[speaker001:] uh we have a Sheltie Collie a miniature Sheltie
[speaker002:] do you
[speaker001:] yeah it's about oh about six months old and we're trying we're we we live in an apartment so we don't have a yard so it has to stay stay stay inside and we're having a difficult time trying to train it
[speaker002:] how old is it
[speaker001:] it's about six months
[speaker002:] uh you you're you're in the roughest stages of pet ownership I think
[speaker001:] really but they're supposed to be real intelligent dogs but I guess every one one every one one of them or or every once in a while you get one that's not so intelligent because this one isn't
[speaker002:] well I don't I don't know if that has anything to do with the intelligence really the the the training bit uh I've had dogs through the years right now I've got two and three cats but uh and uh my son and daughter-in-law have kind of a Sheltie mix and we watched it this summer for two to three months and it wasn't trained quite fully either
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] and uh but it was a sweet and an intelligent dog
[speaker001:] yeah so how'd y'all how do you what's the best method
[speaker002:] I don't know I I'm old fashioned and when I got my my dogs when they when they did something I hollered at them and threw them outside they say that's not the way to do it now but you're just supposed to
[speaker001:] right stand outside with them until they
[speaker002:] no just just you put them outside I guess unless you catch catch them in the act
[speaker001:] well we're hardly ever at home so it's kind of difficult and
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] you know you don't wanna you don't wanna spank it or scare it or anything like that so
[speaker002:] no you no you don't wanna do that but uh
[speaker001:] yeah we we try to take it you know it gets it gets frustrating when you take it outside and you know and then it runs right inside and it does it huh
[speaker002:] does does does it just wanna sniff around and does it just wanna sniff around and play when it's outside
[speaker001:] yeah a lot of times and you know it it won't it's whole job outside and it comes inside
[speaker002:] yeah have have you praised it and given it a treat maybe when it does something outside
[speaker001:] uh yeah we've tried that and uh you know there's certain spots in the house where he likes to go so and he chews on plants and all that but you know that's natural for a little puppy huh
[speaker002:] yeah that's nothing huh well it it it'll it'll catch on pretty soon I'll I'll I'll betcha I I have a sixteen year old almost sixteen year old Golden Retriever and she's gone the other way because she's so old she doesn't have much control
[speaker001:] oh really
[speaker002:] so we're battling with that problem and she still feels good uh she can't hear worth a darn or see very well but she's got a great appetite and she knows we're there by smell
[speaker001:] oh that's sad huh how old is it
[speaker002:] she'll be sixteen in May
[speaker001:] man that's sad
[speaker002:] and yeah but we can't bear to do anything because she's been our friend for all these years so we're putting up with all her accidents
[speaker001:] oh of course not I couldn't
[speaker002:] and the last two nights ago she had diarrhea and so that was a bad one but uh I think we're buying a carpet shampooer this weekend
[speaker001:] that is really sad what what's the deal we we try to we're trying to take it on walks now you know
[speaker002:] um-hum
[speaker001:] and we can't because it's not accustomed to being on a leash
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] and so it I mean this dog really feels like it's being killed or something when you try to you know tug on it to walk it I mean it just goes like a mad dog I mean it just jumps up and down and starts yapping and
[speaker002:] does it oh
[speaker001:] it's you know I mean it's not even close to even being trained on a leash
[speaker002:] uh-huh uh you know maybe you need you can get it signed up this spring or summer for some of the dog obedience classes
[speaker001:] um-hum well we've heard bad we've heard some bad things about some of those you know they sometimes misuse misuse their license or whatever you know and they treat them bad
[speaker002:] oh well you know where we went we went to the junior college Richland
[speaker001:] oh really
[speaker002:] and we took my my daughter was living at home then and she took our Golden Retriever or not the Golden Retriever the Norwegian Elk Hound over there and
[speaker001:] oh really
[speaker002:] it it it's a pretty good class and they did pretty good except this dog is she's just pretty she's not smart so she didn't learn a lot but it I think it calmed her down a little bit and she's used to being around other dogs now
[speaker001:] uh-huh how long did it take
[speaker002:] I think it was like a six week program
[speaker001:] every what
[speaker002:] uh I think it was one night a week for like six weeks and uh you know it was a group class outside
[speaker001:] oh really
[speaker002:] it was fairly reasonable too
[speaker001:] well Sheltie Collies are you know timid and they don't really unless they get used to something they're really nervous and
[speaker002:] yeah they're pretty they're usually a high strung dog aren't they
[speaker001:] yeah yeah and uh if they're not accustomed to something they they're really scared so
[speaker002:] um our our friend has a