My dachshund

[Chicky Tocks]

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I agree 100% with you here. Dachshunds are very smart dogs and my girls KNOW when they're being bad. One of them can be a real PITA because she knows entirely too much. I can't let her out after dark because she'll run straight out and find a coon or possum and put it in the tree. She'll bark the entire time that she has it tree'd UNTIL I go outside and tell her to come in. Then she'll sit in silence so I can't find her. I've hunted her at night on several occasions and she's pulled this mess every time. Finally around 2:00 a.m. she'll come to the backdoor and bark for me to let her in. I've opened the door and told her NO, BAD GIRL and made her stay out all night before because of it.

Other times when they've done something bad inside the house, before I even know they've been bad, I've found them in their kennel hiding. You've gotta give these dogs credit where it's due. They might not be so able to control the instinct of being naughty, but they sure know when they do something that wouldn't please their pack leader.

 

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[Judy]

Maybe the problem here is thinking of it as the dog knowing he has been bad or good. I do believe they know they have done or not done what the pack leader wants. Dogs don't think in terms of good and bad, but they can certainly learn what the pack leader wants and does not want. And of course it is true that instinct may drive them to do something that they know very well the pack leader does not want them to do. And I would not touch an argument whether this can consistently be subdued with good training, even though I have 4 dogs who mingle freely with the chickens and never harm them.

 

[Queenelizzy]

Our beloved dog killed a bunch of chickens and finally a rabbit. We worked and found her a new home, she is happy and only 1 of 2 dogs there. Some dogs just cant help themselves...
So sorry for your loss.

 

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