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"But moooooom! I don't wanna go!" German Shepherd throws a tantrum when it's time to leave lake (Original Post) charlie and algernon Sep 2014 OP
Nice, that's a better quality video than another one I've seen. Xyzse Sep 2014 #1
They never give Bella the command to "come" until the end mnhtnbb Sep 2014 #2
good point, didn't notice that charlie and algernon Sep 2014 #3
the dog also howled every time the word "Bella" was spoken TorchTheWitch Sep 2014 #11
I'm thinking pipi_k Sep 2014 #4
I wish my dog liked the water. LisaLynne Sep 2014 #5
My three won't even walk in wet grass! femmocrat Sep 2014 #6
my first Akita hated wet grass and puddles but would plunge into the filthiest TorchTheWitch Sep 2014 #12
My Doberman Aerows Sep 2014 #17
She's cute but if they really wanted her to get out of the water DawgHouse Sep 2014 #7
Maaaaaaaaaaa shenmue Sep 2014 #8
Damn, I love German Shepherds. trof Sep 2014 #9
Whenever I can get my first house, I'm getting a German Shepherd charlie and algernon Sep 2014 #10
I grew up with shepherd/collie mixes, which were great family dogs pinboy3niner Sep 2014 #13
hysterical! great stories! n/t orleans Sep 2014 #14
awwww. i hope this dog gets lots of lake trips Liberal_in_LA Sep 2014 #15
We have two German Shepherds and they both hate water IDemo Sep 2014 #16

mnhtnbb

(31,320 posts)
2. They never give Bella the command to "come" until the end
Tue Sep 23, 2014, 12:13 PM
Sep 2014

when they ask her if she's coming!

No wonder she's confused!

Poor Bella.

charlie and algernon

(13,447 posts)
3. good point, didn't notice that
Tue Sep 23, 2014, 12:52 PM
Sep 2014

They're saying "Bella, it's time to go" as opposed to "Come." They say "come over here" once early on, but that's it.

TorchTheWitch

(11,065 posts)
11. the dog also howled every time the word "Bella" was spoken
Sat Sep 27, 2014, 04:37 AM
Sep 2014

methinks the dog's name isn't really Bella, and that word was used as a "speak" command.

pipi_k

(21,020 posts)
4. I'm thinking
Tue Sep 23, 2014, 01:20 PM
Sep 2014

they probably trained Bella to do that.

I noticed that they used specific words that triggered certain behavior.

When they finally said "come", that's when she obeyed that command.

LisaLynne

(14,554 posts)
5. I wish my dog liked the water.
Tue Sep 23, 2014, 03:38 PM
Sep 2014

He will get in a kiddie pool or a lake and stand there, with his feet barely getting wet, but that's about it. Then again, I guess I have less "wet dog smell" days.

TorchTheWitch

(11,065 posts)
12. my first Akita hated wet grass and puddles but would plunge into the filthiest
Sat Sep 27, 2014, 04:45 AM
Sep 2014

most disgustingly polluted creek imaginable. He'd walk a mile around any mud or slightly dampened dirt, too. Funny that my other two loved/love dirt, mud, puddles, wet grass, rain, any body of water, etc. but wouldn't touch the little plastic kiddie pool I got for doggie personal use. My second one always got upset when I tried to take a bath or shower by myself and always tried to climb in with me. The one I have now lets me take private baths or showers but he has to sit right by the tubby and "supervise", and sometimes when I take a shower he likes to sneak his head around the curtain and goose me and run away full of glee.

Dogs are so silly.



 

Aerows

(39,961 posts)
17. My Doberman
Sun Sep 28, 2014, 11:50 PM
Sep 2014

could confront the fiercest things alive, but he would get upset in the rain.

He was one of a kind. HUMONGOUS, sweet as pie, detested my brother-in-law, loved my elderly uncle.

Steel Blue. Took down the fence once because someone tried to jump it. 100lbs. of Doberman.

He LOVED water, but hated rain. Get that dude near a pool, and he would swim.

I'm pretty certain there is no dog on earth that was better than him.

DawgHouse

(4,019 posts)
7. She's cute but if they really wanted her to get out of the water
Tue Sep 23, 2014, 06:57 PM
Sep 2014

She's cute but if they really wanted her to get out of the water and go, they could just say "Let's go!" and start walking away. At least, that's what works with my dogs.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
13. I grew up with shepherd/collie mixes, which were great family dogs
Sat Sep 27, 2014, 05:08 AM
Sep 2014

A funny thing that happened with our first one, Sandy, was when she got out of the yard one day and we called her name and looked for her all over with no luck until we got a call from some friends on the next block a few hours later. They had the identical tract house, in the same position on the block as ours, and they told us that Sandy had been sitting patiently on their front porch waiting to be let in.

And Dad never heard the end of what happened on one car trip from L.A. to visit Grandma in Arizona. After a pit stop for gas and restrooms we all piled back in the car and were down the highway a few more miles before one of us kids in the back seat suddenly exclaimed, "Hey...where's Mom?"

Sandy had crawled up into Mom's place in the front passenger seat and was sitting there, enjoying the ride, without any of us noticing anything unusual. When we got back to the gas station to pick up Mom, she wasn't too happy. And like I said, Dad never heard the end of it.

IDemo

(16,926 posts)
16. We have two German Shepherds and they both hate water
Sun Sep 28, 2014, 11:14 PM
Sep 2014

I've never had a dog that didn't go crazy with glee around water until now.

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