|
Nov 2020
6:30pm, 4 Nov 2020
1,975 posts
|
PenW
That sounds very promising Wobbling.
|
|
Nov 2020
12:11pm, 5 Nov 2020
134 posts
|
SjohnA
@Wobbling - I'm surprised the method the rescue centre is using with boots is not the first method your behaviouralist tried. To me that would be the obvious starting point! I hope they didn't charge too much for the lack of help they seem to have given!
|
|
Nov 2020
12:58pm, 5 Nov 2020
6,390 posts
|
Wobbling
@StA - the behaviouralist barely charged us anything at all compared to some of the rates I’ve seen online. She did suggest we should try to get Boots walking past the other dog & was v helpful with tips on helping his recall. But I agree, she didn’t really help with the issue and some of her advice contradicts what we saw working yesterday.
When we first got Boots I did a lot of reading & research and decided there are as many contradictory views on dog training & behaviour as there are breeds of dog.
|
|
Nov 2020
1:35pm, 5 Nov 2020
9,247 posts
|
Mazlin
From my perspective as a non-parent dog owning seems much like child owning in that respect!
|
|
Nov 2020
2:47pm, 5 Nov 2020
33,073 posts
|
halfpint
Absolutely Mazlin. In fact I just had that very conversation with my hair dresser. She is about to get a puppy, from the South of Wales, being brought by a courier she found online (don't even get me started). Her friend (who does puppy classes apparently) advised her to introduce her new puppy to her mum and sister's dogs on the puppy's territory, with the puppy on lead and the others off. I am struggling to see the logic tbh. I always thought introductions were best on neutral territory and having the puppy on a lead (trapped) whilst the other 2 are loose seems scary for the puppy.
|
|
Nov 2020
3:26pm, 5 Nov 2020
6,391 posts
|
Wobbling
HP - Has your hairdresser actually met the puppy, in its home, with its mother? That sounds like it could be pet fraud, there is a lot of it about at the moment.
I'd also heard intros should be on neutral territory and if one dog is on lead, they all should be.
|
|
Nov 2020
3:28pm, 5 Nov 2020
136 posts
|
SjohnA
If we are talking small puppy i.e. 8 weeks old I would have pup in arms and older dog on lead in neutral setting. Worked with Luna and Meg. Meg was a very dog reactive deaf 11 year old border collie.
|
|
Nov 2020
10:20pm, 5 Nov 2020
8,445 posts
|
BaronessBL
hp that purchase sounds somewhat dodgy and I wouldn't be introducing that puppy to any other dogs if it was me until it had been checked over by a vet even if the seller claims it has had its injections - and if so it will have a vet card with proof it has had them. I have heard too many stories of puppies bought online that have had no jabs and are already carrying horrific illnesses then need very expensive veterinary care. I really hope this works out well for your hairdesser but I share Wobbling's suspicions.
We always tried to make introductions to Wanda on neutral territory with one exception who insisted on bringing their dog to our house despite us asking them not to as Battersea had advised we did not allow any other dogs in the house for the first week. Luckily I think Wanda was still so bemused at where she was and why she was there that the other dog's brief appearance was the least of her worries!
|
|
Nov 2020
7:53am, 6 Nov 2020
31,522 posts
|
LazyDaisy
I would not touch that puppy with a bargepole  It's got 'puppy farm' all over it.
|
|
Nov 2020
8:03am, 6 Nov 2020
33,080 posts
|
halfpint
To be fair she was supposed to go collect the puppy herself but now everywhere is in lockdown she can’t. Mind you if you had paid a deposit and driven 11 hrs how likely would you be to say you didn’t want it after all. It all seems a bit dodgy to me too though.
|
