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Rocky wrote:


The OP's situation is beyond me, so I offered the best advice I
could: none.

That's pretty much my take as well. While GR rescue has taken dogs who
have lived in similar situations, they seem to have an amazing ability
to withstand it and connect with people. That's largely because of the
breed tendencies (rather than peeing on owners). Dogs like the Eskie
don't make it in most shelter programs. Private/breed rescue are
really the only chance they are going to get. Since I've never done
Eskie rescue, I just haven't had to deal with dogs this shut off.

--
Janet Boss
www.bestfriendsdogobedience.com

On Jul 22, 5:33*pm, Janet Boss
wrote:
In article ,

*Rocky wrote:

The OP's situation is beyond me, so I offered the best advice I
could: none.

That's pretty much my take as well. *While GR rescue has taken dogs who
have lived in similar situations, they seem to have an amazing ability
to withstand it and connect with people. *That's largely because of the
breed tendencies (rather than peeing on owners). *Dogs like the Eskie
don't make it in *most shelter programs. *Private/breed rescue are
really the only chance they are going to get. *Since I've never done
Eskie rescue, I just haven't had to deal with dogs this shut off.

--
Janet Bosswww.bestfriendsdogobedience.com

Your forgetting though that GR are soft dogs that pee on their owners
if you push them too hard.

Nick

In article
,
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wrote:


Your forgetting though that GR are soft dogs that pee on their owners
if you push them too hard.

Yanno - I can't believe I keep forgetting that. You'd think I must be
soaked at this point, since I'm so "harsh" and have a Golden.

--
Janet Boss
www.bestfriendsdogobedience.com

On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:16:36 -0700 (PDT),
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wrote:


We aren't really certain, at the time our two vets, my wife and I
never would have thought she was going to die. *After looking back
though there is a neuro muscular disorder that would explain almost
everything that happened at the end as well as several of her "quirks"
that we didn't even realize were potentially from something underlying
as we didn't have her for very long. *What the disorder didn't explain
could easily have been caused as a result of the symptoms of the
disorder. *Nothing is conclusive though, and there is no way to know
for sure now. *It was just a shock though because over the course of 4
days she went from an apparently healthy young dog to being in severe
pain and ultimately stopping breathing.

I cannot imagine what a horrendous, nightmarish experience that must
have been. *I'm so sorry you all had to go through it.

Mustang Sally

Thank you so much. We're still getting over her not being here
anymore. It's amazing how attached we got to her in such a short
time.

It is amazing, isn't it, how they work their way into our hearts in no
time at all, and it seems as though they've always been with us. I'm
sure you gave Jezebel a lot of joy in her short time with you.

Mustang Sally

Janet Boss said in
rec.pets.dogs.behavior:

While GR rescue has taken dogs who
have lived in similar situations, they seem to have an
amazing ability to withstand it and connect with people.

I'm amazed at the resilience of many of the rescue dogs I deal
with. Most come from the Morley reservation (as did Friday).
Generally, these dogs love women but are distrustful of men.
One dog took a day to bring into my house; to Petey, a man at
the door meant dogs are not allowed. I ended up leaving a trail
of food and hiding.

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

Dianne (null) wrote:

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But again, those were both herding dogs, bred to bond strongly with humans,
and quite different from northern breeds like Eskies. And none of the 20 or
so other foster dogs I had had anything in common with what the OP described.



Well, even though Eskies are a spitz breed, the one's I've know bonded
very strongly with their owners. They were used as Circus trick dogs
and are known to be wicked smart and easy to train. They are busy dogs,
keenly interested in what their people are doing. Eskies tend to be very
alert and reactive - totally opposite of the OP's dog. Poor little guy
(Did the OP say if his dog was a toy, miniature or standard? - I
noticed an Eskie's reactivity corresponded to it's size - the smaller
the dog, the more reactive).

I really like Eskies - my main concern with ever having one is that they
are much more barky than collies and that's saying something.

Chris

ChrisJ said in rec.pets.dogs.behavior:

I really like Eskies - my main concern with ever having one
is that they are much more barky than collies and that's
saying something.

The Miniature American Eskimo which comes here is very barky
when around her "mom", but not around me. As you said, they are
known to be "wicked smart."

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