DH brought home a 4 month old puppy from hell!

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. Yay finally convinced my DH to let me enroll her in doggie daycare! He said, “well I’m not gonna take her”! I said no problem I will handle it kemosabe! I’m so excited to see how she is after she’s had the energy release playing with other dogs. Because she is just so full of energy and out of control with us two old farts it’s exhausting.

Why in earth would you offer to take on this chore for a dog your husband got without consulting you and refuses to take responsibility for? You’re just giving him the green light to keep disrespecting and walking all over you.

Because it’s either that or divorce. The doggie daycare is literally 3 mts from our house and I don’t work so I will happily take her and pick her up. Trust me it’s more of an inconvenience to deal with her energy while I’m trying to relax. Also to prove a point to my hardheaded DH who thinks he knows how to raise dogs! When he sees how much better she behaves on the days she’s had hrs of exercise maybe the lightbulb will go off! Errrrr

As everyone has said daycare is not training. You need to train a puppy. Get a trainer that will work with you and you husband. For God's sake you don't even work TRAIN THE PUPPY.

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Since money is not an object and you are boarding the dog all day in a daycare, maybe you should find a place that trains your dog during the day. There are places where you drop the pup off in the morning and they are trained during the day and you pick them up each evening. There is work involved for you as well as the trainers go over the training each evening and tell you what to do to train.

There are also places where you take your dog and they keep him for a few weeks to train. You get the dog back fully trained.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. Yay finally convinced my DH to let me enroll her in doggie daycare! He said, “well I’m not gonna take her”! I said no problem I will handle it kemosabe! I’m so excited to see how she is after she’s had the energy release playing with other dogs. Because she is just so full of energy and out of control with us two old farts it’s exhausting.

Why in earth would you offer to take on this chore for a dog your husband got without consulting you and refuses to take responsibility for? You’re just giving him the green light to keep disrespecting and walking all over you.

Because it’s either that or divorce. The doggie daycare is literally 3 mts from our house and I don’t work so I will happily take her and pick her up. Trust me it’s more of an inconvenience to deal with her energy while I’m trying to relax. Also to prove a point to my hardheaded DH who thinks he knows how to raise dogs! When he sees how much better she behaves on the days she’s had hrs of exercise maybe the lightbulb will go off! Errrrr

As everyone has said daycare is not training. You need to train a puppy. Get a trainer that will work with you and you husband. For God's sake you don't even work TRAIN THE PUPPY.

We have a trainer too who comes once a week. I’m working with the dog a lot and she’s super smart for the breed. Even her Trainer says she is smarter than the average dog her breed. It’s my lazy DH who has no patience with her and seeing this I have had a change of heart and have decided to step in and take charge of this damn dog. I’m pissed at my DH now because he brought home a puppy that he has no desire or patience to train and give her the exercise she needs. I told my DH he will no longer yell at her and scold her because it only frightens her. It’s not the dogs fault I’ve come to realize. I also told my DH she will be my dog from now own and I will take over her care to train, take to doggie care, bath and feed. Because I want a sweet trained dog living with us! I guess I didn’t want dog because I’ve experienced the terrible heartbreak of eventually losing them and I didn’t want to go through that again. Especially this breed that has a short lifespan. This last dog I lost I slept with her collar for months

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. Yay finally convinced my DH to let me enroll her in doggie daycare! He said, “well I’m not gonna take her”! I said no problem I will handle it kemosabe! I’m so excited to see how she is after she’s had the energy release playing with other dogs. Because she is just so full of energy and out of control with us two old farts it’s exhausting.

Why in earth would you offer to take on this chore for a dog your husband got without consulting you and refuses to take responsibility for? You’re just giving him the green light to keep disrespecting and walking all over you.

Because it’s either that or divorce. The doggie daycare is literally 3 mts from our house and I don’t work so I will happily take her and pick her up. Trust me it’s more of an inconvenience to deal with her energy while I’m trying to relax. Also to prove a point to my hardheaded DH who thinks he knows how to raise dogs! When he sees how much better she behaves on the days she’s had hrs of exercise maybe the lightbulb will go off! Errrrr

As everyone has said daycare is not training. You need to train a puppy. Get a trainer that will work with you and you husband. For God's sake you don't even work TRAIN THE PUPPY.

We have a trainer too who comes once a week. I’m working with the dog a lot and she’s super smart for the breed. Even her Trainer says she is smarter than the average dog her breed. It’s my lazy DH who has no patience with her and seeing this I have had a change of heart and have decided to step in and take charge of this damn dog. I’m pissed at my DH now because he brought home a puppy that he has no desire or patience to train and give her the exercise she needs. I told my DH he will no longer yell at her and scold her because it only frightens her. It’s not the dogs fault I’ve come to realize. I also told my DH she will be my dog from now own and I will take over her care to train, take to doggie care, bath and feed. Because I want a sweet trained dog living with us! I guess I didn’t want dog because I’ve experienced the terrible heartbreak of eventually losing them and I didn’t want to go through that again. Especially this breed that has a short lifespan. This last dog I lost I slept with her collar for months

You sound like a very nice person OP. I hope it all works out for you, but DH needs to acknowledge his role in this fiasco. He owes you an apology!!

