A very old stray {The Old Fella Story}

Dixie Flyer wrote:
No he is not ready for adoption yet. He still has a long way to go before we can get to that point. So far he has not shown any signs of being aggressive, but being part Chow that puts a mark on him. If all else fails his home will be with us. I am hoping that someone will step up and give him a home as we already have two pets. I don't know how he would get along with the cat. The cat is my wife's pride and joy and nothing will upset that relationship. My question is, can you house train a dog who has been left to himself all those years? To be able to fit into our life style he will have to learn to travel and be obedient. I'm not saying it can't be done but I have my doubts. I want to give him every chance in the world to have a great life and not be placed in the position of pressure of asking him to be something he could never be. But I made this promise to him. He will never again have to sleep out in the cold without shelter and he will never again go hungry and he will never again be abused.

Once I took on and house trained a Boxer, who had lived in a Kennel for over 13 years as a stud dog. The womans husband had died, and she was going to put him to sleep. It is false information that you cant teach an old dog new tricks. This dog like my Boxer, has more motivation to learn, because he will appreciate his new circumstances more than a puppy, that has never known a hard life.

Most dogs can learn over 600 commands, when dogs do not learn, generally it is because of a lack of knowledge about "how" to train a dog.