We adopted Dakota, a 7 month old dog pound special. She'd been bounced
from home to home and had major behavioral problems (which we didn't
know about until after we adopted her). But by then we were committed
to her. We've had her now for almost a year and am sharing our journey
in retraining her. Hopefully some of the seeds of knowledge will help
others.

Training a problem dog
http://www.allfreespot.com/art/problemdog.shtml

Potty training an adult dog
http://www.allfreespot.com/art/pottytraining.shtml

One of these days I'll share more of her journey. Dakota has made
amazing progress, not always easy progress but she has come so far in
her journey. She brings us a lot of joy.

In the beginning, joy is not the word I would have used... LOL!

Shari

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Shari wrote:
Hopefully some of the seeds of knowledge will help others.

Why don't you share whatever it is you think would be helpful here?
This *is* a discussion group, after all... LOL!

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"Shari" wrote in message
...
We adopted Dakota, a 7 month old dog pound special. She'd been bounced
from home to home and had major behavioral problems (which we didn't
know about until after we adopted her). But by then we were committed
to her. We've had her now for almost a year and am sharing our journey
in retraining her. Hopefully some of the seeds of knowledge will help
others.

Training a problem dog
http://www.allfreespot.com/art/problemdog.shtml

Potty training an adult dog
http://www.allfreespot.com/art/pottytraining.shtml

One of these days I'll share more of her journey. Dakota has made
amazing progress, not always easy progress but she has come so far in
her journey. She brings us a lot of joy.

In the beginning, joy is not the word I would have used... LOL!

Shari

Enjoyed reading your blog. Dakota is a beautiful dog.

Kind regards,
(the)duckster

On Thu, 29 May 2008 08:03:21 -0400, Shari wrote:

We adopted Dakota, a 7 month old dog pound special. She'd been bounced
from home to home and had major behavioral problems (which we didn't
know about until after we adopted her). But by then we were committed
to her. We've had her now for almost a year...

Thank for adopting a shelter dog, and for remaining committed, in the
face of adversity.

As a shelter employee, I wonder what the behavioral problems were.

Do you think the shelter should have known about the problems and/or
should have warned you? If they knew, they should have warned you. If
the problems could potentially involve violence, the dog shouldn't have
been offered for adoption.

Sadly, many of my coworkers don't even notice problems. Some of us
detect problems that others miss; simply because we spend more time in
contact with the dogs. I clean kennels, and see who is timid, who tends
to be resource aggressive, who doesn't like to be touched in a certain
way or place, and so forth. However, I don't always know who fights the
leash or chases cars and so forth.

I see a lot of timid dogs get adopted, to people I think will be wise
enough and kind enough, to draw the dog out of its fear. But the public
is warned about, or even dissuaded from, adopting dogs that have
potentially violent behavioral problems. Dog-on-dog aggression is the
most frequently noted problem. Almost no one will adopt such a dog.
And almost no one should.

Again, thanks for being so kind and committed to your pet.



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"Shari" wrote in message
...
We adopted Dakota, a 7 month old dog pound special. She'd been bounced
from home to home and had major behavioral problems (which we didn't
know about until after we adopted her). But by then we were committed
to her. We've had her now for almost a year and am sharing our journey
in retraining her. Hopefully some of the seeds of knowledge will help
others.

Training a problem dog
http://www.allfreespot.com/art/problemdog.shtml

Potty training an adult dog
http://www.allfreespot.com/art/pottytraining.shtml

One of these days I'll share more of her journey. Dakota has made
amazing progress, not always easy progress but she has come so far in
her journey. She brings us a lot of joy.

In the beginning, joy is not the word I would have used... LOL!

Shari
===============
Your blog was well written.
I have adopted three adult dogs and prefer an adult dog over a puppy.
Dakota sounded like a lot of work, but is a very lucky dog to have found a
forever home with someone with patience, who persevered through the hard
times, and gave her a good life.

Shari wrote:

Training a problem dog
http://www.allfreespot.com/art/problemdog.shtml

Potty training an adult dog
http://www.allfreespot.com/art/pottytraining.shtml

One of these days I'll share more of her journey. Dakota has made
amazing progress, not always easy progress but she has come so far in
her journey. She brings us a lot of joy.

In the beginning, joy is not the word I would have used... LOL!

I'm really enjoying your blog - it's informative and well
written. I've never had a yo-yo dog with Dakota's problems, and
I applaud your patience and willingness to stick with her. I
hope that you - and she - will be well rewarded for your efforts.

We won't be getting another dog until Oppie leaves us (he has a
health issue that precludes that), but I expect that our next
dog(s) will be adult, so I'm following this with great interest.

I haven't read the entire thing yet, so if you mention this, tell
me - but I was wondering, how are Gypsy and Dakota are getting
along now, after their initial problems?

FurPaw

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The plural of anecdote is not proof.

To reply, unleash the dog.

Shari said in rec.pets.dogs.behavior:

We adopted Dakota, a 7 month old dog pound special. She'd
been bounced from home to home and had major behavioral
problems (which we didn't know about until after we adopted
her). But by then we were committed to her. We've had her
now for almost a year and am sharing

You got me at "7 month old" and lost me at "sharing".

--
--Matt. Rocky's a Dog.

Rocky wrote:

Shari said in rec.pets.dogs.behavior:


We adopted Dakota, a 7 month old dog pound special. She'd
been bounced from home to home and had major behavioral
problems (which we didn't know about until after we adopted
her). But by then we were committed to her. We've had her
now for almost a year and am sharing


You got me at "7 month old" and lost me at "sharing".


Amen.

I'm sick to death of blogging click whores.

In article ,
Kathleen wrote:
I'm sick to death of blogging click whores.

Me too. I'm sympathetic to people who are having problems
making ends meet but the whole click pimping thing seems to
me to show 1) credulity (seriously - how many of these
people looked into the likely return?), 2) lack of
creativity, and 3) a certain degree of just plain laziness.
The SitStayFetch franchise is particularly loseriffic.
--
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Prouder than ever to be a member of the reality-based community

I adopted my dog, who was deemed"vicious" and five years later, he has been
the best dog I ever had. Mike.
"Michael A. Ball" wrote in message
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On Thu, 29 May 2008 08:03:21 -0400, Shari wrote:

We adopted Dakota, a 7 month old dog pound special. She'd been bounced
from home to home and had major behavioral problems (which we didn't
know about until after we adopted her). But by then we were committed
to her. We've had her now for almost a year...

Thank for adopting a shelter dog, and for remaining committed, in the
face of adversity.

As a shelter employee, I wonder what the behavioral problems were.

Do you think the shelter should have known about the problems and/or
should have warned you? If they knew, they should have warned you. If
the problems could potentially involve violence, the dog shouldn't have
been offered for adoption.

Sadly, many of my coworkers don't even notice problems. Some of us
detect problems that others miss; simply because we spend more time in
contact with the dogs. I clean kennels, and see who is timid, who tends
to be resource aggressive, who doesn't like to be touched in a certain
way or place, and so forth. However, I don't always know who fights the
leash or chases cars and so forth.

I see a lot of timid dogs get adopted, to people I think will be wise
enough and kind enough, to draw the dog out of its fear. But the public
is warned about, or even dissuaded from, adopting dogs that have
potentially violent behavioral problems. Dog-on-dog aggression is the
most frequently noted problem. Almost no one will adopt such a dog.
And almost no one should.

Again, thanks for being so kind and committed to your pet.



___________________
A dog's life is too short; their only fault really.