I am very serious under my foolish exterior. I very much would like to rig a Nico carrying system but patience (as I hitherto understand it) and treats haven't worked.
I got Nico from the pound -- interesting aside: my daughter and I were walking through the kennel aisles where it seemed that every 5th dog was a Chihuahua (this was 2011). All were rushing up to the wire snarling and barking with bared teeth. Nico (oversize and a year old at the time) was standing at the gate with a breathy smile. I rather disliked C's at the time, but his "smile" won me over. Back to the point: but while in certain ways N is more calm than many C's --perhaps bigger ones are less frenetic? He was 8 lb at 1 yr and I'm sure at least 9 now -- he is very, very afraid of being transported, be this in the car, being picked up; and certainly with any portable container -- this true even after 3 years of (I think) love. So: do I simply have a hopeless case, or are their methods to win over even a portage-paranoid dog? Patrick Moore, remembering the time when his "mellow a l'outrance" Shi Tzu took a massive leap to get into the front seat of my 1990 Voyager: and found the door closed. On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 2:09 PM, Eunice Chang <sleepyn...@gmail.com> wrote: > Assuming you're serious... > > try positive reinforcement (aka sheer, utter, shameless bribery with one > thing your dog loves the most. sometimes it happens to be the stinkiest > tennis balls, hot dogs, or smelliest cat food (uhmm, I'm running on a theme > here)). > > It could also be that your dog is just claustrophobic... > > -E. > > > > On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 3:24 PM, Patrick Moore <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Dammit! Why can't I get my Chihuahua Nico, who like all of his breed >> loves to burrow -- wraps himself up in the bedding until he can't be found >> -- why can't I get him to accept a small portable kennel or pet carry bag? >> >> I tried a small plastic kennel, but gave up. A year before I'd ordered a >> Timbuktu pet carrying backpack with the little nose hole and everything. >> Laid it on his basket, left it for a week for familiarity (and >> inconvenience, hoping he'd sleep in it rather than on the tile floor), >> inserted scrumptious treats; all to no avail. I finally tried brute force >> but damn, it was like trying to stuff an earthworm into a straw -- except >> that the earthworm was spazzing from a high-voltage electrocution. >> Fortunately I was able to brush all the hair off (the pack was black) and >> get a full refund. Silly little shit! >> >> I'd love to have a way to carry Nico on a bike. A couple of years ago I >> came across a young man on a commodity mtb carrying his little Chihuahua >> (1/2 N's size; N is pure but ~9-10 lb; this one must have been 4-5) in a >> cheap backpack -- nozzle sticking out from under the lid. He said he rode >> all over ABQ with her. Stupid dog! >> >> Nico is mellow for a C -- which is why I bought him; didn't like the >> breed before, savage little rats. But he has anxiety "issues". >> >> Perhaps I should drug him first .... 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