Thinking Of Selling Daisy

**sasvermont** · 03-17-2007, 04:01 PM

Tim, I would rehome the dog for sure. If you wanted a security system, and ended up thinking the dog would do the job, then you were probably "barking up the wrong tree". This pupster deserves a loving inside home, with lots of training and exercise. You should have spent your dough on a security alarm system.

We have all made mistakes in life and I can think back to my decision to get a Bengal cat that was close to $1000 dollars, only to find out that it clashed with my one cat. The Bengal was rehomed, to a wonderful home out of state, for free. I owed it to the kitty to find just the perfect home. I think you owe it to Daisy. A real home, not just to recoop your money. You made the wrong decision, not Daisy.

Have a little heart and let this pupster go to an organization that handles Boxers and finds them good homes.

A lesson learned?

SAS

**Rachel** · 03-18-2007, 04:09 PM

Originally Posted by sasvermont

We have all made mistakes in life and I can think back to my decision to get a Bengal cat that was close to $1000 dollars, only to find out that it clashed with my one cat. The Bengal was rehomed, to a wonderful home out of state, for free. I owed it to the kitty to find just the perfect home. I think you owe it to Daisy. A real home, not just to recoop your money. You made the wrong decision, not Daisy.

Have a little heart and let this pupster go to an organization that handles Boxers and finds them good homes.

A lesson learned?

SAS

I'm quoting this because I feel it gets to the most important point to be dealt with now. If you are still reading, Tim, I implore you to take this to heart. There are good people here. I've made some mistakes in the past which haunt me to this day. Let the people here be a barometer for what to do now. Over and over this suggestion has been made. I'm not going to quibble over the choices you've made in the past, it's too late for that to make any difference. What you do here on out can make a huge difference for Daisy. Please give this idea the consideration it deserves.

**dukedogsmom** · 03-18-2007, 04:13 PM

I agree, Rachael, but I truly think his mind was made up as he was writing the first entry

**elizabethann** · 03-18-2007, 07:23 PM

Tim, may I suggest you look into getting training for Daisy? Do you have a PetSmart or some kind of kennel where y'all live? I think it would be great if you make it a family training course. Bring the wife & kids. Kids need to learn how to behave around/with dogs. Luckily, in NH there is training facility that has a class that is just for kids & dogs - no parents. Perhaps you can find something like that?

Fenway is going to be 4 this year and I'm still training him. He knows the basics, sit, down, off, down. But I'm still reinforcing these things with him each & every day. He's not a rocket scientist. But I love him dearly. Sometimes I'll say "sit" and he looks at me like I'm rock.

I really hope you can get proper training for Daisy. And may I suggest you get her fixed? I think she may be more calmer if you get her fixed. But maybe more people on this board who have dogs that aren't fixed will know about their temperment...fixed or not fixed. I always understood a fixed dog was more calmer. But I could be wrong.

As far as running the kids over, Daisy is still just a puppy. She's going to rambunctious (spelling??). Boxers have a ton of energy. I've yet to hear of a kid getting seriously hurt or dying from a dog running them over. Kids bounce.

Good luck.

**SunsetRose** · 03-18-2007, 07:51 PM

This is really not making sense to me.....If you apparantly have 15 minutes a day to work with her, why have you waited until now to do it? Even if you work with her for 15 minutes a day, that isn't nearly enough. She is out there 24/7, 15 minutes of your time trying to teach her to stop jumping or to sit every day isn't going to do any good. Unless you are able to dedicate over an hour to exercising her and training her EVERY DAY, then you will not have a dog that you would be willing to allow around your children.

To be honest, I have never seen a well behaved dog that is kept only outside that has good social skills and good manners. And you are neglecting your dog by keeping her outside, I don't care how you try to justify it, you still are. Dogs are social creatures, you don't understand just how much you are keeping from her by isolating her outside. She will always lack the ability to read your body language and your moods and emotions to a T, she will always lack that special bond with people that would make her easier to manage, easier to train and more pleasant to be around. When your dog is inside, there are so many opportunities to train her and work with her. I can have a dog inside my house and it ends up totally obedience trained in a week and I don't even have to set aside any amount of time or give official lessons.....It just happens because the opportunites are presented to me throughout the day and I take advantage of them.

Are you totally helpless to where you can't go to petsmart and sign up for training lessons and buy a few books while your there? Seriously, I started training dogs when I was 13, never attended a lesson, never even picked up a book and I managed just fine.

I don't know what you are coming here for other than to complain about how terrible and "misbehaved" daisy is when it's completely your fault! Quit relying on other people to help you and quit waiting for problems to just fix themselves. The only way you are going to be able to resolve this is if you make it happen and learn to help yourself. You started a thread in the behavior section about how to stop daisy from pulling and you have been given alot of great advice, have you done anything with it yet? And there's this thing called a search, where you can find another topic by a person who has a jumping dog and those same methods that are posted will help you too.

**Kfamr** · 03-18-2007, 08:09 PM

15-20 is fine for daily training. It is best to make training sessions short so that dogs don't get bored. However, if that is all you spend with her daily that is NOT enough.

Daisy needs some rules. She needs pack rules. She needs to understand that your kids are humans (right now I'm sure she sees them as screaming, running toys!) The NILIF, Nothing In Life Is Free, method of training should help quite a bit. It's very easy (for us) and anyone can train their animal using this. Daisy needs to know her basics - sit, down, lay down, stay, come, etc. Google it.

I never said anything about outside dogs not being able to be trained. HOWEVER, it is very difficult to teach a dog not to jump on toddlers, not to chase them, etc. if they are stuck outside their whole lives and never around the kids.

What do you need to know about training? I said in my very first post that people here (well, I can speak for myself) would be willing to help you train her and answer questions you may have. However, when suggestion training you spoke as if it was absolutely impossible to train.

It's not. It's incredibly easy to train a dog especially if you get to know your dog.

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE contact Daisy's breeder. AS I said, I'm not sure what type of breeder she came from but you can be in a legal mess if you decide to sell her and it was in the contract for her to be returned.