Katie | Saturday, September 02, 2000 - 02:44 pm  Weekly Challenge!! They have to train Pugita to do some jumps and other things. There is no way they are going to get her do them. They are going with 20%. |
Ketchuplover | Saturday, September 02, 2000 - 02:48 pm  Are you saying BB has given up on training the human HG's? |
Katie | Saturday, September 02, 2000 - 03:00 pm  Don't think so but I think it is a way to get her ready for her new owner. I think they are going to use Pugita to train the humans now. The rules for how they treat the dog have gotten VERY much stricter. They have rules on how much and how often to feed her and how to treat her. |
Jenhavins | Saturday, September 02, 2000 - 03:03 pm  They can't even train her to use the bathroom outside...how do they expect a middle-aged dog to now train on an obstacle course? |
Zelda | Saturday, September 02, 2000 - 03:04 pm  From the Live feeds ... courtesy of Bently... Jo: Maybe she's already pre-trained. Ed: Dude, this is Chiquita we're talking about. BB reminds them to read the manuals before attempting to have Chiquita do anything. Ed: What manual? This dog didn't come with any manual, she's broke. Just thought it was funny. I posted it in the Eddie quote section too. |
Katie | Saturday, September 02, 2000 - 03:24 pm  I think they are really doing this to train her for the new owner. The manual is very strict. It would make sense because they have been spoiling her totally. I am sure they had some dog expert come up with a training plan and they are having the HGs do it or at least try. It is a more interesting challenge and might actually accomplish something worthwhile. It will keep them busy. I think they are going to give them more effort then the puzzles. The problems is this is Chiquita and she is fat and lazy! |
Chris | Saturday, September 02, 2000 - 04:16 pm  Maybe they have decided that the only one in the house with ratings value is Chiquita, and they just want to make sure she is the center of attention |
Majic | Saturday, September 02, 2000 - 04:21 pm  The challenge would go better if one HG took it on as a personal challenge. It sounds like Josh has trained his own dog to do these obstacle courses. I don't know though we tried to train our dog to go down a slide and there was no way in he## she would do it. |
Katie | Saturday, September 02, 2000 - 04:25 pm  He said he taught his dog to do it in one day. Must be a really smart dog! |
Chris | Saturday, September 02, 2000 - 05:18 pm  Katie: my experience with animals is that it isn't so much the intelligence of the animal, it is your personal connection with it. Given the proper respect, an animal will trust you to do anything. |
Laurie | Saturday, September 02, 2000 - 08:57 pm  BB experiment: If the HG can train Chiquita to do tricks, maybe the producers could train the HG's to be more interesting. |
Ewing99 | Saturday, September 02, 2000 - 09:15 pm  They should train Chiquita to jump over the wall to escape from these crazy people!! |
Jana | Saturday, September 02, 2000 - 09:35 pm  isn't Pugita already six years old? i'm not sure this is such a good idea....i feel more and more sorry for that poor pup every day...why should Chiquita be the one responsible for the challenge? she didn't sign up for this? oh, btw, i heard somewhere that one of the staff members has already agreed to take Pugsly.... |
Chris | Saturday, September 02, 2000 - 09:59 pm  Pugita: Geez, and I've only got a week to train these idiots? |
Katie | Saturday, September 02, 2000 - 10:08 pm  Yeah poor, poor Pugita. She's been drafted. She never had a chance. Stuck in that prison with the village idiot. |
Hosewater | Saturday, September 02, 2000 - 11:13 pm  You can't teach an old dog new tricks. This cliche can be applied to Chiquita or George... Take your pick. |
Glass | Sunday, September 03, 2000 - 12:36 am  They stand a better chance of teaching Agnes to run the obstacle course, then Chiquita would run after her and win the weekly challenge. |
Ryn | Sunday, September 03, 2000 - 11:04 am  THey will be surviving on 50% food this week - I imagine they won't have their heart in it after seeing they can get by on less. |
Gail | Sunday, September 03, 2000 - 11:16 am  I wonder if this obstacle course is like Agility Training? My dogs loved it and one of them was actually pretty good at it. Dog training can be lots of fun. Just requires lots of patience, and lots of praise (and maybe some good treats). |
