A very old stray {The Old Fella Story}
Went camping this weekend at a campground on the lake, had not been there for a few years. Once there I began to walk around looking at the different sites when I noticed a very old dog. He just lay t...
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Old Fella was an outside dog for five years that we know of and by the time he was rescued he was about 10-11 years old. He didn't understand about living in a house but it didn't take long for him to catch on to the routine. He spent his first month inside at a kennel and let out during the day to take care of business. Dogs will not mess up their bed so he learned to hold it until he went outside. By the time he got to our house he was house broken and has never messed up in the house.
My suggestion is give him a chance to prove himself. Buy a large kennel crate and bring him in at night to start off with and let him spend the night inside letting him out in the morning to take care of business and then bring him back inside to his crate to feed him. This way he will learn the crate is a nice place to be and will want to go in without a fuss. Soon if all goes well you will have him house broken.
We tarvel with three dogs. Old Fella, Levi and Suzie in a 30 foot 5er without a probelm. Suzie gets car sick so we have to limit her to short trips, but they are so much fun to have around and like children they love to camp and swim in the lake or river. This can be such a joyable time for you and your dog as he learns how to travel with you enjoying your company.
When Old Fella first came to live with us someone said to me on the forum, "Nobody is going to love that dog the way you do." and they were right. It sounds as if there is already a bond between the two of you, so take it to the next level and make him a family member, you will never regret it.
My suggestion is give him a chance to prove himself. Buy a large kennel crate and bring him in at night to start off with and let him spend the night inside letting him out in the morning to take care of business and then bring him back inside to his crate to feed him. This way he will learn the crate is a nice place to be and will want to go in without a fuss. Soon if all goes well you will have him house broken.
We tarvel with three dogs. Old Fella, Levi and Suzie in a 30 foot 5er without a probelm. Suzie gets car sick so we have to limit her to short trips, but they are so much fun to have around and like children they love to camp and swim in the lake or river. This can be such a joyable time for you and your dog as he learns how to travel with you enjoying your company.
When Old Fella first came to live with us someone said to me on the forum, "Nobody is going to love that dog the way you do." and they were right. It sounds as if there is already a bond between the two of you, so take it to the next level and make him a family member, you will never regret it.
