vhf
Well-Known Member
Hi,
I'm a dog lover but not owner so only lurk in here, but a friend is in a mess with her young dog (from memory, about 12 months, GSD cross) so I offered to post in here in case anyone has a clever suggestion. They are sensible intelligent people, and genuinely thought - and were advised - that the dog and they would be a good fit. This is what she has told me:-
Post away we are willing to try anything .
He is a gorgeous dog and weve had advice from time to euthanasia and obviously there is no way we want that . We will consider anything to avoid that.
But, weve been to so many different trainers, whispers, behaviourist etc (some clicker training some not) and everyone is so opinionated and says everyone else is wrong . Basically he needs loads and loads of training more than we can manage or provide. He has started attacking other dogs and chasing herds of cows so we cant walk him off the lead and were terrorising everyone in the local village. And then he bit our son up both legs and arms and we still dont know why no inkling of aggression to any size people at all before or since.
The charity we got him from cant take him back and RSPCA wont take him without yet another behaviourist report. Hes on list for Wheal Alfred but they are stacked out. We advertised him privately but all sorts of dodgy people keep phoning up so that was a mistake. It is a mess.
For the right home (maybe grown ups with a lot of time and experience) he will be a gorgeous dog. We all love him but cant keep him or other people/dogs safe!
Any suggestions? Please?
I'm a dog lover but not owner so only lurk in here, but a friend is in a mess with her young dog (from memory, about 12 months, GSD cross) so I offered to post in here in case anyone has a clever suggestion. They are sensible intelligent people, and genuinely thought - and were advised - that the dog and they would be a good fit. This is what she has told me:-
Post away we are willing to try anything .
He is a gorgeous dog and weve had advice from time to euthanasia and obviously there is no way we want that . We will consider anything to avoid that.
But, weve been to so many different trainers, whispers, behaviourist etc (some clicker training some not) and everyone is so opinionated and says everyone else is wrong . Basically he needs loads and loads of training more than we can manage or provide. He has started attacking other dogs and chasing herds of cows so we cant walk him off the lead and were terrorising everyone in the local village. And then he bit our son up both legs and arms and we still dont know why no inkling of aggression to any size people at all before or since.
The charity we got him from cant take him back and RSPCA wont take him without yet another behaviourist report. Hes on list for Wheal Alfred but they are stacked out. We advertised him privately but all sorts of dodgy people keep phoning up so that was a mistake. It is a mess.
For the right home (maybe grown ups with a lot of time and experience) he will be a gorgeous dog. We all love him but cant keep him or other people/dogs safe!
Any suggestions? Please?