Advice For A New Owner And Member

[JamesMac86 0]

Hi Folks

 

New to The Hunting Life and looking for a little advice on my new pup. I'm a new owner in regard to Lurchers, pups a bitch, Deerhound x Greyhound/Saluki. My situation is we got her when she was 16 weeks old, her mother had rejected the entire litter and so she was hand reared. She has been very timid and quite stand off with both my girlfriend and i and doesn't really respond to any kind of stimulus from us or our other dog. When we take her out she barely leaves our side, in contrast to this her sister who my friend took is a bundle of energy. It really is chalk and cheese. Now i am aware that like people, all dogs have different traits and personalities however i've never had a pup that is so demure. Also she occasionally whines when she is out with us, but again i have checked her as has the vet and have found no signs of injury and has been given a clean bill of health, so it has made me question whether she is hurt or is whining for another reason? I know it's a fairly vague post but any advice or info on this whether some of you have had similar situations with your pups would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

 

 

[Gaz_1989 9,539]

I've got an 8 month old pup here that whined for no apparent reason up until a few weeks ago.

 

It was driving me mad and I was pulling my hair out. She was the perfect pup and companion apart from this. She would cry at random times with no pattern and for no reason. I also thought she was hurting at one point.

 

If I stopped for a piss, if we were netting up holes, if she was sat on my knee sometimes.

 

A few lads said she would grow out of it and some said she wouldn't. But she has. Haven't heard her do it for a good few weeks now.

[sawyer 94]

My bitch is real timid aswel. When i got her she was scared shitless but i thought she would grow out of it. For the first few weeks she would hardly move out of her bed, shes perfect in the house now with me my partner and my 3yr old daughter but if anyone comes in she barks and runs and hides upstairs. She would run away when out walking when she was young ive put a lot of time into her and shes a lot beter but stil bit of a physco

[Ideation 8,216]

Some dogs are just odd, like some people. . . . .

 

A lot of the time they do grow out of it.

 

You want to try to spend as much time with her as possible, building up a great bond, so even if she is timid and nervous, she sees you as sanctuary, her safe place.

 

You will have to be careful in training her, try not to raise your voice too much or get physical etc.

 

Some dogs are just odd though, my young bitch is confident as you like, full on and a bundle of energy. . . . i've never raised a hand to her etc, but if I make a loud noise of sudden move, she drops like i'm about to beat the shit out of her sometimes, and also hates being held or enclosed, like with arms wrapped around her neck.

 

Funny things dogs!

[moocher bb7 51]

Time time and more time every minute spare you have spend with pup gains her confidence in you as a master hand reared by the same person for 4 month this person became mum now youve to become this in a manner of speaking atb

[sawyer 94]

Ideation is right my bitch doesnt trust a thing in the world but trusts me 100% when i got her a was off work and we bonded a lot ive put more time in than you can imagine she follows me around all day and crys when i go out. On a night when we are lying about she has to touch me aimetimes its too much.

[bird 9,933]

just talking to a mate who just picked his new pup up, and very happy with it. Its calm easy going around dogs , not nervy with people ,and to me that's what a pup should be all about .Fair play to the lads who bring on nervy pups, but bring on a new pup always fulltime job, I just carnt understand why lads pick nervy pups when a bolder pup makes the job that more easy. ive always tried to pick outgoing pup if I could, and keep away from the nervy type pup. I did have bitch like the above once, brill hunting dog had lot of game with her , but was always on the nervy side all her life had her for 14 years.But on choice wouldn't pick a pup like her ever again , best of luck with it

[sawyer 94]

Your right bird that is what a pup should be like. I didnt realise mine was that bad at first just thought it was bit warey because it hadnt seen me before. I wouldnt pick a nervy one again. Shes not like that at all out lamping which confuses me

[quantox 46]

really would like to see a pic of the pup as ive a pup well 11 month old now of a similar x

 

when mine was young it whined alittle and it would make all sorts is noise and would be quite timmed

but as it grows its getting alot better .. but ive just put this down to the saluki in it

 

​i did have a saluki x grey before this pup and that was really bad for it to the extent that i had to rehome it ,, i just couldn't live with it

and i didnt think its was fair to the dog to keep it ,,

 

my dog on the right with hes litter bro

 

[lurcherman887 178]

My saluki.x is a right wanker whingy thing but what can you do once your commited your commited

[baw 4,360]

Just wondering mate, if he hand reared them, why did he keep them till they were 4 months old?

[roybo 2,873]

i'd have thought hand reared pups would have been bold as brass due to the time they have had spent on them,

as Baw said by 4 months old i'd have wanted them gone maybe just an odd pup ?

but then maybe it got dependant on the feeder?

Edited March 17, 2014 by roybo

[beast 1,884]

the problem isnt with the hand rearing, it is the fact that they havent been socialised properly. with any animal, the trick is not to become a surrogate mother or the animal will imprint to you, and be. come socially confused with its own species. even raising it alongside littermates isnt enough, as puppies will only display a limited amount of social skills to each other. you need to make sure there are adult dogs in the picture which are really important to teach proper social skills to the pups, and put yourself in the background as much as possible, at least until the pups realise they are dogs not little people. just clean and feed them then leave them somewhere that they can see, hear and smell the big dogs all the time.

 

as for your pup, i think you might be lucky and have an ally in your mates pup. if you can, get them out walking together (not mad play running, proper sensible lead walking) just to give your pup confidence from a dog it already knows. otherwise try to find a kind quiet sensible dog belonging to a friend or neighbour to do the same job

 

the other thing is the whining: just ignore it. if you fuss or try to comfort the dog you will make it worse as the dog will see this as some kind of reward, but if you scold the dog then you are still acknowledging the whine and rewarding by proxy, but also you are spoiling the bond that you are trying to create.

 

time and patience, hand feed the dog, lie on the floor with it so you are not threatening, even let it sleep on your bed.

 

good luck.