Jo1987
Well-Known Member
Back story - OH phoned yesterday lunch time to say co worker's friend has recently lost her mum, and needs to find her 13 year old collie x springer a home. No rescue will take her.
We lost our dog around a year ago so I saw no reason why we couldn't give her a home for her last years.
Got her home last night, she's obviously a bit confused/worried, but seems very sweet.
Problem is she is too scared to go outside for a wee! At sight of lead she rushes to her bed and will not come out, becoming very aggressive, growling/barking/snapping after I put lead on, gave a gentle tug and then tried to remove lead as didn't want to put too much pressure on her - obviously she thought I had put too much pressure on!
She also growled/snapped at me when I tried to move her gently out of the way to sit down last night.
I've had a few dogs but I haven't met one this aggressive before even when stressed (which she obviously is)
At the moment I'm just giving her space, the back door is open for her to go out when she wants but she's firmly in her bed still. Last wee was about 14 hours ago so she must be fairly desperate poor thing!
Not really sure what answers I'm looking for here but any suggestions would be welcome, am I doing the right thing just leaving her alone?
Or should I suggest to previous owners daughter that perhaps pts would be kinder as she's obviously very scared (had to put leather gauntlet on to remove lead, and I still felt teeth)
I'm sure it's fear causing the aggression rather than just bad temper but at her age I'm not sure it's right to put her through all this upset!
Very long sorry, thanks for reading x
We lost our dog around a year ago so I saw no reason why we couldn't give her a home for her last years.
Got her home last night, she's obviously a bit confused/worried, but seems very sweet.
Problem is she is too scared to go outside for a wee! At sight of lead she rushes to her bed and will not come out, becoming very aggressive, growling/barking/snapping after I put lead on, gave a gentle tug and then tried to remove lead as didn't want to put too much pressure on her - obviously she thought I had put too much pressure on!
She also growled/snapped at me when I tried to move her gently out of the way to sit down last night.
I've had a few dogs but I haven't met one this aggressive before even when stressed (which she obviously is)
At the moment I'm just giving her space, the back door is open for her to go out when she wants but she's firmly in her bed still. Last wee was about 14 hours ago so she must be fairly desperate poor thing!
Not really sure what answers I'm looking for here but any suggestions would be welcome, am I doing the right thing just leaving her alone?
Or should I suggest to previous owners daughter that perhaps pts would be kinder as she's obviously very scared (had to put leather gauntlet on to remove lead, and I still felt teeth)
I'm sure it's fear causing the aggression rather than just bad temper but at her age I'm not sure it's right to put her through all this upset!
Very long sorry, thanks for reading x