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My poor dog has been doing the last one for days, just sitting close by and nuzzling, with the occasional hand-lick. Must shake off my gloominess and get him out tomorrow to do some of the other stuff!
Thanks for the reminder, although I know it isn't exactly what you meant :)
I want my pup to learn the one about not biting and get going on his growling. He still nips at us if we 'bug'(read: antagonize) him too much, LOL! Basically, if you blow in his face more than 3 or 4 times, you should expect to have a dog snapping his teeth at you and possibly getting your nose if you're too close. I love dogs, though, but we seriously need to do some obedience training with this one. Unfortunately, my teen son and husband love to rough house with him and they let him get away with too much bad behavior.
Sounds like the son and husband need the training! We've told my son I don know how many times about thing like blowing in one of the dog's face, if she starts to growl/grumble, it's time to stop!