babies! Kinnick (our 7 year old) was 4 when I met my boyfriend so I had nothing to do with his upbringing as a pup. When we decided to get Carver (our 5 month) I was so excited! The way he talked about having Kinnick as a pup he made it sound like it was so easy, 'he just laid around, and slept all the time.' 'He never barked or growled.' Which is true I think we dated a year before I ever heard Kinnick let out a bark, and it was because my brother's dog had growled at me (he is momma's protector:heart. I knew it was going to be a lot of responsibility to raise a puppy, but I didn't think I would be this difficult. I guess the issue at hand is that Carver doesn't listen.... At all!!! He can be 6 feet away from me outside sniffing something and I can call his name and he won't even bother to look up! He completely ignores me...
We live in the outskirts of a small town where everyone knows our boys. My boyfriend owns trucking and storage company that we live smack dab in the middle of, so our yard is enclosed with buildings and trailers. There is tons of room for them in our yard to run and play so we rarely take them for walks, just go outside with them and throw a ball until they get lazy and quit We have never kept Kinnick on a leash, he doesn't roam or wander, the furthest he will leave the yard is to go over to the office to spend the day with his dad! We will let him out to go potty and not bother to go outside with him because 10 minutes later he is standing in front of the door waiting to be let back in. Needless to say that was our overall goal with Carver, and are not having any luck!!! Last night I took him outside to go potty, he did his business and started walking away from me. I thought maybe he wasn't finished so I followed him out and waited. Next thing I know he took off as fast as he could, no matter how much I yelled his name he was gone. I literally had to jump in my car and drive around the yard before I found him. Once I did find him he ran away from me again and went and waited in the garage. This is not the first time it has happened and I just laid awake last night wondering what I am doing wrong...
Not only is it frustrating when he does this, but its terrifying!! I'm so afraid he will wander too far and .. well you know the rest... We have tried everything, rewarding, scolding.. nothing seems to work, he just does what he wants. :banghead: I am sure that at this young age we need to be keeping him on a leash which we have agreed is what we will do from now on. He needs to know we are the boss (although we all know Newfs have a tendency to run us more than we run them!!) I guess I am just looking for suggestions on how we can train him better, as I have said, we have used the rewarding method and even that stopped working. I bring the treats out and he ignores those now too. I just feel so helpless. I knew this would be difficult to some extent but now it is just keeping me up at night because I don't know what to do!! Kinnick out weighs me by 50lbs and we think Carver is going to be even bigger than Kin! The idea of having a dog that big that I have no control over is not a promising thought. I want to be able to take him places and do things with him like I do with Kinnick, but if I can't gain some control over him I'm not sure that will be an option and it breaks my heart! I apologize this was so lengthy, but I just need help!! Any suggestions you have would be greatly appreciated!! Thank you!
We live in the outskirts of a small town where everyone knows our boys. My boyfriend owns trucking and storage company that we live smack dab in the middle of, so our yard is enclosed with buildings and trailers. There is tons of room for them in our yard to run and play so we rarely take them for walks, just go outside with them and throw a ball until they get lazy and quit We have never kept Kinnick on a leash, he doesn't roam or wander, the furthest he will leave the yard is to go over to the office to spend the day with his dad! We will let him out to go potty and not bother to go outside with him because 10 minutes later he is standing in front of the door waiting to be let back in. Needless to say that was our overall goal with Carver, and are not having any luck!!! Last night I took him outside to go potty, he did his business and started walking away from me. I thought maybe he wasn't finished so I followed him out and waited. Next thing I know he took off as fast as he could, no matter how much I yelled his name he was gone. I literally had to jump in my car and drive around the yard before I found him. Once I did find him he ran away from me again and went and waited in the garage. This is not the first time it has happened and I just laid awake last night wondering what I am doing wrong...
Not only is it frustrating when he does this, but its terrifying!! I'm so afraid he will wander too far and .. well you know the rest... We have tried everything, rewarding, scolding.. nothing seems to work, he just does what he wants. :banghead: I am sure that at this young age we need to be keeping him on a leash which we have agreed is what we will do from now on. He needs to know we are the boss (although we all know Newfs have a tendency to run us more than we run them!!) I guess I am just looking for suggestions on how we can train him better, as I have said, we have used the rewarding method and even that stopped working. I bring the treats out and he ignores those now too. I just feel so helpless. I knew this would be difficult to some extent but now it is just keeping me up at night because I don't know what to do!! Kinnick out weighs me by 50lbs and we think Carver is going to be even bigger than Kin! The idea of having a dog that big that I have no control over is not a promising thought. I want to be able to take him places and do things with him like I do with Kinnick, but if I can't gain some control over him I'm not sure that will be an option and it breaks my heart! I apologize this was so lengthy, but I just need help!! Any suggestions you have would be greatly appreciated!! Thank you!