Re: [labradoodles] Doodle Behavior

[Ellis Moonen]

It sounds that your dog got too much stimulations and needs clearer bounderies. Put him on the lead more or on a chain (rope he would chew) for an hour at the time. He will calm down when he is more restricted. When visitors come the need to ignore him so he gets used to this. Also what do you feed him? Pasta, rice, bread seem to give them more energy. Pulling of bedding is puppy behaviour. He will grow out of it. They mature at about 2 years so very late.We breed labradoodles in new zealand and we get the dogs back regularly for holidays. These tips seem to help other people. I have seen a prof dog trainer who put his pup tied inside the house for hours to calm them down from an early age. If they are too excited they cannot concentrate and take in your comments. It is the same with children. They need quiet times. Good luck Ellis ----- Original Message ----- From: April To: labradoodles@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 1:34 PM Subject: [labradoodles] Doodle Behavior Well, we have a great labradoodle.  Jack is 14 months old and we love him dearly.  He has some behaviors which are becomming a problem.  We are pretty consistent in our training and live in a very remote area so do not have access to professional behaviors.  Jack spends a lot of time indoors with us but goes daily for a free run for about an hour.  He's very big; probably 75 pounds and very strong.  Supposedly he wants nothing more than to please us but it doesn't seem that way. Can anyone help out with these: barking digging tearing up stuff when left alone, encluding his bedding way too excited when guests come or when around another dog.  Just wants to inundate the other dog with play and can't seem to hear our commands. He won't let us groom him.  Bathing is a nightmare, but cleaning his funky ears is imppossible. Maybe this is all normal doodle behavior but when I read about people putting drops in dog's ears I think we might have an especially active dog.  He seems to be nearly frantic a lot. Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/labradoodles/   To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]   Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.