Hi everyone,
It's been a long time since my last visit. We lost our Oscar back in November due to cancer.
I decided it was time to try again but this time we got a Rescue. He is 2 years old and just got fixed 12 days ago. He is coming from an apartment. husband and wife and 3 kids, they said he is good with dogs (yes he is) cats (yes he is) and I'm thinking kids as he is coming from a place that had 3 of them.
Here we are at day 10 with him and he is a sweetheart but I'm having issues.
#1 walks fantastic on a leash
#2 great with other dogs
Issues
Not trained sitting, staying table manners he doesn't even know his name or chooses not to listen at all.
He took to me like I was his best friend for ever, problem is when i move he moves. We have a baby gate over the steps because of grandkids and when i try to go down the stairs he won't stay and just bolts down the stairs.
When i finally get him to stay he will jump over the gate.
When i leave he starts to wine and paces from side door to front window.
So separation anxiety I'm guessing.
The worse is when meeting new people, he's 50/50 on this one.
I tell people he's a rescue and he's not good with some people. so people will come up to him and put there hand in front of him slowly and some times he will try to bite them and sometimes he won't. I'm very worried about this and don't fell comfortable at all.
We are getting a trainer coming in to look at him to see if this is treatable. If not they are saying they may have to put him down. Breaks my heart but you don't want a boxer with this problem.
Would love to hear your input on this and maybe ways I can save him and make him the lovable guy i know he is.
Thanks
It's been a long time since my last visit. We lost our Oscar back in November due to cancer.
I decided it was time to try again but this time we got a Rescue. He is 2 years old and just got fixed 12 days ago. He is coming from an apartment. husband and wife and 3 kids, they said he is good with dogs (yes he is) cats (yes he is) and I'm thinking kids as he is coming from a place that had 3 of them.
Here we are at day 10 with him and he is a sweetheart but I'm having issues.
#1 walks fantastic on a leash
#2 great with other dogs
Issues
Not trained sitting, staying table manners he doesn't even know his name or chooses not to listen at all.
He took to me like I was his best friend for ever, problem is when i move he moves. We have a baby gate over the steps because of grandkids and when i try to go down the stairs he won't stay and just bolts down the stairs.
When i finally get him to stay he will jump over the gate.
When i leave he starts to wine and paces from side door to front window.
So separation anxiety I'm guessing.
The worse is when meeting new people, he's 50/50 on this one.
I tell people he's a rescue and he's not good with some people. so people will come up to him and put there hand in front of him slowly and some times he will try to bite them and sometimes he won't. I'm very worried about this and don't fell comfortable at all.
We are getting a trainer coming in to look at him to see if this is treatable. If not they are saying they may have to put him down. Breaks my heart but you don't want a boxer with this problem.
Would love to hear your input on this and maybe ways I can save him and make him the lovable guy i know he is.
Thanks