need help with dog anxiety
Hi guys. I have a 7 month old rescue puppy (boxer/American bulldog) who we are not sure what to do with. We tried to crate train him. after 3 weeks a of constant crying in the crate we gave up on ...
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DEB and Ed- our vet is a mobile vet. Her clinic is in a specially designed class C type body. It even has an OR in the back. She knocked on the door and took him out to the clinic. She did the surgery in her clinic in our court, began the wake up process in the clinic and then brought him back to us in the house still wobbly. He spent the rest of the day resting either at our feet or in our laps.
XTeacher, yes he gets a Kong with frozen peanut butter, an antler (I have 1 deer and 1 elk that alternate in there) and usually another chew toy plus a no spill water bowl.
A little background on him, he was a rescue. The rescue got a hold of him and his litter in early November. He had been living outside with no shelter other than getting underneath a car. Mom gave birth to 4 puppies while tied to a fence or tree or something. Both Capone and one of his brothers were hit by a car. Capone had minor injuries (abrasions and sore) his brother did not survive. We adopted him when the rescue only had him for approx 2 1/2 weeks. He was almost agoraphobia when we first got him. I could barely get him out of the house and when I did he would cower at the sound of a car. He would not go for a walk at all. We hAve made great strides and now he loves going for walks although he is still a little shy when cars pass us in the neighborhood. I have to pick him up to get him in and out of the truck. He will freeze in one spot in the truck until we get there and then He won't get out even at home. We still have some issues to work out but had been mAking great strides until this week.
Feeding him in the crate is a really good idea that I didn't think about.(yes he's fed twice daily). We used to do something similar with horses when trying to get them used to trailers. We discussed possibly getting a plastic crate yesterday and have not yet ruled that idea out.
Thank you for the great suggestions everyone. Hopefully with more patience and time he will come around, preferably before he hurts himself.
XTeacher, yes he gets a Kong with frozen peanut butter, an antler (I have 1 deer and 1 elk that alternate in there) and usually another chew toy plus a no spill water bowl.
A little background on him, he was a rescue. The rescue got a hold of him and his litter in early November. He had been living outside with no shelter other than getting underneath a car. Mom gave birth to 4 puppies while tied to a fence or tree or something. Both Capone and one of his brothers were hit by a car. Capone had minor injuries (abrasions and sore) his brother did not survive. We adopted him when the rescue only had him for approx 2 1/2 weeks. He was almost agoraphobia when we first got him. I could barely get him out of the house and when I did he would cower at the sound of a car. He would not go for a walk at all. We hAve made great strides and now he loves going for walks although he is still a little shy when cars pass us in the neighborhood. I have to pick him up to get him in and out of the truck. He will freeze in one spot in the truck until we get there and then He won't get out even at home. We still have some issues to work out but had been mAking great strides until this week.
Feeding him in the crate is a really good idea that I didn't think about.(yes he's fed twice daily). We used to do something similar with horses when trying to get them used to trailers. We discussed possibly getting a plastic crate yesterday and have not yet ruled that idea out.
Thank you for the great suggestions everyone. Hopefully with more patience and time he will come around, preferably before he hurts himself.
