Thinking Of Selling Daisy

[Roxyluvsme13]

My outside dog is allowed inside when the weather is severe, or sometimes I just bring her in because I want to. My mom doesn't object, she just doesn't want her inside full time. Anyways, that's getting off subject..

[shais_mom]

I thought the he got her for all the wrong reasons. I grew up with the mentality of no animals in the house but now that I'm on my own - I am passionately the OPPOSITE of that. That said my parents do allow my sister's dog and my dog in the house. Being well trained AND well loved makes a HUGE difference.
I notice he hasn't posted recently so I suspect that he is "put off" that we didn't agree with him and probably won't be back. I hope he finds a good home for Daisy via the boxer rescue and NOT with his brother in law where she would be a bitch for a back yard breeder or a puppy mill.
I understand that he has put a lot of HARD EARNED money into her - I am not disputing that. I think he works in the coal mines so I'm sure that $1000+ is alot to pay for anything. But while I don't work in the coal mines - I work hard for my hard earned money too (I work therefore it is hard earned) and I couldn't even BEGIN to imagine how much money I have in all 3 of these animals that are plopped right in front of me and one on each side of me right now. But I don't look at them and see dollar signs like apparently he does.
But the comment she will never come into my house b/c of my kids is a outdated and over used - My dog is 100000% better behaved than my sister's kids- I'm sure Tim's kids are well behaved maybe my sister just has heathens.
I have a lot more to say but along the lines of quoting Dr. Goodnow - his ears might melt off. And he isn't going to listen to us anyway b/c I am sure he has made up his mind - and I think he's made it clear the almighty dollar is worth more to him than teaching his kids about kindness to animal, responsibility, and the fact that pets aren't disposable. I'd be surprised if he comes back to read this anyway. I am really surprised he posted here anyway b/c he knew what kind of response he got when he posted about docking her ears.

[shais_mom]

And i know some of u dont think any dog should be kept outside but to me its kinda like having gas, there are more room outside than in,lol.

Like I said above - I think he knew exactly what response he was going to get and to the fact that he attributes owning a dog that is STUCK outside in all kinds of weather vs having gas shows how much he values the responsibility of owning an animal.
I really hope he learns from this and never gets another animal.

[dukedogsmom]

As I said earlier, I can't believe the people that come here for advice and then get all angry when it's not what they wanted to hear. Why ask if you don't have any intention of even listening? He'll probably have lots more dogs and he'll be teaching his children that pets are disposable. Very sad.

[bckrazy]

I'm not judging you as a person... but it seems like the "same old" story to me. I don't have time, she's way crazier than any other dog I've met, there are no trainers, etc. It doesn't even sound like a trainer is necessary. If you got a few good training books, and dedicated your spare time to exercising her, training her, and acclimating her to being gentle with children and being quiet in the house, you WILL almost certaintly have a well-behaved dog. NO dog learns manners on their own, while sitting in a backyard alone. It's NOT second nature for them to be well-behaved, calm, and obedient. That has to be taught, and honestly it isn't rocket science.

There are reasons that a dog relentlessly tries to escape. In Daisy's case, she is escaping out of sheer boredom & lack of exercising/training. Imagine if you had to sit in a pen 24/7. You would go a little crazy and make escape attempts, too. If you want to keep her, I recommend giving her 1 hour of active off-leash exercise a day, as many walks as you possibly can, 15-30 minutes of training, and spending as much time with her (outside presumably) as possible. You should also provide her with stimulating toys (Kongs, treat balls, chews, etc) while she's alone, so she has something to occupy her time with. Dogs do not want to be alone, even if that means they're sleeping in a crate in your room. They WILL keep on escaping through anything you set up, to look for you. As far as not being in the house because of the kids... my sister has 2 girls, ages 1 & 4. My dogs are AWESOME with them, and all of them get along wonderfully. My dogs are also great with my 5 year-old little brother, they all hang out in the house together and the dogs nor the kids have ever hurt or scared each other. It's about supervision, and teaching manners (to the dogs and the kids).

If that doesn't seem *worth it* to you, find her a home that DOES have plenty of time to train her & will allow her inside with the family.

[shais_mom]

I'm not judging you as a person... but it seems like the "same old" story to me. I don't have time, she's way crazier than any other dog I've met, there are no trainers, etc. It doesn't even sound like a trainer is necessary. If you got a few good training books, and dedicated your spare time to exercising her, training her, and acclimating her to being gentle with children and being quiet in the house, you WILL almost certaintly have a well-behaved dog. NO dog learns manners on their own, while sitting in a backyard alone. It's NOT second nature for them to be well-behaved, calm, and obedient. That has to be taught, and honestly it isn't rocket science.

There are reasons that a dog relentlessly tries to escape. In Daisy's case, she is escaping out of sheer boredom & lack of exercising/training. Imagine if you had to sit in a pen 24/7. You would go a little crazy and make escape attempts, too. If you want to keep her, I recommend giving her 1 hour of active off-leash exercise a day, as many walks as you possibly can, 15-30 minutes of training, and spending as much time with her (outside presumably) as possible. You should also provide her with stimulating toys (Kongs, treat balls, chews, etc) while she's alone, so she has something to occupy her time with. Dogs do not want to be alone, even if that means they're sleeping in a crate in your room. They WILL keep on escaping through anything you set up, to look for you. As far as not being in the house because of the kids... my sister has 2 girls, ages 1 & 4. My dogs are AWESOME with them, and all of them get along wonderfully. My dogs are also great with my 5 year-old little brother, they all hang out in the house together and the dogs nor the kids have ever hurt or scared each other. It's about supervision, and teaching manners (to the dogs and the kids).

If that doesn't seem *worth it* to you, find her a home that DOES have plenty of time to train her & will allow her inside with the family.

well put tho I still think we are falling on deaf ears if he does come back.
You have to train and discipline the dog just like you do your children. You had to teach your children to walk, talk, eat, dress, brush their teeth. Guess what? They didn't just KNOW how to do this YOU had to TEACH them!