Sentences with phrase «neurotic dog»

correcting AFTER the fact will lead to a confused, neurotic dog often especially in a sensitive breed like IGS.

If a young Italian greyhound is treated as a child and constantly carried it can often times become a neurotic dog that lacks the confidence that it should have as a fully grown dog.

Another neurotic dog for us

Director David Frankel, whose «Marley and Me» is a soft and cuddly tale of lessons taught to a family by a neurotic dog, is out this time to deliver a more important, serious message.

i've been known to check Stella for breathing multiple times at night in neurotic dog - not - breathing paranoia so OBVIOUSLY this is a must for me.

I've been snowbound since Sunday evening, stuck at home with kids who resent the fact that there are no snow days in homeschool, a wife who wonders why I don't have a job in south Florida (but only on cold winter days), and two animals (a neurotic dog who keeps asking to go out and then to come in, and a kitten that is constantly hunting my various appendages).

After traveling up and down and back and forth from coast to coast, he was dragged kicking and screaming in the bonds of matrimony to the State of Texas and has been mostly residing there ever since with his wife, son, two neurotic dogs, and a possessed cat.

Poodles can be pretty neurotic dogs - especially due to their widespread popularity, which has worked against them in the genetic material stakes.

I do not want my dogs to be afraid and run to a crate every time a strange noise scares them or a visitor comes over — there are enough neurotic dogs out there already.

Not exact matches

She says she needs it, there are other dogs in the building, so don't be so neurotic about the rules.

Uniquely neurotic and uncomfortable around humans and other dogs, and cats, and spooks, of course.

(And our dog is neurotic.)

Cast as the better half of a neurotic, hypertensive couple who will stop at nothing to see their pet win the number - one spot in the Mayflower Kennel Club Dog Show, Posey nearly stole the show with her hysterical, shrieking performance.

Wiener - Dog Todd Solondz continues his career - long plunge into the dark side of human nature with this fierce, sneakily profound tale about a Dachshund and the neurotics who care for it (not always well).

He's neurotic, has writer's block, and absolutely no friends, save for his dog Scotty, his therapist (Elliot Gould), and his brother Harry (Chris Messina), and technically, those don't count.

There a scene in Christopher Guest's 15 - year - old comic masterpiece, «Best in Show,» where Meg Swan (Parker Posey), the hyper - neurotic co-owner of a long suffering Weimaraner, bursts into a pet store, looking for a squeaky toy identical to that of her dog's missing «Busy Bee.»

Woody Harrelson stars as Wilson, a lonely, neurotic, and hilariously honest middle - aged, misanthropic dog lover who reunites with his estranged wife (Laura Dern) and gets a shot at happiness when he learns he has a teenage daughter he's never met.

Boasting a canine cast of exquisitely neurotic dachshunds — all of them bearing the same pinched expression as Jane Adams in Solondz's Happiness — Wiener - Dog follows the trajectory of one dog traipsing into a series of domestic traps only this filmmaker could deviDog follows the trajectory of one dog traipsing into a series of domestic traps only this filmmaker could devidog traipsing into a series of domestic traps only this filmmaker could devise.

Recalling the wincingly funny neurotic rabbit holes of Albert Brooks» best work, not to mention White's own previous heartfelt gems about well - meaning fumblers («Year of the Dog,» HBO's «Enlightened»), this bitingly amusing, ultimately emotional story of a dad barely managing an envy - driven midlife crisis — as he shepherds his son on a tour of colleges — has the potential to strike a demographic chord broader than you'd think a white guy's problems would.

Synopsis: Ten years after a nervous breakdown forces him to leave the game, Norwegian curling star and obsessive - compulsive Truls Paulsen finds himself over-medicated and stuck at home with a slobbering dog and an overbearing, neurotic wife.

The study also showed that cat people are 11 % more open - minded than dog people, but are also 12 % more neurotic.

Poodles are calm dogs who need a calm environment to flourish in - if you don't want a neurotic, unhappy dog (with the resultant problematic behaviors) then try to keep it cool at home.

