Fate got me again ... Or How my Pup Ate My Truck.

[2020FRL]

For most of last year expiration dates, temp or otherwise, have been ignored by LEO'S due to closure of County offices. But that's ridiculous.

I showed up to pay for my tags, and the rest of my sales tax, on the first day Adam's County took walk-ins in 6 months. I arrived right after work, I work nights, 2 hours before they opened. There was already a line forming at the door @ 6:00 a.m.

I got in on the first group and they got me taken care of quick. But when I walked out I could see the line was over 200 people deep.

One of the many clusterfucks that 2020 provided.

The sad part ... when all these people show up to get their real plates ... the will pay a fine for having allowed the temp to expire. I called the DMV ... and that is what they said. They told me to have the dealer issue a new one, or come in and get a new one from them ... either way, the DMV gets like $7 or $8 per temp issued. My dealer said that is true and that the dealer just considers it the cost of doing business. On top of that, the dealer has to buy the blank forms from the DMV and the software.,

Go figure. the government ripping people off. Mesa County had nothing to do with my temps, but they get paid for both. Quite the racket the DMV has.

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[D Fresh]

The sad part ... when all these people show up to get their real plates ... the will pay a fine for having allowed the temp to expire. I called the DMV ... and that is what they said. They told me to have the dealer issue a new one, or come in and get a new one from them ... either way, the DMV gets like $7 or $8 per temp issued. My dealer said that is true and that the dealer just considers it the cost of doing business. On top of that, the dealer has to buy the blank forms from the DMV and the software.,

Go figure. the government ripping people off. Mesa County had nothing to do with my temps, but they get paid for both. Quite the racket the DMV has.

For sure!

My Jeep has been out of commission a few of years. Registration and insurance are cheap so I kept it current until emissions were due, I live on the front range.

Being unable to get emissions tested I cut coverage on it and let the tags expire. I asked the lady about fees when reregistering another vehicle she informed me the fees would be so ridiculous I should just "sell" the vehicle to a family member. It's being fixed up now and that's the plan.

They always get their money somehow though.

 

[2020FRL]

Went out this afternoon ... 70* ... Whooooo Hooooo ... slide the new panel in. I'm gonna save the clips off the old one ... never know when I might need one.


After doing that ... took the pup for another ride. A dump truck came by us and she freaked ... barking and trying to chew on the head rest ... the leather head rest. Then she tried to chew on the seat belt holding her car seat in.

When we got home, I looked on Amazon for some head rest and seat belt armor.

Found some mirror cover (for frost and ice) that will fit over her head rest.

And Some seat belt covers

These come in a pack of 4, I ordered 2 sets, might use 1 on my seat belt ... LOL

 

[D Fresh]

Might I suggest a citronella spray training collar and a sharply pronounced "NO!?"

 

[2020FRL]

Might I suggest a citronella spray training collar and a sharply pronounced "NO!?"

Would you spray citronella spray on your leather seat parts? By training collar are you suggesting electric shock? And as for the sharply pronounced "NO", have you ever known a child or puppy to listen to that.

Maybe I'm spoiling her ... but ... my philosophy is "If your gonna have a dog, you should treat them like you would a child. Spoil them, love them and protect them".

I love having her with me and I love driving the truck. She likes going for the rides, so, I will do what ever it takes to protect BOTH the truck and the Pup. So far, including the car seat, I've only spent about $200 on pup stuff for the truck. The pup stuff does exactly what it needs to do, protect both the truck and the pup. I'm not gonna let her ride in the bed of the truck or in a crate in the truck ... she's my baby. I don't mind covering the stuff in the truck she might chew for a little while until she's no longer a puppy. I can't "control" her while I'm driving by watching her and training her. So, this is all I can do.

Not ranting, just stating the facts.

 

[Trigganometry]

Would you spray citronella spray on your leather seat parts? By training collar are you suggesting electric shock? And as for the sharply pronounced "NO", have you ever known a child or puppy to listen to that.

Maybe I'm spoiling her ... but ... my philosophy is "If your gonna have a dog, you should treat them like you would a child. Spoil them, love them and protect them".

