awww hun, its nothing to giggle at, it must be soooooo frustrating for you ...

its no giggling matter hun, I know how frustrated I have been with marley and still am at times with his barking (Its amazing I still have hair!!) the only way I can get him to settle at times as I have said is putting him on his lead, I dont have to hold on to it once he lies down he settles down with his lead on!! One of my neighbours has even said she wonders how our windows are still intact. Yet when he is out off lead I couldnt wish for a better dog. I wish there was something i could suggest hun

unless we are professional dog trainers and have the time 24/7 to keep on top of the training i dont think many of us are going to have the 'perfect' dog ..

some dogs are naturally submissive and are happy to follow your lead, others are not, and you have to keep them in check as much as you possibly can :rolls eyes: :

unless you can double his walks and keep him tired i cant think of anything that might help....

for a while i did games with fred, that used to exhaust him, it might be worth a try,or even doing some basic obedience in the privacy of your garden ...

I agree Shelley

god Bren he really is testing your patience isn't he hun.
there is nowt worse that shouting and shouting at a dog that has suddenly gone stone deaf especially at 5am. wonder what your neighbours think when your screaming, "Mickey" at that hour sorry Bren!! but his antics don't half make me giggle it's the way you write it down too
I am trying to keep a straight face typing this lol!!
you should do a day to day diary of the things Mickey does it would be a best seller.

I have no advice Bren hun sorry.. when it comes to dog training it's
me that gets bored before the dogs do. and if they wont do what i ask the first time I just say...
"f**k it your all thick" and walk off I have a tiny tiny amount of patience with stuff like that, that's why Tilly still hates little dogs, Shady has selective hearing, and both Bailey and Me suffer separation anxiety
I hope you can sort something out with Mickey before you lose your hair and sanity. xxxxxxxx

p.s oh! wait a minute 1 bit of advice for you..

get rid of Mojo















Joke

Well Bren you know what I would do for Mojo you may think I am mad or joking but I am not I would look to see how Mojo could come and go in and outta the house without Mickey being able to be annoying or you having to be at your wits end

Have you anyway of Mojo leaving or entering the house upstairs

I know of something similar being done before. The cat would basically live upstairs but had peace and quiet would come and go through a cat flap put in a window and a series of little ladders were made for the cat to use to get to the cat flap may sound comical or a lot of work to do or whatever but the house went from being a madhouse to calm once the cat got the hang of its new entrance

do you have a crate you could pop him in when you let the cat in and out, maybe if you got blinds for your windows he might not be able to see the cat outside , i really don't know what to say, but i would be more concerned about him growling at me, i could accept the cat thing but NEVER GROWLING

The growling bit is the bit im concerned about and as you can see from this pic i used to have blinds until Mickey arrived This was before he totally trashed them

Have also tried the crating him but he knows as soon as i close the door im letting the cat in so goes crazy
It does stop him from getting to the cat but its not teaching him to leave her alone
I pmsl when i read Sandras post i keep humming the mission impossible theme tune now and visualising mojo climbing all sorts of ladders trying to get in the house without Mickey seeing her Not a bad idea tho ive got a spare decking plank so i might open the kitchen window at night with the plank propped on the window ledge then hopefully i wont have to get up She can just come in whenever shes ready and go upstairs without Mickey noticing if she doesnt come in before i go to bed she can stay out

And Karen You know mojo has friends that you dont like

You dont want the C***** to come out do you

awwwww look at him butter wouldnt melt!!!

Yes i know he wrecks everything then gives me the puppy dog look as if to say It wasnt me

When I was writing the post I was thinking of the mission impossible music

He does look like butter wouldn't melt

Opps Karen Mojo has friends