I really need help about a destructive dog
Posted By: Sally on 2008-12-14
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Trying to do a good deed, I rescued a 2 month old puppy from a humane society (without hubby knowing)- I have cats and then no place to keep Lucy. Well, I was fortunate to find a loving home for Lucy and I have taken her for her baby shots and am paying to have her spayed in January. Here is what has happened: The lady who got Lucy tells me today Lucy is so destructive lady is at her wit's ends. The dog has ate its own feces, wood, furniture, etc. The lady truely loves the dog but I understand where she is coming from as I have had a destructive pet (not a dog before) but it is terribly frustrating. The lady does not think caging is a good idea (I have no experience with this) and she cannot beat the dog to a pulp although she tells me she has disciplined Lucy. I know if she decides to give Lucy back (she has gained a great amount of weight and gotten out of the cute puppy stage when I first had her) that a return to the shelter is not good and they would put an animal like that to sleep because it was owner surrendered. That breaks my heart like I think it does Lucy's mom now. The dog spends some time outside on a run leash (although in the lady's part of town that is not allowed to have a dog on a chain)- the lady says Lucy is in of a night, of course, because too cold for her to stay out. Can anyone give me any ideas about what to do as far as having the dog settle down some and not be so destructive? The lady says this is the only problem, nothing else. Please???
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Wow, he is very self-destructive.
He has only one life, but he's determined to be miserable? We can't control the whackos and can't help who we are related to. Men can be so difficult.
Usually, they are trying to tell you something when they are destructive.
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Further infformation on destructive dog
Read on Craig's list about a lady saying she would take any and all animals. I spoke with her today. She is vice-president of a humane society here. She and other women work take in animals as their own and then have vet places and Petco where they get assistance and also homes for the animals. I told the new owner of Lucy (my rescue animal) that she should just go ahead and give her back. I explained that most of the posts were saying crating was good for the animals, not only did they think of it as being a safe haven but also somewhere they learned to like. For whatever reason the woman again today totally against that. I told her to think about it overnight, make up her mind but my husband says if she is not willing to at least try what people are saying, she probably just does not want the dog anymore. I have to get the dog spayed and the VP of the humane society has already made arrangements for me to get Lucy spayed for $00.00 as well as my new rescue kitten. My vet had told me $120.00 plus for the dog to be spayed so I appreciate the reduction. I did tell Lucy's mother I would take the dog for obedience- once again she said no. I do hope tonight after thinking about it she will make the decision to turn her back over so we can maybe get a home where Lucy will have training. The VP of the humane society ask was this a lab and I said no- she told me she has raised them and for the first 3 years they are terrible, will eat anything that is around. Thanks to all that sent information and I have tried to let your thoughts be known to the present Lucy's mother but she tells me she is a "softie" and cannot try the things people are telling her??
it's a puppy of COURSE it's destructive!
it makes me so sad when people adopt or buy dogs without knowing the responsibility that comes with them. even if she isn't in the "cute puppy stage" anymore. This puppy needs attention, needs exercise, needs play time, and even when those things occur she STILL might be destructive. The puppy needs training (like all dogs). she doesn't need to be on a "run leash" she needs to be taken on a run! i know this is probably better than a shelter, but not much... I have two dogs that i adopted, and they did all those things you mentioned. they are learning and exploring and curious! I did crate my dogs, that is what you have to do when you are not constantly watching them because you cannot discipline a dog AFTER the fact, they do not put two and two together. You have to CATCH them doing it, discipline, and CORRECt. For instance, you catch the pup chewing on the furniture you say NO or whatever to distract them, and then give her a toy she CAN chew on...
Crating is okay. i used to think it was awful, but now that is my dog's little bedrooms. of course you can't keep them in there all the time, please dont... but that is a suggestion for a couple of hours a day...
Does anyone else have a dog that wants to be destructive when left alone at home?
I have a 70 pound pit bull who is the biggest baby you will ever meet. And good doesn't tear anything up UNTIL I leave him home. Then he gets the shoes, his food bowl, water bowl, now he is tearing up DVD cases. I have a fenced in backyard but he has been able to jump the fence if he wants. So I don't trust leaving him out there when I am gone. I put him in the extra bedroom for a while and he tore the door up and got out. He is like the Turner and Hooch dog in the movie. Not only does he act like him he looks like him. He is just an angel as long as you dont leave him. If I bought one of those big cages like they have at the vet I guess he couldn't get out of that. Gotta do something. Any ideas?
Good news on Lucy, the destructive dog
I have found humane society that arranges spaying/neuturing at no cost to me except for $5.00 for antibiotics the animal hospital charges. Lucy's mother tells me this morning she has decided probably best to give her up. I have found a place that rehomes animals through Petco- group of ladies- they take all animals as their own and animals can be returned once adopted, no questions asked, if they do not work out for the people. I reallly feel fortunate to have found this group of people on Craig's out of Atlanta.
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