Posted on 11/07/2023 9:10:16 AM PST by allen592
In a heartwarming video that has captured the attention of animal lovers everywhere, a mother Basset Hound named Goose shows incredible patience and love as she teaches her adorable puppy, Georgie, how to use the pet door that leads to their backyard. This endearing display of maternal instinct and guidance reminds us of the incredible bond between a mother and her young.
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Cute video. Amazing that the puppy learned so quickly and with only mama showing him.
Adorable - thanks....
Ping!
“Amazing that the puppy learned so quickly and with only mama showing him.”
She held it open. Not sure he knows how to use the door.
I was teaching my cat to use the pet door. She was annoyed to be shoved through it three times. Then, you could see the realization dawn. She turned and raced through the door, turned back and did it the other way, and then a third time. It was like discovering an interdimensional tunnel to a new world. Her fur stuck out like it was charged with static. (Wish I could be half as excited about anything...)
Cutie....very lovely to see animal mamas take care of their offspring. Too bad so many human mamas don’t share that trait. What’s worse is the politicians who, in order to get votes from the intransigent baby abandoners, facilitate the abuse and murder of undesired children.
I’d wager the next time or the one after that he’s doing it by himself.
I have tried to teach my 2 cats how to use the pet flap in the pet gate leading to the basement. They keep trying to go through the bars of the gate instead of pushing on the translucent swinging flap. I have showed them and showed them, sprayed catnip spray on it, etc., but no go. I have to keep a small bungee cord strung across it, anchored on the bars, to keep it slightly open. Then they have no problem going up and down the basement stairs. This is puzzling, as otherwise they are super-smart cats.
Thanks! Much needed!
They are cats, and they are messing with you! LOL!
Had a female shih tzu.
Then we got a male shih tzu.
the female housebroke the male.
If he messed up, she would chew his butt.
She wouldn’t let him eat from the dog bowl.
If he was hungry, he was to lay down a few feet from the bowl and bark.
She would then fetch him a mouthful of dog food.
If he wanted more, she would fetch more.
I would agree. If a cat can get you to be their servant they will do so in a heart beat.
A brother of mine caters to his finicky cats, with different versions of the same cat food for each. I have told him many times that the cats will not starve themselves, and will eventually eat whichever food you give them. He never listens to me.
I crawled through the doggie doors in both directions several times to show my German shepherds how it’s done. At 210 pounds it wasn’t easy for me.
Kitties rule!
I got my lab to learn how to use his doggy door pretty quickly.
Step 1. I put his food outside.
Step 2. I held the flap open and then when he went through gently let it come down and brush his back.
Step 3 the next time I pushed the flap but did not hold it entirely open. He had to push it fully up to get to his food.
Within 1 day or two he was using it like a pro.
I’m not sure that Goose is a mother.
Snakes do the same thing
Maybe they don’t like that first down-step on the other side of the flap going down to the basement. If it were my basement, I’d try and tack a landing platform board on the basement side of the opening so it’s flat and then start them out by going through the basement side, first.
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