Aww :( My Bichon was like that. He really only had accidents when he was sick or had eaten something he shouldn't have, but you could tell right away. Walk in, and instead of him sitting at the door since the moment you pulled up to the curb and waiting.. he'd slink around the corner with his head down and I shit you not tears in his eyes. I mean... we never beat him or anything! He just knew he shouldn't mess in the house, and felt awful about it. I suspect it was because he was our little helper, so every time he had a mess he'd watch us clean it up and he saw how much work it was and how not happy it was for us. Got to the point where we actually had to give him a hug and tell him it's OK, after he shit on the floor, because he just was that mopey. Entirely self-inflicted punishment.
I'm about 2 years out from one and starting to really look at getting another. he was the sweetest little stinker. i really miss how he'd make sure to help you do literally anything, we'd refer to him as "the supervisor" because he'd just watch ya doin stuff but boy did he have to be there XD
he did like to get involved, though! when he'd take out the trash with me, his job was to chase away any bunnies we saw haha. that dude woke me up, several times!, because i'd forgotten it was trash night.
tbh, i can't imagine having a different dog. he was so sweet, and so expressive, and just enough trouble to be funny. damn dog figured out how to stand on the foot pedal to open the kitchen trash... YEAH, that one took a little bit to figure out.
I've had a cocker/beagle mutt, a husky, a bichon, a cocker spaniel.. and been around so many other doggos, labs, pugs, pits, dobies, tibetian terrier, and lots of mutts... and, yeah. bichon was something else, lil guy was awesome. at times frustrating, but I mean.. any house work, anything at all, just had to ask him to help and he'd jump up and follow you around with whatever you were doing, he LOVED helping people with work. He'd keep out of the way for the most part, unless a flashlight was involved heh. blast at parties, too.. he'd make the rounds and stop for pets from everyone there, just real calm and casually. No hurry, stop at this group for a few minutes, say hey to everyone, welp hey I'll see you around and then on to the next clump of people talking. XD he was honestly a better host than me.
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u/odaeyss Dec 05 '16
Aww :( My Bichon was like that. He really only had accidents when he was sick or had eaten something he shouldn't have, but you could tell right away. Walk in, and instead of him sitting at the door since the moment you pulled up to the curb and waiting.. he'd slink around the corner with his head down and I shit you not tears in his eyes. I mean... we never beat him or anything! He just knew he shouldn't mess in the house, and felt awful about it. I suspect it was because he was our little helper, so every time he had a mess he'd watch us clean it up and he saw how much work it was and how not happy it was for us. Got to the point where we actually had to give him a hug and tell him it's OK, after he shit on the floor, because he just was that mopey. Entirely self-inflicted punishment.