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I'm sorry. I agree with the others. This does not sound like the right pet for you. There is great advice as to where to turn next that will be the best for both of you.
I would give this dog a chance. She has to get used to her new home. People give up too soon. This is also the reason for the overcrowded shelters. She may be trying to escape due to a little fear of her new home. Who knows what her past was. She was probably abused. I would give it a couple of months and try to work with her.
I am sure some people in here will jump in with some advice also.
Make sure she has a pet tag on her from the Petsmart with her name, state and your cell and home #.
You will have to doggie proof your home as everyone does with a new pet. Keep windows and doors closed and make sure she is secure in the yard.
Good luck, sounds like you may end up with a great petif she is given the chance!
PS: It sounds like she may have been in a couple of homes as she does not like to be left. Make sure you have a nice big, heavy, sturdy crate and put her in there. Once adjusted to your household you will no longer need the crate. Also I would get her spayed and make sure you use the E collar afterwords as she does not open her stitches! I think in time she will fit in nice with your family! Good luck and keep checking the posts here for more advice!
Can you post some pics of her?
One of the reasons the breeding experiments failed with the production of "sharp-shy" dogs. IE fear biters who will bite if provoked and who will not have the inherent ability to read human body language to accuractely perceive a threat. [So that two year old coming over could be food, could be a threat] The goal was the production of stronger more robuts working attack dogs but they had neither the confidence [there is a reason you don't see so many wolves in the wild] not the ability to work cooperatively with humans to succeed.
Please understand the possible consequences of keeping an animal so close to wild stock. Yes dogs evolved from wolves about 10,000 years ago and yes some dog breeds have some wolf mixed in more recently [but surprisingly much less than you would think]
IF this woman was living on 300 acres and did not have a child and had all kinds of animal experience I would say - maybe this could work. The fact that this hybrid is sleeping in bed with them, does not have a suitable outlet for probably a huge amount of energy, and is already escaping bodes of potential danger. This is NOT a big dog.
I would give this dog a chance. She has to get used to her new home. People give up too soon. This is also the reason for the overcrowded shelters. She may be trying to escape due to a little fear of her new home. Who knows what her past was. She was probably abused. I would give it a couple of months and try to work with her.
I am sure some people in here will jump in with some advice also.
Make sure she has a pet tag on her from the Petsmart with her name, state and your cell and home #.
You will have to doggie proof your home as everyone does with a new pet. Keep windows and doors closed and make sure she is secure in the yard.
Good luck, sounds like you may end up with a great petif she is given the chance!
PS: It sounds like she may have been in a couple of homes as she does not like to be left. Make sure you have a nice big, heavy, sturdy crate and put her in there. Once adjusted to your household you will no longer need the crate. Also I would get her spayed and make sure you use the E collar afterwords as she does not open her stitches! I think in time she will fit in nice with your family! Good luck and keep checking the posts here for more advice!
Can you post some pics of her?
Excellent post and I couldn't agree with you more. Wish I had something intelligent to add but you summed it up perfectly.
To the OP- Please don't give up on your new dog. My Archie was such a handful that even the vet said she would not have been able to handle him and he got turned down by 3 trainers. Add his epilepsy to the mix and I can honestly say the first year was a freaking nightmare and I came this close to having him put down although that was more due to the horrible seizures than the fact that he was like a rabid monster. I don't know what happened but I made the appointment and the very next day I was able to take him for a walk, he made friends with a neighbor dog and was so well behaved I chickened out on euthanization. Funny thing is that he never had another seizure ( this was 7 years ago) and while he can still be a handful at times, he is also the sweetest boy in the world and those small animals he used to chase and try to destroy are now his friends and mistake him for momma sometimes.
It does sound like the only thing the dog is doing wrong is escaping from the house.
And the cats will survive. It's probably time to reduce the number of cats you have since that birth anyway.
Seriously, anyone who has 'lost track' of how many cats they own, own too many cats.
That is disappointing, and not fair to the cats who were there first. "You have to many, let them be afraid and let the dog do whatever she wants"?
It doesn't sound like the OP is 100% behind training this dog and to be honest does not sound confident enough (no offense- I can tell you really love animals) and to be fair to the dog, she needs a strong, dog-knowledgeable trainer. Wold hybrids can be dangerous in the wrong hands.
My girlfriend owned a dog that was part wolfe. She didn't have any problems with it.
You're labeling this poor dog just like people do Pitt Bulls. The OP hasn't shared anything that would be a red flag.
The dog just likes to jump out of windows and chase cats. It's not killing cats. It's licking kittens.
I agree with you!
People! Please do not label a dog. Pitbulls have it hard enough with ignorant people doing this everyday! A dog is a dog is a dog! There is no such thing a bad dog and it is never the dogs fault!
The OP should work with this dog as it has done nothing wrong but try to escape!
Last edited by Blondie621; 10-28-2009 at 02:16 PM..
That is disappointing, and not fair to the cats who were there first. "You have to many, let them be afraid and let the dog do whatever she wants"?
Revisit her post. One of those cats has had two litters!
Cats love to torment dogs too. It's not like this is new to the dog/cat world.
And what's being there first have to do with it?
Suddenly it's okay to give up on an animal just because things aren't going smoothly?
That's how shelters get filled to over capacity!
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