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Michele

Mon May 17 2010, 06:35PM

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I am a first time Neo owner. I adopted a Neo female at 14 weeks from a Rescue Group. We also have an English Mastiff, Pug and Chihuahua.
She is now 6 months old.

My Neo is a wild child. Destructive beyond belief. She zooms about the house and leaves a wake of devastation. She plays really rough with the other dogs with the exception of the Chihuahua. She's scared of him. Lol!

She just was spayed and also had OCD of the hock surgery. It didn't phase her. I need advice. How do I get her to settle down? She gets exercise but I believe she is bored. Will this ever end?

MastinoCharina

Mon May 17 2010, 07:10PM

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I would say to take the dog to Obedience, your dog obviously needs training and you HAVE to train you Neapolitan or you will have a disaster.

This is the age and you should have control over this dog NOW before its too late. Letting her play to rough with your other dogs is teaching her bad behavior that you are going to regret big time. You need to redirect her if she is tearing up your stuff.

Do you Crate the pup when you are not watching her? They shouldnt have the run of your house.

Do you offer chew bones? that will give them something to do for a bit.

Michele

Mon May 17 2010, 07:20PM

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She is crate trained. She has had basic obedience. She will sit, lay, wait shake. She is totally potty-trained. Stay has not been learned yet.

If I go into another room for a minute or two that's when she springs into action. We have chews and bones available to her at all times. But she will choose a book, a landscaping light or a bush to destroy.

jessica

Tue May 18 2010, 09:48AM

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It is common for this age honestly, this would be considered your "Teething" stage with a todler. One way to keep your things safe is while she is out of the crate buy a long lead and teather her to you, so she has to stay with you instead of keeping herself busy. Any time she picks up something that is not hers make a correction noise and put a dog toy In her mouth. I agree with Charina, it is time to give the girl a job. Be it puppy school or some other form of work...She is bored! How much exercise is she getting?
Bigger dogs cause bigger distruction....It seems around 18 months this will slow bown a bit and then become a thing of the past....If you work threw it and Teach her what is hers..And what is Yours.
Two of my dogs around that age completely distroyed our hot tub, in a matter of an hour and half while I ran out to the store....Fun Times.

bmoremastini

Tue May 18 2010, 12:26PM

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i have to agree that the dog is bored. i would walk my very active now 10month girl neo for 2 miles to tire her out. in the process i get exercise as well and she would come in my aprtment tired and laydown for a long nap. i think the key is that u have to wear her out. a tired dog is a good dog.

MastinoCharina

Tue May 18 2010, 10:39PM

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Oh yes! The leash in the house is a good way for training around the house. Tether away!

Stinky-Mastiff

Tue May 25 2010, 08:36PM

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Whenever it does something bad kick it really hard and say "Never do that again or I will kill you!" and make sure and point your finger at it and put on a mean face!

If you dont have the stomache for that then I would say crate, obedience, and let the little turd burglar tire itself out real good w/ play. Really that energetic at that age? My dog is a lazy ass, he is a tornado for like 15 minutes a day, then its back to lying around or following family members around with his muzzle shot straight up someones cooter.

A good run for a couple of miles (yours is too young for that) puts him down for an entire day. But for that brief 15 minutes out of the day, he is a complete destructive force of nature complete with the Goldberg spear to the midsection! He has taken my feet out from under me a couple of times. All I heard was snorting, huffing, something akin to a water buffalo stampeding and before I could turn around to see what it was all I saw was the ceiling and my feet. Then I was on the ground, atop a booger-making-ghostbusters-type-slime machine who was wriggling with all his might to pinch-bite me somewhere sensitive.

This might be what you have to look forward to!


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