Eska has officially made herself at home here at W29th. Every day, she watches me cook, eat, give her some of my scraps (at the very end of the meal), then place my dishes in the sink, to wash them either before bed (when I have used all the dishes I am going to use in a day) or first thing in the morning.
Accordingly, she has taken to sticking her nose in the fridge, sitting at my feet while I stand over the stove in the hopes of comandeering fallen morsels, and, MOST offensively, leaping up onto the counter and into the sink to lick at my unwashed plates.
Terror. She is a terror of a dog. I am trying to figure out a good way to punish her. Taps on the nose don't work. Neither does "Bad Eska." Today, I have tried crating her each time she does it, which I fear might become counterintuitive, as she still needs to view her crate as "home" and a welcoming, friendly place to be for the times I leave her there during my absence.
Input?
My natural tendency is to be coaxing by flattery: I have added "Martha, my dear" to the Eska playlist and have been singing it on our walks (replacing "Martha" with "Eska," of course) every day since this behaviour began. (Other additions include "Detroit 67," "Island in the Sun," "Hard Road," and "Wrong Way.")
Nothing.
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when shelby is a bad girl, we yell "daddy's coming!!" because she's (obv) afraid of my father. it works, sometimes.
ReplyDeleteis eska afriad of anyone? she's pretty fearless, i think...
when my dad trains his hunting dogs, he blows in their faces because most dogs seem to hate that (it scares shelby and makes her get all barky, so we don't use it on her)...it sounds strange, but maybe?
and yeah, you're right, the crate may end up being counterintuitive.
hmmmmm