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I went through and read some more posts. You mentioned the dog gets rough with your other dog, and you as well. I can relate to an extent. We adopted a dog a little over a year ago, who was very calm at the shelter but a different story when we got home. She didn't destroy the house, but did some chewing here and there. She tried to play with our little dog but was too rough for her and really don't know when to quit. She was too rough for me and 'beat me up' a couple of times. My solution was going to be to hire a specialist to come to our home and train us & our dogs. Unfortunately, we found out that she had serious health issues that were not disclosed to us, and after losing our previous dog to cancer, we decided to return her. We couldn't afford the care she would have needed. Again, I was willing to find a behaviorist to come train us. Perhaps you should consider the same.
Sad for you and for this dog. God may send you the dog, but he sends you the dogs brains 5 years later. This dog should be crated, rewarded for doing anything good, not punished for doing something bad and spend every waking minute with you...walks, in the car to the store or around the block....every time he pees outside....make huge good deal out of it....maybe he understands treats. Sounds like you didn't get your pick and now this dog can't do anything right. If he ate all the stuff you said....well, where were you and your family? Takes a huge amount of time to "eat a couch".
This is for all you clowns calling me a liar claiming I don't really own a GR and that he couldn't possibly have done the damages I stated since they are all sweet angels from heaven.
I don't lie like most of you.
I am going to make a guess here but I think that dog is not a purebred golden, and possibly has some border collie or terrier in the mix. That explains the energy.
If you take all the good advise here such as training classes, relationship building, rewarding good behavior etc., and you still cannot handle him, seriously talk to a good vet and your local animal control people. Get help with wild child.
My first thought is that he has been given an overdose of vaccines. This is common in dogs that get bounced around a lot. Could be hyperthyroidism too.
Do your very best to keep him. Get helpful advise, work with the dog. Okay that said...
If you do all that to no avail, I would have him put down. He is probably inbred and will be a problem to anyone who ever adopts him, again, ruling out a medical problem. Hyperthyroidism is easily treated with a correct dose of Synthroid but his level has to be checked by a vet.
Not every single dog on this earth is manageable and adoptable for reasons above plus more.
You took this dog, he is ur responsibility. Don.t abandon him or shove him off on someone else.
Step up. Get a good excercise and dog trainer -do everything in your power and if he is still crazy, put him out of his misery. It is NOT cruel, it would be the second best ending to his story! Keep us posted -whats his name?
We've had about 20 dogs over the years and not one needed training. They were all well behaved and not crazy like this dog. This dog is on my last nerve. I am ready to take him to the mtns and leave him there.
So you've met your match. Take it as a challenge and do the training. And take him places. The more places you take him, the more he learns, the smarter he will be.
Of course, there will be a huge disruption in any household going from having a senior age dog to having a young dog like a golden. Your family should have researched further on dog breeds. I own lab mixes and my boyfriend had a golden as a childhood pet. It's common knowledge among lab and golden owners that they are high energy creatures when young, but about the age of five years, they mellow into the perfect companion dogs.
Labs and goldens were bred to retrieve game birds on hunting trips. So yes, they were bred to basically play fetch endlessly. When my boyfriend's golden was actually a rehomed puppy that originally was a gift that was too high energy. And what he would do is play fetch with his dog with a frisbee for about 45 minutes a day, and that helped a lot. She still chewed socks and once a tv remote control.
Personally, when I want to add a dog to my household, I go to a shelter and chose an adult dog. So far, my best rescues were medium sized terrier mixes that were 7 years of age. Two rescues were small senior dogs. They were already spayed or neutered, and also housebroken. They also slept all day while I was at work. And they appreciated me more than the pug I got as a puppy in my 20's. Miss Pug loved me a lot, but she loved her dinner bowl more... not so with my rescues.
My suggestion for you is to find a golden rescue and ask them to rehome your golden for you. And to find an adult dog to adopt, but first spend more time with the dog before taking it home. Don't just go to a shelter and pick out the cutest one there. Take it for a walk, pet it, see if the dog will lie down and roll over on its back for you and let you rub its tummy... so you know that its got the right personality for you and your family.
We've had about 20 dogs over the years and not one needed training. They were all well behaved and not crazy like this dog. This dog is on my last nerve. I am ready to take him to the mtns and leave him there.
Why don't you do one of your 4 hour jogs into the mountains? You know, how you say you lose 10 pounds a day?
Why don't you do one of your 4 hour jogs into the mountains? You know, how you say you lose 10 pounds a day?
I wouldn't take this one seriously, folks.
20 dogs sounds sort of fishy if the person is not a breeder or involved in showing.
Assuming it's serial, that's a pathetic average lifespan and if true the person is a dog killer.
But the more I look at this thread the more it reeks of trolling.
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