Glass | Sunday, September 03, 2000 - 11:22 am  Gail - Were your dogs trained in 5 days????? There is no way Chiquita can learn the entire course (maybe 1 or 2 stations) in that short a time period, no matter how much attention she gets. The HGs know it too!!! I wonder if they will even try with more than a token effort. |
Watchers | Sunday, September 03, 2000 - 11:23 am  As a dog trainer, I would like to say that you certainly can teach an old dog new tricks. It will require a little skill, consistency, timing, and patience. They should assign one or two people to work on it. Josh is clearly the one dog person in the house. George would probably botch it. |
Eddieluver | Sunday, September 03, 2000 - 11:28 am  Well, as I look at it if they let George train that dog they're toast. Dogs can sense fake people from real ones. They should have Josh train that dog and not Jamie. Can you imagine her doing it? Jamie: C'mon Chiquita I have to get on Letterman so pretty please just jump for me. *whining profusely as she does this like only Jamie can*. Chiq: Lord, can't we get rid of her and that one that I leave the surprises for all the time. This is really grating on me with all these stupid people in here. Where's the one with the big eyes that used to give me love. At least, she was funny. *leaves a surprise for Jamie and Jamie steps in it* Jamie: Chiquita *laughs fake-like* you bad dog. George is the only one that's suppposed to do that. I still love you. *whispers in Chiq's ear that she's going to give her a chocolate treat tonight* Chiq: Damnit that is out to get me. That's it I'm eating all of her damn make-up. What is the say birds of a feather flock together. No wonder her and George get along so well. |
Wendy | Sunday, September 03, 2000 - 02:45 pm  I'm watching the feeds right now. Eddie is trying to teach the The Pug to jump over the bar. The dog is just laying on the grass. It is too funny. Did these people ever stop to think that, maybe, if they all called her by the SAME NAME that might be a good start? (And someone PLEASE tell George her name is "Chiquita" not "Shiquita".) They are so totally going to lose this challenge. And who thought of this one? This is so lame. It makes for cute TV, but not good TV. |
Watchers | Sunday, September 03, 2000 - 02:55 pm  These are truly inept and noncreative dog trainers. I hope they call off the challenge. Poor dog is being maligned for the ineptitude of the hgs. |
Karri | Sunday, September 03, 2000 - 05:31 pm  I'm sorry, but I think this is a bad idea. I think Chiquita could certainly learn a few of the obstacles. She is bright even if it appears as if she isn't. I own a 6 month old Pug, and he is quite smart. It adds nothing to the show. There will be no conflicts and virtually no interaction among the hgs. Nothing exciting. They are showing one HG with Chiquita at a time. It certainly isn't adding drama to the house. Whoever came up with the idea certainly wasn't thinking of improving the show..just the dog. I hope she gets trained for her new owners sake. Bad programming if you ask me. |
Kiari | Sunday, September 03, 2000 - 06:25 pm  I think BB may view this as Jamie's only way to get on her beloved Letterman---stupid pet tricks! |
Zelda | Sunday, September 03, 2000 - 07:28 pm  Kiari...LOL You know the only thing that has been happening in the past two hours is Eddie working with the Puglet. It is very sweet. He has more pateince than I gave him credit. He has come out with some funny commands but she is coming around! |
Kiari | Sunday, September 03, 2000 - 07:32 pm  Yeah she is. she can at least jump on the bed in the mens room. all they have to tell her is top? I guess she quit listening to up a long time ago |
Gizmo | Sunday, September 03, 2000 - 07:53 pm  LOL Kiari about the stupid pet tricks. I give Eddie credit cause he is doing a good job of training. I think he got in trouble with BB cause he was working on other obstacles than the one he was assigned. (I think they each have to teach one obstacle.) And doesn't Pugita only have to complete 4 out of the 6 for them to win? But even that's not going to be easy. |
Zelda | Sunday, September 03, 2000 - 07:53 pm  Are you sure they weren't talking to Britt and the puglet misunderstood? |
Gail | Monday, September 11, 2000 - 08:12 pm  testing |