Annoying dog!
 

I have a 2 year old beagle dog and it's driving me nuts! The problem is that, when I have free time or get out of school early, and no ones at home, most of the time I litterally entertain the dog so that she wont bug me! Everywhere I go, she has to be around me, I try to play with her and such, but she wont do it. She annoys the living hell out of me! So what do I do so I can have some free time without having to entertain the dog?

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just ignore it and it will probably get bored.

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Play with it. Dogs are awesome. If you kill it, I will find you... DOGS ARE INSANELY AWESOME!!!

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:ditto:

Seriously, just close a door, that does work...

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You can also take it outside or something.

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What she said...
Really there are a lot of possibly ways to separate yourself from the dog, and most of them don't need geniuses to figure it out...

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Ignore it, tell it no. Like that. Italicized and bold, dogs need discipline.

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Probably has separation anxiety. My poodle has it, won't stop nipping at ankles/pants, always jumpy and wants attention, gets mopey and wimpers when you put him in his cage, especially when he knows we'll be gone for 9-10 hours (for school).
Not good for all dogs, just makes them worse sometimes, makes them feel unwanted and usually just makes them go insane.

We were fostering one dog that was ignored for a baby and given up for adoption. He had mental problems, he broke out of his cage by chewing his way through the plastic (cutting his gums and bleeding in the process), chewed up a cabinet door, tore up 3 linoleum tiles thinking he could dig his way under the back door, and chewed through metal blinds. Ignoring a dog is probably one of the worst things you could do.

Seek veterinarian help with it, they have what is basically "doggie prozac" to help calm their nerves and cope with lonliness.

I'm not a medical expert though, so it could just be that he's still young. Keep giving him attention, he'll probably grow out of it.

Other than that, I would say get another dog, could be expensive, but it gives him a play mate, keeps him from depending on your company less.

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I have a white faced cockatiel that won't shut the fuck up sometimes... But since he hates me all I have to do is get within 10 feet of him and he tries to bite me like a bitch. I also call him stupid and useless and good. :)

If you don't know what a white faced cockatiel is it's this...

http://www.asnu.org.uk/tiel5.jpg

Solution: Semi-Abuse / Verbal Abuse

Hope that helps.

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Sounds like the dog just wants attention. You should spend at least 30 minutes a day just paying attention to the dog, that includes walking, petting, combing, or just playing games with him.

Sorry but its one of the duties of being a pet owner.

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Just what I was thinking. I have 2 dogs,very energetic dogs at that.( german shepard and a collie mix,so there like big too) and If I dont give them at least like an hour of some sort of exercise a day they bug me as long as I'm there and some times they frigging maul me if I dont. SO try talking it on a long walk or throwing a ball for it until it gets tired.

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Animals need care, even a goldfish needs care as you need to refresh the water, feed them etc. And certain animals such as dogs need a whole lot of social attention.

This is also why some animals make bad or difficult pets (they go insane with not enough social contact or fellow species to interact with, just look at parrots who rip their own feathers out).

You need to walk your dog regulary, play with it (let it retreive a stick/ball, you can even do tha while you sit down if in a bench outside =p ). and make sure it's entertained.

If it has been entertained for a reasonable amount of time (and we are not talking about patting it for 30 minutes) then you can chose to ignore it. Just ignoring it should do, or telling it "no" and then ignoring it. Give it a toy to play with and it should do fine.

On a related topic: Pet shops and such really should explain people what it takes to have a pet. Hell,perhaps even a waiting day of a few days would stop or severely bring back cases of people "instincively' buying a pet without really realizing what they are doing only to abandon the pet when they grow tired of the time they have to invest of it. Like chilren, they don't come with an on and off switch so they may bug you at very uncomfortable moments (but they may also give a lot of fun in return).

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just give your dog some attention, a 15 to 20 minute walk will do you dog good. though eventually your dog may claw at your face because it may want to go for a walk really badly, i dont know but my dog usually claws at my face until i take her out.

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I have a beagle as well, mine is a dominant arrogant bastard :D, just like me and he's twelve years old( still as mad as he was ten years ago and fast!)

But they are a race of hunters / warriors. THey need exercice, they need open air! If you walk with him intense, i assure you, after that, you don't hear him anymore. And food helps a lot with those guys as well.

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Kill it.

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Dude, i swear it! Don't do this! Don't turn me into the arrogant dark side!

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Ironic that you post something as rude boy and cold as that when your the one who's being bullied by the 10 year old.

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^QFT. That is pretty heartless.

There, your power is back.

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My first reaction would be to neutralize the animal as well.

Perhaps if you don't have the guts [and ability to hide the act and remains], take the dag in your car and drive it 50k somewhere and dump it. Let it find it's bleeding way home. Or not.

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The dog isnt a 10 year old=p


Theres a difference you know.

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Send the dog for some training.

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:bows:

Classes and training are available, and it doesn't take long either.

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Or he could train it himself... Don't see why people need to waste money on such a simple task of training a dog.

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Ok, thanks for your help, i've found the solution to this problem: Those massive bacon bones that last like 300 years.

Also this is'nt my dog, it's my sisters. She says she would take care of it... Yeah right...

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^ I've heard that one before...

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Why is it when someone rewords what I said, the advice is regarded as good?

Or perhaps he doesn't just want to abandon an animal? What if it was a cat? Would you say the same thing?

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Training dogs doesn't always work when the owner does it. We tried to train our two 3 year old beagles to stay on our property, and a couple years later(We did it when they were one)the one still goes on the sidewalk, and the other still eats the damn garbage.

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Beagles are probably the worst dogs to train, their stubborn and their a stomach with legs. Hell, they could till they explode!

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Perhaps because it is. See all that rep you have... must be doing something right?

Cats usually don't misbehave. Hence, why I like cats. BUT if it does misbehave, correcting cats are far easier than dogs. And no I wouldn't kill the dog, just abandon it. Abandon the cat? No, because cats are far superior to dogs imhaubo.

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I love my dog, and if I saw someone hurting him... I would kill them without a thought. My little Skippums... Skifen Wifen. SKIPPY! But to stop an animal from annoying you, killing it is never the solution.

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Oh no it is ALWAYS a viable option.

You are the owner, you train your dog. Simple, yes? It's like your children... do you let them run up to people and hump their legs or plead for bread and water [a joke] or for a bus ticket? [another joke] You establish mastery over your animals and children, and you need discipline.

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Do you commit filicide just because your child is annoying you? Really...

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I didn't say kill Timmy, I said discipline.

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Oh, I thought that you meant me saying killing isn't a solution was wrong. FYI I would sooner kill me little brother than my dog.

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Take some food, throw it outside and close the door.

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I have a beagle mixed with jack restle and shes' very annoying as well. She's 10 years old now so all she does is sleeps all day, except when someone knock on the door she goes crazy! But what I did when she was younger, before I ever had any friends over, I would take her for a short run and wear the crap out of her. Then the time we got home she'd be way to tired to annoy you.

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Yeah, get the animal tired. Though for my dog, that can be quite hard.