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What Homestar said^^^^^^^^i can't add anymore
Slow and steady,with patience, wins the race.
And as for training,it is ongoing for the dogs life,but you must be consistent,and firm.
It won't take long for her to work out you are the boss,and she will work out where she stands with you and your family.
But first you have to give her a week or so to settle down and see how things are at your place.
Her world has been tipped upside down,so she needs time to settle down.
Best of luck with your new dog I know from experience that a dog is like a young child let run loose with no training they are trouble. What time and love you put into any animal will be returned 10 fold I am not going to give advice its all been said in previous post, any dog will recognise any love and affection given to it.
Hodgo
i locked her inside while i went to cfs training. she broke a window and escaped.
ive spent the last 2 hours looking. ive searched where we walked today and yesterday and all the streets 800m from my place.
ive let the council know.
i feel horrible and exhausted.
she's been found.
she was found less then an hour after i left, so im guessing she tried to follow me. she was found about 200m from cfs.
i dont think i can deal with this.
Broke a window wow. Maybe lock her in the laundry when you are out. With a bed, food and one of your worn t shirts. Will take a bit of time for her to feel secure and comfortable you are actually coming back.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eevo
Sounds like she loves you already and wants to be with you...great! As above she'll take time to settle, to know you're coming back. Sometimes we come home to find our rescue pup shaking because he was scared we wouldn't come home. We think he was left for long periods. He's getting much better and he knows our routines now. He's a red healer x staffie. Very affectionate.
Can't you take her with you , get a friend to come round , drop her at a friends etc ,until she gets through the separation anxiety?, that's why she freaks when you changed your t shirt and had a shower , she knows those things are what people do before they leave. You've left her alone too early , she needs time and probably a visit to a dog / human trainer. It might be difficult for the first few weeks but progress will be golden .
my malli destroyed the back door of the house the first time I left him home alone, has escape a few times (put your mobile number on his collar, makes reuniting easier). Ha was also a rescue dog. Still does like to be left but just sulks now
cheers
blaze
A lot more good advice passed on to you, and I will add a little more. When you go out leave a radio on a talk back show may be the best so she / he can hear human voices
I'm glad you don't have kids there. I don't trust anxious/scared dogs. They can bite/snap when scared ( a lot of kids will not "read" a dog to see they are terrified and back off). I bet it calms down quickly now its in a stable home.... er .... working dog though..... Its going to DESTROY EVERYTHING LOL ... I **** you not. my brother got a blue healer once, it even dug up the water systems (followed them around the yard and dug them up to chew them). [bigsmile] Lots of exercise ................................... Makes them fitter..... so doesn't slow the destruction [bigrolf] working dogs can run all day ... and love it.
THe best dog we have ever had (nothing else has even come remotely close). was a rottweiler .... ( a lot of people are terrified when you just say that dog breed). Only she was a cross ... with a Rhodesion Ridgeback ... so bigger than a Rottie. I trusted her anywhere with anyone. She wasn't scared of a thing... which means she NEVER snapped, never growled, never felt threatened. The only time she ever scared me was when she was quite old ... laying under a tree at the local playground with the kids. Suddenly she leapt up and went hurtling through the playground ... and over to the edge (bushland) with all her heckles up (I'd never seen them up in all the years we'd had her). She ran straight upto someone that had just emerged from the bush... Stop a meter short of him and let out the most petrifying snarl. I absolutely **** myself ... She had never even growled at another dog in the 10years we had owned her... and now I was positive she was going to kill somoene infront of me before I could even stand up. The guy screamed and ran back into the bush in fright. as he ran away I saw he was carrying a crossbow and a quiver of arrows.
You could tell just looking at him... He had serious metal problems. How the hell could the dog tell this from a long way off ?? Once he'd ran off she went back and layed next to the kids between between him and them.
Don't let anyone tell you dogs are stupid. They "sense" things we completely miss.