Far too many dogs become neurotic because their humans discipline them for something in the past when they're currently in a calm, submissive state.

Dogs at rescue shelters are often scared and nervous, this can present itself in shyness, neurotic tendencies like barking, or sulking.

Some can be overly nervous, neurotic little dogs and others can be somewhat aggressive.

Dogs with this problem are showing aggression not because of fear as in being cornered by a group of excitable kids, but through a neurotic type of behaviour.

Currently she has three dogs: Riley, a neurotic Weimaraner; Randi, a hairy Golden Retriever and Skippy, a classic mutt.

An otherwise friendly and happy dog, when kept continually chained and isolated, often becomes neurotic, unhappy, anxious, and aggressive.

Why Do Some Dogs Become Neurotic?

Of course, there are plenty of neurotic and fearful dogs out there, but as a species, they're often calmer in the face of significant alterations to their lifestyles.

The dogs actually get Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome at Doggy Boot Camp and often become irreversably depressed, lethargic, neurotic or severely anxious from what basically amounts to torturing dogs into submission.

The point is that nice, calm people often don't have a whole lot of dog behavior problems like some people do — just by virtue of that they don't have all the craziness, yelling and people and kids screaming making their dogs bonkers and neurotic.

To say shock collars speed up the training and ignore that the dogs trained with shock collars almost always become neurotic, fearful and anxious is deceptive.

And these dogs can develop neurotic behaviors if they aren't managed and led properly.

Spoiling a tiny dog (by carrying him around like a baby or making excuses if he acts rudely) can turn him into a neurotic or nasty little creature.

What's more, because their often neurotic behavior makes them difficult to approach, chained dogs are rarely given even minimal affection.

A Shepherd with no demands on his time will use his excess energy to get into mischief - destructive behavior, obsessive barking, anxiety and neurotic behavior, and aggression towards other dogs, including fear - biting and lunging, are all characteristic behaviors of a Shepherd who doesn't have enough to do.

The adage «Idle hands are the devil's playground» applies in spades to the Border Collie — unless this dog is given a job to do, he can become destructive or neurotic or both.

An otherwise friendly and docile dog, when kept continuously chained, becomes neurotic, unhappy, anxious, and often aggressive.

The dog needs positive attention and becomes neurotic if neglected or mistreated.

Unfortunately, these breeds suffer from great popularity, which leads to breeding dogs of less - than - optimum temperament and perpetuates overly shy, aggressive, or neurotic characteristics that often overpower the sweet temperaments of a Golden Retriever, Labrador Retriever, Collie, or other mild - mannered dog.

Some dogs that bark excessively are victims of separation anxiety, a malady that causes various neurotic behaviors when dogs are left alone.

Some of the behaviors that make up SDS include jumping (on their owners, on others and on other dogs), growling at other people or dogs, not listening to commands, acting nervous or even neurotic, constant or frequent barking, lunging, snapping, or nipping, demanding attention (affection, treats), etc..

This could cause the dog to become neurotic, even when you let him out.

By being a strong leader, you instill confidence in your dog and many «neurotic» behaviors will disappear as well.

If you are constantly touching your dog, he is likely to become confused, neurotic, pushy, or even clingy, depending on his temperament.

The Humane Society of the United States advises that «An otherwise friendly and docile dog, when kept continuously chained, becomes neurotic, unhappy, anxious and often aggressive.»

Today we have Labrador Retrievers with legs that belong on Great Danes; American Eskimos that look like Samoyeds with snipy heads; light - boned Akitas; Shetland Sheepdogs as big as Collies; Dalmatians and Airedales with screwy personalities; aggressive Old English Sheepdogs; neurotic Poodles; unsocialized Chow Chows; and dysplastic dogs of all breeds sold in pet stores.

But then the owner remains a couch potato, leaving the dog neurotic.

Many dogs today have no important job to do, and this can often lead to boredom and neurotic behavior.