Originally Posted by
brianosaur
Okay so we are new puppy owners. Boomer is 14wo LR and weighs 31 pounds as of last weekend.
He is very well behaved. Despite what everyone warned us about he doesn't chew everything in sight and is very calm. Because we are first time dog owners, the breeder selected a pretty docile, or 'soft' dog, for us and it has made his transition into our family a wonderful experience.
He is a kitchen hound. Always wanting to be where the family is and of course where the food is. My issue is he is always underfoot. If we are preparing food (our food) he is right there. We open the fridge, his head goes inside. We open the dishwasher his starts licking the plates. We open the trash compactor, his nose goes in deep and he starts sniffing away. We have learned to be careful not to catch the little guy's head in any of the doors.
We seem to constantly trip over him. He is like ninja dog that sneaks up behind us and gets bumped into.
Today I was getting a plate out of the microwave and I backed up, tripped over him, stumbled and stutter stepped, and luckily made it to the counter without dropping the plate. I barked out at him in spontaneous frustration and he went cowering into the den.
I guess I could use a gate to keep him out the kitchen but I dont really want to.
I assume he is just kinda oblivious, and I realize he is still so young.
Will he learn or grow out of being under foot as an adult? Or just mind/predict where we are a bit more?