Let My Inexperience Be A Warning To Others.

[Kate B 32]

Sorry Justin but even fur mummy from hell has to agree with the lads.

Edited July 15, 2016 by Kate B

[johnpee 214]

I have a ten month old pup Atm does everything I don't want him to do. He chews everything to bits had to put new carpets down twice as he's ripped it up. He's a nightmare but he will grow out of it and I'll be a happy chap when he does but for now he's a headache. I wouldn't get rid of him though not a chance my Mrs keeps tell me to and we argue about him all the time. I got the dog and he's my responsiblity. You can't get a dog for a few days and decide he's not for you takes time and a shit load of patience

[blackmaggie 3,376]

Is it me but why folk just do not just kennel the dog and save the hassle and walk or run them till there tired Katie and Justin yous related a drama over a simple problem that's soon addressed

[squab 2,875]

couple days in and it aint working,it wasnt for you,i know more than enough wouldn't bothered trying in the first place,dont know what all the fuss is about

[Barbarian1990 220]

poor dog hope it gets a good home.

[Kate B 32]

Is it me but why folk just do not just kennel the dog and save the hassle and walk or run them till there tired Katie and Justin yous related a drama over a simple problem that's soon addressed

 

Sorry - are you referring to me?What drama have I created? I wouldn't crate him or kennel him unless I absolutely had to, but I'd try to spend as much quiet calm time around him as possible and just accept that some of my things are going to get chewed over the next 6 months. I agree about the tired thing though.

Edited July 15, 2016 by Kate B

[zx12edge 1,001]

I think Bird has hit the nail on the head get a gun

[WILF 46,534]

You should have shot it.........been better all round.

However, it sounds like a nut job and it wasnt for you so you gave it back.......so f***ing what I say.

[Gaz_1989 9,539]

Sounds like a normal working bred lurcher to me?

 

You should come and spend 24 hours with my red bitch.

 

She's not a puppy either. She's 19 months old but 2 big walks a day don't touch the sides. She will run 30km alongside this bike and still get home and want to play. If I don't want to play she finds something to play with.

 

Usually my 6 year old daughter. Then when she's had enough she will start chewing. Anything within reach.

 

These dogs ain't meant to be caged or sat in the house.

 

Granted some are. My brindle bitch sleeps 23 hours a day. But she's got a lot of deerhound and greyhound in her. Both placid types. And I don't consider her a typical lurcher. She's a lazy cow.

 

You should deffo get a cat. Or a gun.

 

Or both... then shoot the cat.

[Gaz_1989 9,539]

 

 

Is it me but why folk just do not just kennel the dog and save the hassle and walk or run them till there tired Katie and Justin yous related a drama over a simple problem that's soon addressed

Sorry - are you referring to me?What drama have I created? I wouldn't crate him or kennel him unless I absolutely had to, but I'd try to spend as much quiet calm time around him as possible and just accept that some of my things are going to get chewed over the next 6 months. I agree about the tired thing though.

Some of these dogs don't want quiet calm time. They want stimulation. And that requires time.

[Silversnake 1,099]

Most working dogs will destroy your yard and everything in it, one that doesn't is the exception not the norm. My advice is accept this, accommodate it accordingly or don't get a working dog. Atvb.

[flipbull 1,139]

_{All the cats around broadmoor will be safe and no rabbits getting ripped to bits then eh!}

[billhardy 2,342]

Sounds ta me the animal was a driven type ,not a lazy fecker. Maybe right handler lots a fun and time in ta field got of got results these types with lots of the required knowledge can become better than most for a long haul job,patience and more laid back handler who don't stress fa feck all neededfor this animal .puppies will dig they garden eat the hofurniture and do all the required ,no differently . Than the above putting one animal in a situation it's either not used to or used to causes the stress hence the behaviour problems then the habit begins much more worse ,get on the bike run the legs or yours out it twice a day the effort it took to write that paragraph would a got you 2 miles down the road . Good day atb bunnys.

[planete 120]

Working dog plus rescue dog, maybe straight out of pound equals slightly bonkers dog. That is normal I am afraid and to be expected. I have had quite a few rescue fosters like that. The solution is giving them a routine to settle them, having the time to watch them when they are awake and active to make sure they do not indulge in unwanted behaviours and plenty of fun activities to bond with them and give them an outlet. It can be totally exhausting for the first few weeks and I always crate train them carefully so that I can keep them and the house safe while I have a break from the mayhem .

 

I am the first to champion rescue dogs but my experience inclines me to believe that rearing a pup gives a more reliable dog. Out of my three here now, I can only fully trust my home reared one in all circumstances and rely on him to be completely tuned in to me. After two years training, my collie/saluki bitch will still go deaf and hunt for herself if given the chance and the other one will probably always be a liability. She is so triggered by movement that she will strike at anything moving close to her before she can even see what it is. It has ranged from a terrier she is normally friendly with to a Rhodesian ridgeback twice her weight. She is a great guard dog though and will not let anybody near me when we are out which can be useful. It is a great shame she was not given the right start as her drive is phenomenal and she is a brainy and athletic bitch.

 

If you do not have the will, the set up and the time and patience to train a working dog, I agree, do not get one or it will end in tears.

[skycat 6,173]

Working dog plus rescue dog, maybe straight out of pound equals slightly bonkers dog. That is normal I am afraid and to be expected. I have had quite a few rescue fosters like that. The solution is giving them a routine to settle them, having the time to watch them when they are awake and active to make sure they do not indulge in unwanted behaviours and plenty of fun activities to bond with them and give them an outlet. It can be totally exhausting for the first few weeks and I always crate train them carefully so that I can keep them and the house safe while I have a break from the mayhem .

 

 

 

If you do not have the will, the set up and the time and patience to train a working dog, I agree, do not get one or it will end in tears.

So very true.

 

We should also consider the amount of stress that any 'rescue' dog is having to deal with. Stress can be internalized, but show itself by excess digging, chewing, barking, to name but three. If you add in the reactive brain and extreme sensitivity which most sighthoundy types possess, it's no wonder that many rescue lurchers are literally climbing the walls when they get into a new, and unknown, home. The dog can only process the stress by doing what makes it feel calmer and burning up nervous energy: digging and/or chewing.