I've got 2 dogs. Sadie - shelty mix, and Honey - mix mix mix(I donno what she is).
Honey had some trauma at a young age before we adopted her, so she growls and gets really mad at stuff. Sadie is nuratic(sp?), she is scared of my dad, and uses me as a shield. If I'm on the couch and my dad comes around and lays on the floor, Sadie will jump up and lay next to me. She's my pal really. She follows me around, plays with me, barks at me, and all that. She hates/likes cirtain words, like "Squirrel", "Squirrely" and "doggy", and especially hates when you point at a window or wall and say "I see a (one of the other words she hates or likes)!!" and she will bark forever. Other times, you can get her to talk by saying her words slowly and quietly, then she gets worried and will go "hmmmmm hhmmmmm" like a cry almost.
Both of them have one problem in perticular...they like eating thier feces.
Honey did it first, Sadie must have looked at her and thought "hmmm I'll try that", and they take a crap and eat it, though usually they don't eat freshly laid turds. We've tried everything, pills to make them stop, spicy stuff dripped on the turds, all that. The only thing that works is if you get them in as soon as they are done crapping or peeing, which is hard to do in the winter because you have to stand out there and usually throw twigs at them before they come in. They also try to run away any time the gate is open, if they do, it's a problem.
Sadie doesn't go far, she knows better from the time that she ran off shortly after we got her. Gone for 2 days, hit by a car(just tagged, no damage to dog or car), and through a forest to a dog lover's house, though the owner lived near a dog hater, so it coulda been really bad. Less then a mile away, but still got us nervous.
Honey...well she will run us around the block for an hr before we can get her to come back. If we try to catch her physically, she will run more, so we have tp get her back with the thing of treats and luck. Since we totally fenced in our back porch, as long as the gate is closed, they won't go anywhere.
Dogs are great. Sometimes I wish we had picked out smarter dogs, but Honey and Sadie have charactor, and overall, they are great.
