NO! Absolutely not!!!Should Bruno be let out into the garden.
Regardless of current age, I somehow doubt that owner training with regard to certain matters was ever possible.555! Clearly you have never met the 2 brothers, Bruno and Tare (@Merlin's dog). Bruno is a black Labrador while Tare is a golden Labrador. Bruno is the more streamlined of the two, while Tare clearly packs a weight advantage. So while there may be some minor physical differences, both share the same psychological makeup, they are very strong, independent and do what they want to do. At times, Bruno is like putty in my hands and obeys me explicitly, especially when there are tidbits on offer. At other times he totally ignores me and does what he wants to do. My wife wants to grow vegetables on one half of the front garden, I want to build an air-conditioned log cabin/workshop on the other half. Both dogs will be most welcomed in the cabin. However, there is no place for Bruno in the garden and he will have to run off his excess energy down the lane at the end of our soi. At 72 years of age, owner training is impossible and a non-starter.
555! Clearly you have never met the 2 brothers, Bruno and Tare (@Merlin's dog). Bruno is a black Labrador while Tare is a golden Labrador. Bruno is the more streamlined of the two, while Tare clearly packs a weight advantage. So while there may be some minor physical differences, both share the same psychological makeup, they are very strong, independent and do what they want to do. At times, Bruno is like putty in my hands and obeys me explicitly, especially when there are tidbits on offer. At other times he totally ignores me and does what he wants to do. My wife wants to grow vegetables on one half of the front garden, I want to build an air-conditioned log cabin/workshop on the other half. Both dogs will be most welcomed in the cabin. However, there is no place for Bruno in the garden and he will have to run off his excess energy down the lane at the end of our soi. At 72 years of age, owner training is impossible and a non-starter.
If only I could train the family how to train a dog, there might be better results.
Castration is an option, but the vet has admitted that while it can sometimes be a cure for raging hormones, it does little to cure human idiocy.
Perhaps conversation at the dinner table is now more enlightening than it once was.Exactly.
My intelligent morons decided to teach three puppies to sit on chairs at the dining room table, put their paws on the table and eat food off plates.
"Aww they're sooo cute , Daddy."
I shan't say how many times I explicitly explained this is wrong and do not teach the pups bad manners that will undeniably cause them problems in the future.
WTF did I know. After a few months I was fed up with my repetitive warning.
You know the rest of the story.
I eat meals with three dogs at the dining room table while the kids eat out of bowls on the kitchen floor.