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Sacramento CA - looking for home for our dog
Hi! I saw the link to this group on the SPCA site.
We have a dog named Copper. He's some sort of Corgi/Lab/possibly dashund mix. He was abandoned in my parents' neighborhood a few years ago and we took him home to be our family pet. Our vet noticed aggressive behavior early on, while he was in the older puppy stage, but we were not smart enough (at first) to pay heed. We thought the dog had a good "reason" for his aggressive behavior (growled at the vet who was taking him to get "fixed"). We took our dog camping, a year and a half ago, where he attacked a girl who walked into our camp when we weren't there. Luckily she was wearing jeans and was not hurt. We immediately got ahold of the aggressive dog trainer our vet recommended and had the trainer come to our home to help us figure out how to teach our dog. We learned a lot from the trainer, and the dog has been doing much better. Yesterday, the dog snapped a little girl guest in our home. A grown up pulled her away just in time -- he almost bit her. We have decided that our family is just too busy with children (neighborhood children, cousins, friends -- over all the time) to have a dog we cannot trust around children. Other aggressive issues the dog has: He is VERY protective of our home and children. In some ways this is really nice, but he is over- protective. If he gets out of the front door and isn't on a leash, he will chase and bark madly at pedestrians or cyclists until they are a few houses away. When guests come to our house, we have the dog in the backyard until they've been here awhile, and then we have to advise them not to pet him until he has warmed up to them. He takes longer to warm up to men than women, and children he doesn't usually need any time to warm up to. Copper is a great dog for our boys. He has never been angry with them, never snapped at them or growled at them. We have had some problems (not often) with him trying to play bite our youngest son and my youngest niece. We were planning to take Copper to the SPCA tomorrow, but when I saw this link I thought I would try here first. Copper would be an excellent companion/pet for someone who did not have lots of guests in and out of the house all the time. Once Copper knows people, he is very easy-going and friendly. His aggression stems from fear of strangers and over-protectiveness -- and from little unpredicatable kids. Thanks for your help. Deborah P.S. Copper had serious allergy problems for years -- one of the reasons we kept trying to "make it work" with him (thinking no one would want a dog w/ allergies AND personality issues). We just discovered -- 4 months ago -- some skin and coat oil from Walmart ($4 for a 3 month supply) that completely cleared up his allergies. |
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Sacramento CA - looking for home for our dog
"Burt Family" wrote in message ... Hi! I saw the link to this group on the SPCA site. We have a dog named Copper. He's some sort of Corgi/Lab/possibly dashund mix. He was abandoned in my parents' neighborhood a few years ago and we took him home to be our family pet. Our vet noticed aggressive behavior early on, while he was in the older puppy stage, but we were not smart enough (at first) to pay heed. We thought the dog had a good "reason" for his aggressive behavior (growled at the vet who was taking him to get "fixed"). We took our dog camping, a year and a half ago, where he attacked a girl who walked into our camp when we weren't there. Luckily she was wearing jeans and was not hurt. We immediately got ahold of the aggressive dog trainer our vet recommended and had the trainer come to our home to help us figure out how to teach our dog. We learned a lot from the trainer, and the dog has been doing much better. Yesterday, the dog snapped a little girl guest in our home. A grown up pulled her away just in time -- he almost bit her. We have decided that our family is just too busy with children (neighborhood children, cousins, friends -- over all the time) to have a dog we cannot trust around children. Other aggressive issues the dog has: He is VERY protective of our home and children. In some ways this is really nice, but he is over- protective. If he gets out of the front door and isn't on a leash, he will chase and bark madly at pedestrians or cyclists until they are a few houses away. When guests come to our house, we have the dog in the backyard until they've been here awhile, and then we have to advise them not to pet him until he has warmed up to them. He takes longer to warm up to men than women, and children he doesn't usually need any time to warm up to. Copper is a great dog for our boys. He has never been angry with them, never snapped at them or growled at them. We have had some problems (not often) with him trying to play bite our youngest son and my youngest niece. We were planning to take Copper to the SPCA tomorrow, but when I saw this link I thought I would try here first. Copper would be an excellent companion/pet for someone who did not have lots of guests in and out of the house all the time. Once Copper knows people, he is very easy-going and friendly. His aggression stems from fear of strangers and over-protectiveness -- and from little unpredicatable kids. Thanks for your help. Deborah P.S. Copper had serious allergy problems for years -- one of the reasons we kept trying to "make it work" with him (thinking no one would want a dog w/ allergies AND personality issues). We just discovered -- 4 months ago -- some skin and coat oil from Walmart ($4 for a 3 month supply) that completely cleared up his allergies. I cant really help you sorry, but it sounds like a bit of obedience from aany trainer would help not neccecarilly for aggresiveness but taking a different approch might help. Look around your area for a nice trainer that knows about dogs. I hope everything turns out well. With more socailising it may be a great dog. |
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