Hi all,
    Was wondering who gos out the door 1st in your house who waits till their hounds are all calm b4 getting leads on whos told to wait for dinner etc etc etc…..
    I used to do most of these things but now i really enjoy getting greeted by wagging tails and my hounds jumpin all over me i dont go out the door 1st either   only one i do stick to is making them all WAIT for dinner as i also use this wen their out in car b4 getting leads etc on  
            your views please…..cheers   amanda

wat wee do is come in the house and ignore the dogs till the shopping is put away and stuff and cuppa is made etc then once the dogs are calm i then go say hi and greet them also at dinner time the dogs go lie down and as soon as daddys finished then they know its time for doggy dinner works a treat wee sweep has settled down so much the day last night i put some music on ta relax her and tess and had the 1st nights rest in ages was good and then up to mums after a throw about in the park with doggy toys and a wee shot of the net while the dogs played with toys on the floor in front of us was realy nice

I’m bad for the door rule! Byron always barges out front followed by me and Nell, TBH I am more worried about him knocking her off the step, which he has done in the past, than the rules.
Nell’s dinner always goes down first, she eats in the kitchen, then his goes down at the other end of the hall.
Nellie always leaves him some of hers and once she is done he runs back and forwards between the two dishes for a few minutes like a daftie (usually dropping mouthfuls of food along the hall in his rush)
I never make a fuss of them when I come in, I don’t ignore them but avoid greeting them excitedly.
They always appear wagging their tails but they know that once I am in and have my jacket off they get a treat.
Nell is absolutely top dog and Byron knows it, she lets him act all manly most of the time but whenever he oversteps the line or pushes her she will growl and he runs away.
Since I always take her side he knows he is on a losing battle in a house full of bossy women
Marie

i’m awful for the door thing…mainly cause it’s easier for me to punt mia out first so that i can get to the locks easily!

we don’t have the worry about door greeting because of the crate? but mia just whinges and whinges until we let her out (and she continues while running around the garden, too, or while getting her lead put on) so i do try to see to her as soon as possible…

mia always has to sit and give a paw, or a couple of paws, before she has her food, and we’re really strict about that - loki used to always get his food first, too, so that there was an order. there’s also no couch sitting unless invited (and a telling off for just jumping op while we’re out the room) and the same for jumping up on the bed…

We don’t have a pecking order for leaving the house.

Lass has been with us for 14 years so is top dog, so she always gets food or treats first.  They both know whats expected of them so there is no problem.

The couch is their domain, and Penny jumps on the bed some nights or mornings for a reassuring pet before diving off again.

We are trying to be good at the moment since we are new to it and follow all the rules with Jodi!

Graham and I do go out and in the door before her and we make sure we don’t fuss over her before we leave (if she is staying in the house) or as soon as we arrive home. She is usually lying still sleeping on her bed when I get home and greets me with a yawn, only after I am changed and back downstairs does she seem to get some energy to come over for a cuddle!!

The rule that we find the most difficult is the feeding one…we tend to eat quite late some nights and so I don’t always feed Jodi after Graham and I. I don’t have a set dinner time for her as my mum did that with her dog and he seems to know and go mad if he doesn’t get his dinner at that time. But if we aren’t eating until 8 or something I do usually feed Jodi by about 6.30 at the latest. I hate to think of her hungry and waiting. Is this bad???

we feed mia at half7 or thereabouts every night - give or take maybe an hour, just depending on whether we have to go out or if we’ve taken her out for a walk or something.  although i’m in these days at about half6 from work, instead of 7 (do you ever forget what life was like before you could drive?!), allan still doesn’t get home until then, or later, and then i have a class i go to some nights - so we always tend to be making stuff while feeding mia, or allan and i will eat really late on (still making dinner now!) so she gets fed first so that we can take her out afterwards then sit down and enjoy our own food… really we’re just being selfish!

i don’t think it’s a bad thing - ultimately jodi will know her place in your routine - so as long as you’re doing what you feel is best and not pandering to her (not that it sounds like it, she sounds like such a chilled out wee sweetheart!) then i think there’s no harm at all!

No Jodi   that aint bad your a great owner.  I feed my lot at 730AM and again at 3pm   then some biccys at 10pm.

I usually feed my two before I eat my dinner simply because it suits my routine.
They know as soon as I’ve eaten we will go for a 20 minute walk and then its back garden only for the rest of the evening.
They both know when I am eating to go and lie down and not mooch or hassle me. It means when I am working they get fed at 7.30pmish and out by 8pm.
When i have days off I try and feed them - and me earier - so they can have their last walk out earlier and I have an undisturbed evening with them just going out in the garden.
I don’t think it matters if they eat first as long as you stick to the routine and they don’t show any dominance issues.
Jodi sound very well adapted.
Marie

I think it’s very important to make sure that the dogs know the pecking order and that we (humans) are in charge.  We have to remember that most of our boys and girls haven’t ever been set boundaries as such and if left to their own devices can become dominant and dangerous.  If properly trained the dog is happier and more relaxed as most dominant dogs don’t actually want to be pack leader but feel more like it’s their duty.  My dogs aren’t allowed to jump up at me or any other human.  What if one day they were to jump at a child and knock him or her over?

Properly trained dogs = secure and happy dogs.