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HELP (long)
I have a rescued 10 yr. old Golden Retriever. She's a well behaved &
very gentle dog. The thing is she's terrified of thunder & lightning. The people where she lived before wouldn't let her in the house at all. They put her on tranquilizers when it was stormy but, it really did no good at all. Well, I have no problem letting her in. She just lays down & sleeps. My problem now is...I can't get her to go outside AT ALL even in perfect weather. The only time she willingly goes out is at feeding time and then she wants to come right back in. There have been 3 occasions when she's gone into another room at night & pooped on the floor. They had her debarked so if she tries to let me know she has to go out, I'm not waking up. She has a nice covered deck right by my back door. She'll lay right in front of the french door so as soon as it's opened she can push her way in. This is becoming rediculous. Right now it's thundering out & of course she's throwing herself against the door or scratching at my screens to get inside. Oh yes, I can go out there & let her in alright. But she'll be in all night until breakfast tomorrow morning with no potty break! She's too heavy for me to pick up & bodily put her outside. I don't care if she spends 90% of her time in the house. I just want her to willingly go outside when I ask her to. Any suggestions as to how I can turn this dog around? TIA Patty. |
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Patty Jo wrote:
I have a rescued 10 yr. old Golden Retriever. She's a well behaved & very gentle dog. The thing is she's terrified of thunder & lightning. The people where she lived before wouldn't let her in the house at all. They put her on tranquilizers when it was stormy but, it really did no good at all. You're kidding me: instead of letting her come in a shelter somewhere they gave her tranquilizers? What kind of idiots were these people? Well, I have no problem letting her in. She just lays down & sleeps. My problem now is...I can't get her to go outside AT ALL even in perfect weather. The only time she willingly goes out is at feeding time and then she wants to come right back in. If she's like most Goldens, she wants to be where YOU are. She needs to have walks and play with YOU. At her age, if you just stick her outside, she'll probably stand there looking in the window. (If she were younger she might take off in search of something to do, which is obviously undesirable also.) There have been 3 occasions when she's gone into another room at night & pooped on the floor. Close the bedroom door at night. My rescue golden sleeps in the bedroom with me and my older dog. If she could get out, she would probably do the same thing, since her housetraining has been iffy. (As a matter of fact, she was sneaking off and pooping in the house, despite being taken out regularly. She's improving.) Just close the door. Don't let her roam around the house unsupervised. They had her debarked so if she tries to let me know she has to go out, I'm not waking up. Ye gods. She has a nice covered deck right by my back door. She'll lay right in front of the french door so as soon as it's opened she can push her way in. This is becoming rediculous. Right now it's thundering out & of course she's throwing herself against the door or scratching at my screens to get inside. Oh yes, I can go out there & let her in alright. But she'll be in all night until breakfast tomorrow morning with no potty break! I can't believe that you would torture a frightened dog this way. An adult dog who has been taken out in the evening shouldn't have to go urgently during the night unless she has a health issue. You need to TAKE her out to relieve herself. She's too heavy for me to pick up & bodily put her outside. Take her out on a leash. Play with her. Take her for a walk. Take her to the area where you've trained her to relieve herself and wait until she does it. And then bring her back in. I don't care if she spends 90% of her time in the house. I just want her to willingly go outside when I ask her to. Any suggestions as to how I can turn this dog around? TIA Patty. She doesn't want to go out because experience has taught her that she'll be stuck out there and lonely. Go out WITH her. Play with her. Take her for walks. Just sticking her outdoors is not exercising her, contributing to her housetraining, or doing her any favor. |
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on 2005-07-11 at 13:23 wrote:
Take her out on a leash. Play with her. Take her for a walk. Take her to the area where you've trained her to relieve herself and wait until she does it. And then bring her back in. exactly. She doesn't want to go out because experience has taught her that she'll be stuck out there and lonely. Go out WITH her. Play with her. Take her for walks. Just sticking her outdoors is not exercising her, contributing to her housetraining, or doing her any favor. i can't even imagine how mind numbingly bored that poor dog must be, after ten years of being left outside as a lawn ornament. aside from the issue of forcing a frightened dog to stay outside during storms (i'm sorry, but that's cruel), dogs are living beings with minds and bodies that need stimulation. they need attention, exercise, and someone to actively care about them. food, water, and a porch are *not* enough. -- shelly http://www.cat-sidh.net http://cat-sidh.blogspot.com/ http://letters-to-esther.blogspot.com/ (updated 6/26/05) |
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On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 10:58:52 -0500, shelly
, wrote: food, water, and a porch are *not* enough. and this is a GOLDEN we're talking about. A breed that lives to be in it's owner's skin. What a sad state that a rescue dog of this age and these fears was placed with someone so clueless and cruel. I sure hope more rescue groups are doing a better job with placements. Lucy (not a golden for anyone who doesn't know), wants us both in the same place. Unless BOTH of us are outside, she has little interest in being outside for any longer than she needs in order to eliminate. Franklin prefers both of us outside, but one will do, and the company of another dog is adequate, and he spends a bit more time out on his own by choice, than Lucy. I always wonder why some people feel dogs need to be outside without them for extended periods of time. Let's not even mention leaving them out in a freakin' storm that is scaring them. If I need dogs out of the way of something I'm doing, they can be in a down or behind a baby gate - "supervising" ;-D. I can't think of any reason why I would need to banish them to outside without me, and no justification whatsoever to leave them out in a storm. Barbaric. -- Janet B www.bestfriendsdogobedience.com http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/bestfr...bedience/album |
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