...Back to Reality.
Now that Jerry has "crossed the line" and come back from the dead...he's back to real life. And Mommy and Daddy are about to get VERY serious.
And he's a great dog...but recently has developed some "not-so-attractive" habits.
Habit one we must break immediately - howling. It's horrible. If there is crying or a howling type noise in the house...Jerry starts howling. At first it was funny but now we realize this needs to stop. Immediately. Our time came this morning when he began to howl because Olivia was having a fit...and Jerry knew immediately that he was in trouble. He went into our bedroom to sulk.
Habit two - charging the door when someone is knocking. We don't mind the barking...because it lets people know we have a big dog. But the "big dog" threat is slightly diminished when they see Jerry wagging his tail and running in circles and bringing Bear to the door wanting to play a game with you. So, we are going to work on Jerry being on his red rug by the back door when someone comes into our home.
Habit three - NO BEGGING. He is pretty good with this...but we just need to make sure that any people food he receives is in his bowl in the laundry room.
Habit four - remembering all our commands...especially "come" and "down". These just get better with some good practice. He does great when there are treats involved, we would just like it be more
consistent and without treats.
Overall, this post makes it seem like Jerry is the most unruly dog there is...which is actually pretty far from the truth. But, with a newborn coming we want to work out some of the "issues" we've been experiencing before August.
