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Now what?!

Posted : 1/3/2007 9:17:53 PM

Riley's littermate, Willy, is owned by my grandmother. Willy peed in three places in her bedroom and two places in her closet. She threatens to get rid of him (and I think she's pretty serious about it). She also said that she would do anything to stop him from doing this, but she works, so she has hardly any time to do so. Also, if she tried to give him away or put him up for adoption, who would want to take him? He's very energetic, hardly trained at all, pulls on the leash, is larger than most Cairns, and pees in the house. I want to keep him moer than anything, but our house is under construction, we have loads of new furniture, and we would probably be too busy to train him. Not to mention, what about Riley?! They're both males, so Riley might start peeing in the house, too!

Remember, she hasn't actually gotten rid of him yet, nor has she

ermanently decided that she was gonna get rid of him. She has another dog, too. A female Cairnoodle (Cairn Terrier/Poodle mix) named Dolly. You might suggest that she takes the dog with her to work so that he's not lonely or angry. Dolly would also have to go, and they are quite vocal. My aunt's Yorkie, Fritz (remember him?) goes to work and would fight with them and act territorial, as he always does.

ladiebug

Posted : 1/3/2007 9:27:09 PM

Have anyone thought of a crate?

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Posted : 1/3/2007 9:30:41 PM

You get what you put into a dog. Sounds to me like she had misconceptions about what it takes to own a dog and now the dog is going to suffer for her lack of owner responsibility

jones

Posted : 1/4/2007 11:45:54 AM

I'm not usually an advocate of rehoming but sometimes it's the best possible option for a dog. I would not drop him off a shelter, but start passing the word around people you know. The dog just isn't getting any training or exercise, not his fault.

Eric Mies

Posted : 1/4/2007 12:12:17 PM

I'm with both Ladiebug and sheprano - get a crate and she needs to set some tiem aside to train her dogs. Both my wife and I work and Presely is pretty well trained to sit, stay, come, down, leave it, take it and doesn't pull (unless a squirl runs by) on the leash - if we can do it with both of us working 40+ hours a week anyone can. There is always the night and weekends...

willowchow

Posted : 1/4/2007 12:36:22 PM

I've been reading a lot of this lately. The solution to not properly setting up your dog so he doesn't fail is to get rid of him or her. Why would she take on a second dog when she works and has hardly any time at all. You cannot expect the dog just to know how to behave without teaching him anything.

It's not fair to this dog, never shown anything and now she wants to get rid of him. That's the solution?? Has she tried anything other than saying she wants to get rid of him?

Sorry, to be blunt but I'm being truthful

bunni

Posted : 1/4/2007 1:49:27 PM

I use an exercise

en (on sale at the moment at dog.com) She can fit a litter box in this and most dogs will automatically use the litter box when contained this way. If the dog can get out (not likely since they have pretty tall ones) there is also a top you can buy. They clean really easily using a Mr. Clean eraser sponge.

During her "hardly any time" she can train him to go outdoors or train him to a litter box in another part of the house.

As far as pulling on the leash goes, this is easy to train. Train indoors and give the pup treats when the leash is slack. (He doesn't even have to move to get a treat.) Once he knows there are treats involved he'll follow, first for one step -give a treat. Then 2 steps and give a treat. It takes me about 10 minutes to teach a puppy to walk on a leash this way.

willowchow

Posted : 1/4/2007 1:53:16 PM

Bunni--That's an awesome suggestion!