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Originally posted by mijpa
rottimomct, i was wondering what took place with the bone issue you had and how did you resolve it? |
Ben was given a yummy prime rib bone with alot of meat on it from a wedding reception we went to. He was starting to break off bits of the bone and I thought that he should have it anymore (I had about 6 others in the fridge for him to get the meat off of) I asked him to 'Give" and he didn't look away from chewing, just growled and kept gnawing away.
I promptly did something I know now could have gotten me bitten, but it worked as I think he was surprised I did it at all. I put my foot between his head and the floor and pushed him away from said bone. I took it and he immediately sat in front of me as if to 'ask' for the bone again.
I let him chew the bone a bit while I held it, gave it to him, told him to "Give" and when he gave the bone to me he was prasied heavily and given the bone back to chew. I agian asked him to give the bone a few minutes later and he did, without incident. I then gave him a fresh bone to get the goodies off of.
Ben knows that we (his 'mom & dad') are the rule makers in the hosue, and I think he views all people that way. Even my 10 & 12 yr old nieces can rough house with us to an extent (I always call the shots there!) and he's always stopped when the girls tell him 'That's Enough!' or 'Leave It!". Plus, the kids have been around a goofy Golden Retreiver for the past 8 yrs and he's knocked them down plenty of times while playing!