Dog is being a pain

[J.DOG 1,355]

I got a 3 yr old deerhound x about two weeks ago and he has chewed the dog run but he has only chewed areas near the doors trying to get out so I got an old dog cage took it apart and caged the doors he has stopped chewing but he pulls the cage and never stops crying all day and night I don't know what to do to shut him up he has been doing it for two weeks I have tried everything he was kept with another dog at his previous home do u think this is why he is trying to get out

thanks any advice

Edited July 30, 2011 by J.DOG

[cushy 37]

You'll problem find he pineing for the other dog mate . He will settle in tho

[J.DOG 1,355]

You'll problem find he pineing for the other dog mate . He will settle in tho

 

yeah I'm hoping so

[skycat 6,173]

LISTEN TO THIS: a dog is NOT a machine. It is a living, breathing FEELING animal. Your dog has just been uprooted from all that is familiar to it: you take it from its mate/s and stick it in a strange kennel and expect it to just adapt with no problem.

 

It is seldom easy taking on an adult dog. In fact, it is NEVER easy.

 

The first thing you need to do is reassure the dog, make it feel at home, BUILD A BOND with it, spend as much time as possible with it, taking it out, playing with it.

 

If, and I'm not saying this is your case, you just bought the dog, and want it to be a tool, go out and kill things, and don't want to spend quality time with it at home, then you are asking for all the problems you are getting right now.

 

For those who want to say, FFS, its just a dog: beat it into submission: well you can stuff your stupid talk. The guy obviously doesn't know how to behave with his dog, and he's asking for help. Unfortunately, we don't know what problems the dog might already have had before he got the dog.

 

Deerhounds and their crosses are very loyal animals, and don't take kindly to change. Dogs are also pack animals, and to take a dog away from its previous pack and isolate it in a strange place must be like being abandoned. This is why you need to spend a lot of time with the dog: make it feel that it is part of your pack, and that takes time and effort.

 

Go sit in the kennel with the dog. hand feed it tasty treats, groom it, walk it, play with it: don't expect immediate gratitude and undying love. Your dog is suffering in the same way that a human child would suffer if they were uprooted and plonked down in a strange place surrounded by strange people. I am not being soft or soppy, and sure, you can beat shit out of the dog and it might well end up being quiet, but it will also end up being sad, resentful, and definitely not your best buddy, which is what a good working dog should be. (Once again: the dog peddling brigade can keep their gobs shut on this one).

 

Do I sound aggressive? Too bad: I think only of a dog's well being and I'm not in a good mood either

 

Expect the settling in process to take AT LEAST a month: and each day try and find out more about how to get the best from the dog. If you are at work all day, then your task will take a lot longer, and in fact, I would, in your shoes, not have taken on an adult dog which may have issues or baggage or problems of one sort or another.

 

If you are not at work, then you have absolutely no excuse not to spend most of every day with the dog, building the bond. You must become your dog's security, pack leader, best buddy, and to do that means spending a lot of time with the dog: am I repeating myself? Never mind. It is usually by repetition that something sinks in to the brain: and by that I also mean a dog's brain.

 

Is the dog happy to see you when you go to it? Or does it cower away expecting to be told off for making a noise? Was the dog kennelled before you got it? Or did it live in the house with its owner? Did it even have a caring owner, or did it spend most of its time in a kennel with another dog? By which I mean, is the dog totally dog orientated? If it is, then its pain will be even greater at finding itself alone. If it has never belonged to someone who it had a bond with, it will be just as up the creek without a paddle as it would had it belonged to a truly caring owner it adored. Get my drift?

 

Please don't think I'm having a go at you, but sometimes I just have to write pretty straight without pussyfooting around the subject. Forgive me for calling a spade a bloody shovel, but that is how it is.

[J.DOG 1,355]

LISTEN TO THIS: a dog is NOT a machine. It is a living, breathing FEELING animal. Your dog has just been uprooted from all that is familiar to it: you take it from its mate/s and stick it in a strange kennel and expect it to just adapt with no problem.

 

It is seldom easy taking on an adult dog. In fact, it is NEVER easy.

 

The first thing you need to do is reassure the dog, make it feel at home, BUILD A BOND with it, spend as much time as possible with it, taking it out, playing with it.

 

If, and I'm not saying this is your case, you just bought the dog, and want it to be a tool, go out and kill things, and don't want to spend quality time with it at home, then you are asking for all the problems you are getting right now.

 

For those who want to say, FFS, its just a dog: beat it into submission: well you can stuff your stupid talk. The guy obviously doesn't know how to behave with his dog, and he's asking for help. Unfortunately, we don't know what problems the dog might already have had before he got the dog.

 

Deerhounds and their crosses are very loyal animals, and don't take kindly to change. Dogs are also pack animals, and to take a dog away from its previous pack and isolate it in a strange place must be like being abandoned. This is why you need to spend a lot of time with the dog: make it feel that it is part of your pack, and that takes time and effort.

