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You are not going to like my answer.
Give the dog away to someone who knows how to treat a hunting dog. This dog breed should not be put in some dammed apartment like a jailed criminal. The Beagle is a high, very high energy hunting dog. It was bred for that purpose and that is in his genes. Let the dog go to a home which has a large fenced in yard with preferably an electric cattle wire running inside it, otherwise this dog will dig out. If you can, a 12" deep trough of concrete directly under the fence with the fence bottom in it would be most preferable. Don't continue to abuse this fine animal. Let it be what it is and stop being so dammed self-centered, wanting what you want, not what the dog wants. He, the breed, is also a great bugler, having a magnificent "voice" when on the hunt. I suggest you find a person who knows what a Beagle is, not some dilettante like yourself. I worked very persistantly with my Beagle to housetrain her. She was a rescue dog and it was a challenge. She has seperation anxiety when I leave (barking, ripping up paper, and going to the bathroom) but doggie medication is helping. She gets upset if I lock her in her crate. All I can reason is that maybe she was contained in a crate unfairly at her old home. This 20- pound Beagle bent open two bars and "escaped" one day to roam the room. I borrowed the heaviest crate I could find from a friend, and came home to find that she had managed to bend it a little and get her head through, and she was stuck that way. I was just thankful she didn't hurt herself and tried leaving her in just my room with the crate door hanging open, and that seemed to keep her the calmest. Then I had to move into a new apartment. Things went surprisingly well for the first week. Then she peed on my bed one day. Since then, every time I leave her alone, she goes to the bathroom in the house. She still gives me her usual "I have to go out" signs most of the time when I'm home, though occasionally she'll be playing, etc. and will randomly get up and go to a different room and pee and come back. Do you think she's doing it A) for attention B) to punish me ("don't leave or I'll pee on your stuff") or C) she's confused because she's in a new place? I'm still afraid to crate her because I'm worried she'll hurt herself trying to break out. Should I scold her, pretend it doesn't exist so that she doesn't get the attention, or any other ideas? Sorry for the long message. |
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Dennis Warren Bates wrote:
/You are not going to like my answer. / // /Give the dog away to someone who knows how to treat a hunting dog. This dog breed should not be put in some dammed apartment like a jailed criminal. The Beagle is a high, very high energy hunting dog. It was bred for that purpose and that is in his genes. Let the dog go to a home which has a large fenced in yard with preferably an electric cattle wire running inside it, otherwise this dog will dig out. If you can, a 12" deep trough of concrete directly under the fence with the fence bottom in it would be most preferable./ Could you give me the contact information for the person you know who knows how to treat hunting dogs and is taking in ones with housetraining problems and separation anxiety, the one with large fenced yard with the electric fence and concrete trough? There are rescue groups in my area who would like to meet him/her. I haven't had any luck finding such people and am glad that you have. --Lia |
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Julia Altshuler wrote: Could you give me the contact information for the person you know who knows how to treat hunting dogs and is taking in ones with housetraining problems and separation anxiety, the one with large fenced yard with the electric fence and concrete trough? There are rescue groups in my area who would like to meet him/her. I haven't had any luck finding such people and am glad that you have. No kidding. The "stock" of hound dogs at any given shelter is pretty amazing. Finding working homes for them all would be lovely. Surely better than letting them linger in a shelter or get the big needle. Alas, all we can hope for is a committed loving home that will do their best for them. -- Janet Boss www.bestfriendsdogobedience.com |
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Dennis Warren Bates wrote:
/You are not going to like my answer. / // [Piggy-backing on Julia's reply because I didn't see Dennis' original post so checked another server.] You complained a while ago about no one acknowledging your contributions. A couple of suggestions--because many may not even see your posts: follow up to what you're responding to instead of creating a new thread (your post didn't contain any reference headers), don't change the subject line unless you're changing the subject, and don't post in html. -- --Matt. Rocky's a Dog. |
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