This made me laugh.Curious if the rescue knew anything about your guy.
When we adopted Gypsy they told us her history but very little of it added up.
Its like the dogs don't come with an owners manual, so you have to just figure it out.
This made me laugh.Curious if the rescue knew anything about your guy.
From our experience with separation anxiety, you're bonding with Hatch in a big way. If you do decide to adopt him out, he's going to need a transition so that he doesn't lack confidence in his new home. As far as he's concerned, you are his new human and your home is his home.He's currently having a play date with another dog and foster mom while I'm in class to help with his separation anxiety and timidity around other humans. I hurt my heart to walk away from him knowing that he might freak out but I had to. I'm getting video and photo updates which show that while he's not in love with the human, the dogs are BFFs.
I love this!One of the pics she sent me during the play date. Bed wrestling.
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From our experience with separation anxiety, you're bonding with Hatch in a big way. If you do decide to adopt him out, he's going to need a transition so that he doesn't lack confidence in his new home. As far as he's concerned, you are his new human and your home is his home.
So how did Hatch like the snow??? @coskigirl
It sounds like you are making a decision as you write, @coskigirl.
That sounds like just about the perfect solution right there. And you’d still be able to see him, too.The good news is that his play date's mom is interested in adopting him if I don't so she will surely keep me posted on him and let me visit. He also loved her dog (another RezDawg) so he'd have a built in buddy which would probably help the separation anxiety as well.
Curious, could you toss a blanket over Hatch and time how long it takes for him to escape from under it?-
very well-regarded trainer and she couldn’t believe how he let me put them on with no argument.
OMG, those booties look so wrong, LOL,
Border Collies like to run, herding dogs. Mine also loved to play in the snow, and oh did they ever shed their longish coat with the changing of the seasons. Suffice to say we didn't dare wear black very often if ever!
I was thinking about booties for Gypsy for hiking this summer because she will go and go and go... I was concerned about protecting her pads, but the vet and the adventure doggie store said that they cool off with their paws and booties are not recommended in the summer for dogs like Gypsy, just monitor activity and don't let her wreck her paws.OMG, those booties look so wrong, LOL,
Border Collies like to run, herding dogs. Mine also loved to play in the snow, and oh did they ever shed their longish coat with the changing of the seasons. Suffice to say we didn't dare wear black very often if ever!
Locked in? Been there before and bought the carpet.After discussions with the rescue I'm working with and based on the meltdown yesterday, we've decided that Hatch really needs another dog and a yard to help him with the separation anxiety he has. I am absolutely heartbroken over this but it's the right decision so that he can be happier in the long run. If you know of anyone in Colorado that would be interested please send them to his bio. https://petlover.petstablished.com/...0XvQuKGU0ZQO4pvaC76mskqgc-kRC8xhPyMzV7COajSYc
He will stay with me until I find the right forever family and I'll love every minute I get with him. He's a special dog who just needs to know that his human(s) will return and that he is not responsible for protecting them.
Eventually (after finals?) I will take on another foster. As hard as this is, I have loved having an animal in my home again and love knowing that I'm helping these poor, broken animals. Maybe it will get easier, maybe it won't but it's worth it. Some day the right one will come along and I will be its forever family. In the meantime, I'm now shopping for luxury vinyl plank flooring and will DIY the install throughout my condo. It's gonna be a different kind of project!
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My sister used to foster great danes. At one point, her husband bought a weimeraner that had horrible separation anxiety. Sophie could open crates so they put her in the laundry room. She ate a hole through the laundry room wall and ate a sofa cushion when they were at work. This is a dog that had a calm great dane in the home. Griffon, the dane, wasn't crated or shut in a room because he was so calm they never felt the need, but Sophie....whewAfter discussions with the rescue I'm working with and based on the meltdown yesterday, we've decided that Hatch really needs another dog and a yard to help him with the separation anxiety he has. I am absolutely heartbroken over this but it's the right decision so that he can be happier in the long run. If you know of anyone in Colorado that would be interested please send them to his bio. https://petlover.petstablished.com/...0XvQuKGU0ZQO4pvaC76mskqgc-kRC8xhPyMzV7COajSYc
He will stay with me until I find the right forever family and I'll love every minute I get with him. He's a special dog who just needs to know that his human(s) will return and that he is not responsible for protecting them.
Eventually (after finals?) I will take on another foster. As hard as this is, I have loved having an animal in my home again and love knowing that I'm helping these poor, broken animals. Maybe it will get easier, maybe it won't but it's worth it. Some day the right one will come along and I will be its forever family. In the meantime, I'm now shopping for luxury vinyl plank flooring and will DIY the install throughout my condo. It's gonna be a different kind of project!
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