 

Go sit in the kennel with the dog. hand feed it tasty treats, groom it, walk it, play with it: don't expect immediate gratitude and undying love. Your dog is suffering in the same way that a human child would suffer if they were uprooted and plonked down in a strange place surrounded by strange people. I am not being soft or soppy, and sure, you can beat shit out of the dog and it might well end up being quiet, but it will also end up being sad, resentful, and definitely not your best buddy, which is what a good working dog should be. (Once again: the dog peddling brigade can keep their gobs shut on this one).

 

Do I sound aggressive? Too bad: I think only of a dog's well being and I'm not in a good mood either

 

Expect the settling in process to take AT LEAST a month: and each day try and find out more about how to get the best from the dog. If you are at work all day, then your task will take a lot longer, and in fact, I would, in your shoes, not have taken on an adult dog which may have issues or baggage or problems of one sort or another.

 

If you are not at work, then you have absolutely no excuse not to spend most of every day with the dog, building the bond. You must become your dog's security, pack leader, best buddy, and to do that means spending a lot of time with the dog: am I repeating myself? Never mind. It is usually by repetition that something sinks in to the brain: and by that I also mean a dog's brain.

 

Is the dog happy to see you when you go to it? Or does it cower away expecting to be told off for making a noise? Was the dog kennelled before you got it? Or did it live in the house with its owner? Did it even have a caring owner, or did it spend most of its time in a kennel with another dog? By which I mean, is the dog totally dog orientated? If it is, then its pain will be even greater at finding itself alone. If it has never belonged to someone who it had a bond with, it will be just as up the creek without a paddle as it would had it belonged to a truly caring owner it adored. Get my drift?

 

Please don't think I'm having a go at you, but sometimes I just have to write pretty straight without pussyfooting around the subject. Forgive me for calling a spade a bloody shovel, but that is how it is.

 

thanks mate I know what your saying I understand all that thanks for your input

 

I got the dog mainly for my sister cos she wanted a dog for years and she is out with the dog for a couple of hours everyday and then comes home and plays in the garden I ain't gona work him much I will only work him just to keep him happy as it is more of a pet for my sis and I take my pup out with him they get on well and love to play and mess around lol

the lad I got him off diddnt really let it be a pup as if you throw a ball near him he won't even move he just stands there and is scared of everyone but he is starting to run up to us and is alot happier

 

It's not that it the dog crying that is bothering me it's the neighbours cos there all complaining c*nts.

Thanks

J.DOG

Edited July 30, 2011 by J.DOG

[skycat 6,173]

Sounds as though the dog didn't have the best of homes before you got it. Also sounds as though things are progressing: it is sad when a dog doesn't know how to interact happily with people. Give it time, and then some more time. Is your pup kennelled too? And if it is, is it near the other dog? If they can at least see each other that should help. If the pup is in the house then the dog will feel even more out on a limb, alone and confused.

 

Could you not crate the dog indoors for a while? Mind you, if it has never been crated it might go mental and damage itself at being confined in a small space. Maybe keep it in the kitchen? Utility room? Somewhere with washable floors? It's a difficult one, as dogs which haven't been properly socialised, interacted with people etc, actually have far less ability to adapt to new situations and things, including new people.

 

Another thing: how old is your pup? Would it be possible to kennel them together? Not a good idea right now as you probably don't know how the older dog would react at having a youngster in its kennel, and it does depend on the pup's age: not a good idea if it is much smaller and still growing.

 

Just a thought though.

[J.DOG 1,355]

Sounds as though the dog didn't have the best of homes before you got it. Also sounds as though things are progressing: it is sad when a dog doesn't know how to interact happily with people. Give it time, and then some more time. Is your pup kennelled too? And if it is, is it near the other dog? If they can at least see each other that should help. If the pup is in the house then the dog will feel even more out on a limb, alone and confused.

 

Could you not crate the dog indoors for a while? Mind you, if it has never been crated it might go mental and damage itself at being confined in a small space. Maybe keep it in the kitchen? Utility room? Somewhere with washable floors? It's a difficult one, as dogs which haven't been properly socialised, interacted with people etc, actually have far less ability to adapt to new situations and things, including new people.

 

Another thing: how old is your pup? Would it be possible to kennel them together? Not a good idea right now as you probably don't know how the older dog would react at having a youngster in its kennel, and it does depend on the pup's age: not a good idea if it is much smaller and still growing.

 

Just a thought though.

 

unfortinately I don't have enough room to kennel the dog in the house as I have my pup is in the house he sleeps any were but the kitchen because my English bull terrier sleeps in the

kitchen on a night and is very teritorial but is then kenneled outside during the day .

 

me and my dad had a good idea wich we are

considering we have a big metal pannel run in the garden wich my ebt is in during the day but we were going to exstend the metal run and place my ebt in the wooden run and the new dog called laddie in the metal run because the metal run means I can have two dogs in together so I can put my 10 month pup and laddie together this would be alot better plus it's closer to the house. Both my pup and laddie get on well not any signs of aggression we will give it some more time first to make sure they will get along ok but they should be fine cos he was kenneled with a pup a similar age as my pup

thanks mate

 

Edited July 30, 2011 by J.DOG

[Raymond 618]

Check inside the dogs mouth for something lodged in his teeth , gums and pallet.