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New here! A little about us: My husband and I love animals and have dedicated our time to rescuing several and fostering as well. We do not have children as our pets are essentially our children.
We have two cats (Spock, Maine **** 13 year old, and Luna, domestic shorthair 11 year old) and two dogs (Logan, Shiba Inu 3.5 year old, and Lilly, mixed Australian Shepherd/Cattledog 7 month old). We always knew we wanted a dog as we had the cats originally. So, we adopted Logan through a Shiba rescue when he was 2 years old. He was a puppy mill dog and came to us extremely shy/scared/anxious. He has settled into a very calm and well-rounded pup. My husband and I agree he is the best dog we have ever had. The cats have now accepted him and even snuggle with him a little bit to our surprise.
Recently, we were fostering to adopt a Korean Jindo rescue who was a bit aggressive but she got along well with our dog, Logan, at first. Unfortunately, she bit my husband several times where I had to take him to urgent care so we had to return her to the rescue. As she became unruly and extremely fearful/aggressive towards us. It was putting the safety of our animals in jeopardy as she would bite Logan as well to the point of leaving bald patches on his neck.
Afterwards, Logan seemed sad for a while, so we decided to find him a new buddy. We tried a few times with different dogs and came upon Lilly. We adopted her two weeks ago. She is extremely affectionate and energetic, but she has some things that we're not quite sure what to do. We adopted her from a shelter as her previous owner had surrendered her. The shelter mentioned that she seemed to have some anxiety issues because of this. We didn't think it would be an issue since have already retrained our Logan who had severe anxiety.
I know it has only been two weeks but she is really testing our patience and making us extremely exhausted. Almost every day since adopting her she has peed in the house. Even though we take her out 5 times a day... We can only relate that to anxiety and still adjusting. She jumps all over us especially my husband. I think I have gotten her to understand that I don't like her jumping on me by only praising when she sits at my feet. We walk her with our dog Logan 3 times a day at around 20-30 mins per walk, plus we play in the backyard with a frisbee and balls 2-3 times a day at again 20-30 mins each time. We also sit with her about 15-20 minutes a day doing training like learning "leave it" "sit" "down" etc. We're using the Pupford app to help us with this. She still whines and barks and pulls and just never settles. I work from home and have meetings where I worry that she'll get out of control during my calls. We keep her in a puppy proof room when we're busy with a gate so she can see us and know we're still around. She irritates Logan sometimes so we keep them separate most of the day until we go for walks or play time in the back. We worry that a puppy might not be the right fit for us, but don't want to give up on her. She is very sweet and deserves a good home that dedicates as much time to her as we do. Because we do dedicate a lot of time and energy to her.
I feel like this will get better with time as she learns that this is her house and as she gets older. I sometimes wonder if it is her breed too. Any advice or words of wisdom would be really appreciated
Guess I just needed to vent and hope someone can relate.
Thanks!
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New here! A little about us: My husband and I love animals and have dedicated our time to rescuing several and fostering as well. We do not have children as our pets are essentially our children.
We have two cats (Spock, Maine **** 13 year old, and Luna, domestic shorthair 11 year old) and two dogs (Logan, Shiba Inu 3.5 year old, and Lilly, mixed Australian Shepherd/Cattledog 7 month old). We always knew we wanted a dog as we had the cats originally. So, we adopted Logan through a Shiba rescue when he was 2 years old. He was a puppy mill dog and came to us extremely shy/scared/anxious. He has settled into a very calm and well-rounded pup. My husband and I agree he is the best dog we have ever had. The cats have now accepted him and even snuggle with him a little bit to our surprise.
Recently, we were fostering to adopt a Korean Jindo rescue who was a bit aggressive but she got along well with our dog, Logan, at first. Unfortunately, she bit my husband several times where I had to take him to urgent care so we had to return her to the rescue. As she became unruly and extremely fearful/aggressive towards us. It was putting the safety of our animals in jeopardy as she would bite Logan as well to the point of leaving bald patches on his neck.
Afterwards, Logan seemed sad for a while, so we decided to find him a new buddy. We tried a few times with different dogs and came upon Lilly. We adopted her two weeks ago. She is extremely affectionate and energetic, but she has some things that we're not quite sure what to do. We adopted her from a shelter as her previous owner had surrendered her. The shelter mentioned that she seemed to have some anxiety issues because of this. We didn't think it would be an issue since have already retrained our Logan who had severe anxiety.
I know it has only been two weeks but she is really testing our patience and making us extremely exhausted. Almost every day since adopting her she has peed in the house. Even though we take her out 5 times a day... We can only relate that to anxiety and still adjusting. She jumps all over us especially my husband. I think I have gotten her to understand that I don't like her jumping on me by only praising when she sits at my feet. We walk her with our dog Logan 3 times a day at around 20-30 mins per walk, plus we play in the backyard with a frisbee and balls 2-3 times a day at again 20-30 mins each time. We also sit with her about 15-20 minutes a day doing training like learning "leave it" "sit" "down" etc. We're using the Pupford app to help us with this. She still whines and barks and pulls and just never settles. I work from home and have meetings where I worry that she'll get out of control during my calls. We keep her in a puppy proof room when we're busy with a gate so she can see us and know we're still around. She irritates Logan sometimes so we keep them separate most of the day until we go for walks or play time in the back. We worry that a puppy might not be the right fit for us, but don't want to give up on her. She is very sweet and deserves a good home that dedicates as much time to her as we do. Because we do dedicate a lot of time and energy to her.
I feel like this will get better with time as she learns that this is her house and as she gets older. I sometimes wonder if it is her breed too. Any advice or words of wisdom would be really appreciated
Thanks!
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