Irresponsible Owners

[meleeka]

My friend came out of hospital today, Scrat was extatic ! It was nice to see ! He is staying even closer to her now, following her into the loo...

I tried to talk about teaching him to be alone for a few minutes, for his own sake but she won't hear it....

Well, it's up to her, i tried to tell her that he was getting tired of being in the car and on the go all day but she is saying that he is used
to stay in the car.

Her husband was handicapped and they had a very big car with plenty of boot room for Scrat, now she has a nissan note, quiet a small car
for a big dog...

Hopefully, she will open her eyes at some point, i can't do anymore.

Today, he stayed in the car for 2h30 and coming out, he was really stiff....It made me wince tbh.... It's not nice to see, he needs a few minutes to get going again.

I was very lucky with Nouille, being a Basset and coming from a stud, she was used to be in a big group of dogs. The breeder was a bit worried about
her being alone.

Iv'e got her aged 7years old, and from day 1, I left her for a few minutes and she never complained. Now, she happily stay home and snores the day away !

What does your friend do in the summer? I have a GSD with separation anxiety. I do tend to take her everywhere I can, as it's just easier than leaving her, but that's incredibly restrictive in the summer months when I can't just leave her in the car. She was 7 when I got her and she's much improved from then, but I don't think I'm ever going to cure her totally. She's better with the run of the garden when I'm out, but even that's not great when it's hot as I worry she'll get heatstroke.

 

[smolmaus]

And actually on reflection you don't hear of puppy farm dogs savaging people to death. And they don't lead great lives.

Who is breeding XL bullies if not puppy farmers? Certainly the article above describes completely unsocialised pups, in small, dirty conditions. If they had gone on to be rehomed, they wouldn't have been "puppy farm" dogs by the normally agreed definition (poor, sad fluffy thing to be pitied) but they'd have been no better off for it.

 

[Janique]

What does your friend do in the summer? I have a GSD with separation anxiety. I do tend to take her everywhere I can, as it's just easier than leaving her, but that's incredibly restrictive in the summer months when I can't just leave her in the car. She was 7 when I got her and she's much improved from then, but I don't think I'm ever going to cure her totally. She's better with the run of the garden when I'm out, but even that's not great when it's hot as I worry she'll get heatstroke.

Well, it will be the first summer she has to deal with it as last year, her husband was home all the time being handicapped.

So, she could go as she pleased, at the moment, she leaves him in the car, even at the cinema.

When asked about the summer, she will stay home when too hot as she is retired and if she has to go during the day,
leave the car in a downstairs car park.

It's a shame really as when she goes to the cellar for 10 min, he is quiet, it's only when she put's her coat on and take her bag
that he get's all worried and rush behind her.

I still think, she could train him but she won't even try.... Still, it's her dog. So up to her.