Wednesday, March 9, 2011
SOOOO BLUE!
Well, please pray for our Blue Boy. His anxiety and nerves are being displayed in a few not so good ways. He is growling at anybody and everybody except me. Not aggressive growling, fearful growling. He jumped up on our bed in the middle of the night and his head connected with my cheekbone, voila' instant shiner! He pottied upstairs twice and we have a doggy door that he understands. We are going to try a mild tranquilizer and see if it helps him get over this hump of adjustment. I am afraid if he doesn't settle in he will have to go back to his breeder. I hate that, but they have no kids and he seems to really not like my boys. (Or anybody other than me) Has anybody out there ever experienced this sort of a thing? Help!
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I am so sorry to hear this. We have a Bossie (1/2 Border Collie, 1/2 Aussie) that came to us at 18 months old. She came from the family that bought her as a puppy, via BC Rescue. We were told that the people had no fence and she spent most of her days chained in the yard. She tried to bite my husband the first day she was here. We had a black lab and she didn't like him either. To make a long story short, she has become a wonderful dog and companion. We love her to death! The home she came from had 3 or 4 small kids and I think that really helped us out. That is the only thing I would worry about with Blue. Have you talked to anyone about getting him in an obedience class? They are usually really helpful and have great ideas. I would keep things quiet for him for a few days. Sometimes too much commotion can terrify a newly placed dog.
ReplyDeleteGood luck. I sincerely hope you can keep him. Keep us posted, and I'm sorry I can't be of any real help.
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I'll be keeping you in my prayers! This kind of thing can be tricky to handle, and I don't have any advice I'm afraid. We had one dog who was obviously uncomfortable around the new babies, and we eventually had to rehome him even though it broke my heart.
ReplyDeleteOur Jasmine (dalmation)is like that...rather badly.She was Ok for a while, our eldest was 2 1/2 when we got her, but over time she became very not happy.,First with the kids and short people, now most people she dosnt know.She gets on with me, hubby and my mum but thats it.We have done the only thing we can...she stays out the back yard and gets put in when the kids go out.Not the best of situations but we love her and want to do the best we can.
ReplyDeleteAs for medication...that can work wonders.We got a Siamese from a breeder that had (has?) servere nervous issues...the meds helped wonders...now she dosnt stress much and dosnt need the meds.
In the end you need to do what is best for your family.Hopefully it will work, but some animals are just nervy.Hugs