orlando
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Posts:6
 | | 03/15/2008 5:27 PM |
| Hello again... I had first written about how I had helped this poor dog get away from where he was and now is in a shelter...Actually, I had tried to foster him and did end up taking him home yesterday...Well, being that I never had thought this all the way through, I found out that he was not suited for indoor anything(hiking his leg all over the house..and not MY home) and being that I was forced to keep him in the 3' x 4' crate I purchased for him, I totally knew that was unfair for him. So this afternoon, I went back to the shelter I got him from here and they came to help me take him back out there. The one good thing about this was that, b/c I did ask to foster him, he was neutered [this was not a priority for him before I requested the fostering end of things]. That has helped his cause tremendously...BUT, he IS still there and I fear for him. A couple of you had told me to check into the Golden Rescue type places for him...Thusfar, they only want true Golden Retrievers and he's part Chow...This isn't helping... I am writing now for any other ideas for him..I do NOT want him to be put down b/c the previous owners had no business having animals of ANY type..he deserves a chance...he is a great boy with a beautiful spirit..Please help.. | | | |
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allie1964
Best of Breed
Posts:426
| | 03/15/2008 7:26 PM |
| Go to www.petfinder.com and look up your area. I'm sure there is an all breed/mixed breed rescue group. Hope this helps | | | |
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crittersrus
Champion
Posts:6
| | 04/03/2008 5:44 PM |
| you could also try best friends.Maybe they can help find someone in your area that can take the dog in-www.bestfriends.org good luck and don't give up | | | |
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orlando
Champion
Posts:6
| | 04/09/2008 8:54 AM |
| Thanks to both of you who have written on Bud's behalf. He is still at the shelter and I have tried both petfinder and also best friends network. Nothing yet for him and being that the shelter is filling up again, I fear his time is running out FAST! I am praying for him every day and it's killing me to watch this whole process. I watched as one dog was adopted on Sunday and no one even looking at Bud (or the others it seems). I know no one knows what I do about him or even loves him as I do now, but I also know if given a chance , he would make a wonderful pet. All I can do is try I guess. | | | |
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animaladdict2
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Posts:99
| | 04/09/2008 8:03 PM |
| I wish you ev ery bit of luck for Bud orlando
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meghannk
Champion
Posts:74
| | 04/22/2008 8:02 AM |
| | Take him to obedience classes. Best thing you can do for yourself and him. He'll break the hiking the leg issue when he's neutered. If he's neutered already, just be sure you give him a good walking before bringing him into your home if you decide to take him in again. An hour walk will suffice. Yes! An HOUR walk! It will exhaust him and get rid of all the tension and excitement and maybe a good chew bone. I like the Jum-Bones by Pedigree, they are AWESOME. Good luck to you, I wish you the very best! | | | |
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muttley1
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Posts:13
| | 04/22/2008 8:16 AM |
| Are you sure he wasn't just marking his territory? When I brought the great pryenees when they were puppies my dog dreyfus went all over the house lifting his leg.But i just cleaned it up and then went to work ,training him so he would stop,First i said stop! then put him outside to pee, As he got used to the pups, this behavior gradually stopped. dogs that have been outside chained up for long periods, have to be reschooled on the rules for indoor manners. How long did you have him? maybe he needed time to learn, matbe he needed time to get used to the surroundings. i rent where I live,I have three dogs and 3 cats and believe me I've had my share of this behavior.time and teaching cured that. | | | |
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desires_of_serenity
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Posts:4
| | 05/13/2008 9:32 PM |
| I'm a vet tech who 1 yr ago took in an adult male bullmastiff who was also intact. We neutered him about one or two weeks after I got him. During about the first week he lifted his leg a number of times in my place. I crated him anytime I wasn't watching him closely and pretty much made him follow me anywhere in the house I went...even if it was to the bathroom. That way if he urinated I would catch him immediately and correct him. I think after yelling loudly the words NO several times when he did it he stopped. It took about 2 weeks for him to totally stop. I don't think you gave the dog long enough of a chance to adjust. He has to be taught what his boundaries are when you first bring a new dog into the home. Also, when you neuter a mature male it can take up to a month for all the testosterone to rid their bodies. So you can't expect that behavior to change immediately (that's if it's gonna change with neutering). Now if u want to protect your house until the behavior is modified then you can purchase a belly band that they sell for incontinant male dogs. It straps around their belly with velcro and you can insert a feminine pad on the bottom of it to absorb the urine. Well if you don't think he's right for you then hopefully someone will give him a chance. Hope I was helpful. Good luck. But my dog has been almost 100% accident free since I got him...not counting the first time he saw the Christmas tree in the living room.  Yea he pissed on my tree. | | | |
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tasha01
Champion
Posts:40
| | 05/14/2008 9:48 AM |
| You know i have this same problem with my dog! He lifts his leg and pees in the same three places all the time. We have had him for a year now and still cannot get him to stop. So the last couple of weeks he has been wearing one of those bands around him. He still tries to pee but at least its not soaking into my carpet or mattress. He seems to do it the most when we are all home but he is not given attention. I work at home in the evenings, so if im with a client and not paying attention to him he will go up to my room and try to pee on the side of the bed. He is neutered, since we got him a year ago, but he still has crazy amount of energy and still will pee. Whether hes been outside of not. It is getting really frustrating. It does help with the band around him but we are now doind laundry more often to wash it. I am just at a loss for this behaviour! We have taken him to the vet to see if it is medical but he is perfectly healthy.
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Huckswif22
Champion
Posts:25
| | 05/14/2008 2:14 PM |
| | Our intact male also lifts his leg alot... but I was able to break him of doing it indoors by yelling no when I caught him, and by using a spray by Hartz, Stay Off Training Aid, and that stuff worked great! I just used it on any areas I knew he was prone to try to lift his leg and within a week he'd completely stopped. It stills happens on occasion, if something new is brought inside, like our ice chests that sit outside and the random neighbor dogs like to walk by and mark them. I can't blame him for that though, he's just lettin' them know it's his property :-) | | | |
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Bewitchedlady
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Posts:1
| | 05/30/2008 9:56 PM |
| | I'm wondering if he just did not know how to tell you he had to go out? I got my dog Kelso who is a Puggle just before he was put in a shelter because he was 6 months old and not potty trained yet. We are family #5 for him. So all I did was take his leash and made him do circles in front of the door and then took him out to go potty and he was trained in one day! He is a great dog. I swore that I would never put a dog in a cage/crate, but he gets severe separation anxiety due having too many homes. Other than that he is the perfect dog for us and he is great with my 4 year old. | | | |
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kittums2GSheps2
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Posts:90
| | 05/30/2008 10:52 PM |
| If your dog has certain areas that he pees in. Block him off from that area. I use baby gates for this.I have always house trained our dogs that way. Usually dogs, especially males will pick certain areas that they will continually go to pee. When they do that I clean that area real good. Then put up a baby gate so they can't get to that area. Sometimes my dogs have wined at the gates. then I let them outside. This has worked good for me. Usually my dogs or puppies are housebroken within a month. I'm home most of the time. But when I can't be home I do use a crate. That's the only time I use the crate. i have a puppy that we got from a shelter. We have had him 1 month now. He has only peed in the house twice this week. One time was my fault because I didn't let him out in time. The other time he played too long and didn't make it to the door in time. But he did try. i hope maybe this will help. | | | |
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kittums2GSheps2
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Posts:90
| | 05/30/2008 11:01 PM |
| I have done this with older dogs that we got too. It has worked good for me with all of the dogs we have had. And it seems like I don't have to get after them as much. It seems a kind er way to house train them | | | |
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