I love having her with me and I love driving the truck. She likes going for the rides, so, I will do what ever it takes to protect BOTH the truck and the Pup. So far, including the car seat, I've only spent about $200 on pup stuff for the truck. The pup stuff does exactly what it needs to do, protect both the truck and the pup. I'm not gonna let her ride in the bed of the truck or in a crate in the truck ... she's my baby. I don't mind covering the stuff in the truck she might chew for a little while until she's no longer a puppy. I can't "control" her while I'm driving by watching her and training her. So, this is all I can do.

Not ranting, just stating the facts.

My son is in the process of training his pup. The chewing was short lived as she was being trained. He got a spray bottle of chew repellent. Has cayenne pepper in it. So she starts sampling on some item and he says ‘no’ then sprays some of this stuff on. She gets a taste when disregarding his request. Wants no part of it after that. After a month of doing this exercise she doesn't ‘sample’ much these days. The spray is non staining and you can’t smell it, well unless your a dog!

 

[2020FRL]

I kind of did the same thing with my pup when she was just a baby. The chewing has become very minimal compared to when she was a baby. Now it is pretty much when she gets frustrated or curious. I used Green Apple spray when she first came to be mine. It worked to a degree, but, I kinda hated it when she recoiled from it. Felt like I was mistreating her. Guess I'm too soft ... LOL.

The panel post getting eaten was totally on me. I knew putting anything in her "reach" was a receipt for disaster. When it didn't just slip in, I set it down where she could get it for a minute and paid the price.

She hasn't "chewed" anything else in the truck, although when barking she will get frustrated and "put her mouth on the headrest or seat belt" .... could she chew through the leather ... don't know ... but she goes through raw hides very quickly.

Hopefully this too will pass.

 

[D Fresh]

Would you spray citronella spray on your leather seat parts? By training collar are you suggesting electric shock? And as for the sharply pronounced "NO", have you ever known a child or puppy to listen to that.

Maybe I'm spoiling her ... but ... my philosophy is "If your gonna have a dog, you should treat them like you would a child. Spoil them, love them and protect them".

I love having her with me and I love driving the truck. She likes going for the rides, so, I will do what ever it takes to protect BOTH the truck and the Pup. So far, including the car seat, I've only spent about $200 on pup stuff for the truck. The pup stuff does exactly what it needs to do, protect both the truck and the pup. I'm not gonna let her ride in the bed of the truck or in a crate in the truck ... she's my baby. I don't mind covering the stuff in the truck she might chew for a little while until she's no longer a puppy. I can't "control" her while I'm driving by watching her and training her. So, this is all I can do.

Not ranting, just stating the facts.

I've trained a few pups, and a couple of kids as well.

No, is usually the first word they learn.

And yes, I'd spray citronella inside my truck. It's not harmful and unlike dogs, I kind of like the smell.

The collar we are using for our Great Pyranese pup does not shock anything, I find that relatively cruel. It has an audible tone, vibration, or mist of citronella to the face. We work up the ladder if he's bothering the cat, barking excessively, or steals something he's not supposed to have in order to be chased. It works well and he's only been sprayed a handful of times. Now a simple beep gets his attention well.

We've never used a training collar before as in our recent history we've had St Bernards, which are nowhere near as stubborn and will ful as our Pyranese.

Having large breed dogs that can do a lot of damage accidentally, and spend a lot of time off leash, I find it very important to ensure that they listen to my verbal commands.

Remember, you are responsible for your kids and pets FIRST, before you are their friends.

Not trying to preach, was just offering a suggestion.

If you don't nip unwanted behavior in the bud when they're young (dogs or kids) you'll have to "deal" with it your entire lives.

Dogs are much easier to give all your love to when they aren't destroying your expensive stuff.

Ohh, and the bitter apple, and cayenne sprays work well depending on the dog. We had a border collie/dalmatian mix that actually liked the bitter apple stuff.

Again, was just trying to help.

If you haven't guessed, my philosophy is closer to "spare the rod, spoil the child."

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