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Update! Puppy is almost 70lbs and pretty smart with her training . I actually can put food a few feet in front of her and she will wait for my command. Daycare has been a godsend also. But now we’ve been dealing with bouts of horrible sudden diarrhea which has been a nightmare. No parasites, perfect bloodwork, never out of our sight to eat anything weird. She’s had this issue since my DH brought her home so I’m thinking this is probably why her last owner got rid of her. Now vet is telling us she gets anxiety when crated, which btw isn’t very often anymore. Now they want to put the princess on anti anxiety meds. I told my DH if this 70lb dog and still growing keeps having these explosive episodes in my gorgeous home(3 area rugs thrown out so far) I’m gonna be the one who needs the meds! I just have the worse luck.

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Ugh so sorry OP! Our puppy had frequent bouts of this (thankfully outdoors) and did two doses of antibiotics-anti-diarrhea medicine. We also cut out all treats/bully sticks, added canned pumpkin to her food and made sure to take her out on a regular basis. Now at 5 months she’s much better. Wishing the same for you!

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Anonymous wrote:Ugh so sorry OP! Our puppy had frequent bouts of this (thankfully outdoors) and did two doses of antibiotics-anti-diarrhea medicine. We also cut out all treats/bully sticks, added canned pumpkin to her food and made sure to take her out on a regular basis. Now at 5 months she’s much better. Wishing the same for you!

Doing the same. Zero treats and this is her second round of antibiotics. And we take her out constantly. But when this hits her it’s just unstoppable and sudden! If she were a chihuahua i wouldn’t have such an issue but omg it’s awful with a dog this size! Not sure I’ll be able to deal with this for much longer. Took me 2 hrs to clean and sanitize yesterday.

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Could be food allergies. Try something like canine caviar fish kibble

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whenever my dog is on anti- that causes diarrhea - your vet should be having you give a probiotic as well

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Figured it out! The vets receptionist actually did. This GD dog gets so stressed when crated she will get diarrhea. I started logging all her past episodes and it’s always been either in her crate or shortly after she’s been crated. And I’m talking crating for just a few hrs to run errands or go to dinner. Because the princess is sleeping next to my DH on her bed now so no longer crating at night. I can’t believe we got a dog with this issue and if I had the past owners number I would send him a nice love note text. He obviously didn’t want to deal with her issue. So I told my DH we will HAVE to use doggy daycare and HAVE to find a dog sitter when we go out at night until she can be left alone without damaging anything. I will not crate her because I am not willing to take the chance having this explosive situation happen again. Because it is a surprise attack and comes on very sudden and she can’t control it.

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Anonymous wrote:Figured it out! The vets receptionist actually did. This GD dog gets so stressed when crated she will get diarrhea. I started logging all her past episodes and it’s always been either in her crate or shortly after she’s been crated. And I’m talking crating for just a few hrs to run errands or go to dinner. Because the princess is sleeping next to my DH on her bed now so no longer crating at night. I can’t believe we got a dog with this issue and if I had the past owners number I would send him a nice love note text. He obviously didn’t want to deal with her issue. So I told my DH we will HAVE to use doggy daycare and HAVE to find a dog sitter when we go out at night until she can be left alone without damaging anything. I will not crate her because I am not willing to take the chance having this explosive situation happen again. Because it is a surprise attack and comes on very sudden and she can’t control it.

Couple of things, your dog is the product of poor breeding, many dogs are so not a surprise.
Second, dogs are dogs. Not humans. The rank order of their pack is significant and can motivate most of their behaviors. Sleeping on the bed with you and/or your husband tells your dog that she is an alpha dog. Well-behaved dogs are dogs that understand who is in charge and who runs the pack. You don't have a tiny dog, you have a big dog that can be destructive and dangerous unless properly trained.

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In fairness to the dog, you need to rehome her ASAP while she’s still young and can find a new family.

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Anonymous wrote:Figured it out! The vets receptionist actually did. This GD dog gets so stressed when crated she will get diarrhea. I started logging all her past episodes and it’s always been either in her crate or shortly after she’s been crated. And I’m talking crating for just a few hrs to run errands or go to dinner. Because the princess is sleeping next to my DH on her bed now so no longer crating at night. I can’t believe we got a dog with this issue and if I had the past owners number I would send him a nice love note text. He obviously didn’t want to deal with her issue. So I told my DH we will HAVE to use doggy daycare and HAVE to find a dog sitter when we go out at night until she can be left alone without damaging anything. I will not crate her because I am not willing to take the chance having this explosive situation happen again. Because it is a surprise attack and comes on very sudden and she can’t control it.

Couple of things, your dog is the product of poor breeding, many dogs are so not a surprise.
Second, dogs are dogs. Not humans. The rank order of their pack is significant and can motivate most of their behaviors. Sleeping on the bed with you and/or your husband tells your dog that she is an alpha dog. Well-behaved dogs are dogs that understand who is in charge and who runs the pack. You don't have a tiny dog, you have a big dog that can be destructive and dangerous unless properly trained.

She sleeps on her bed on the floor nest to my DH btw. But I do believe it is poor breeding like you said. Also her particular breed can be destructive but certainly not dangerous. I have her trainer come once a week and I work with her half hr a day. She is doing really well and learning to stay on her bed while we eat dinner but I’m still having a tough time keeping her from floating around my kitchen and jumping up on counter, which is my complete nemesis. That is my no fly zone !

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Anonymous wrote:In fairness to the dog, you need to rehome her ASAP while she’s still young and can find a new family.

I agree 100% but my DH refuses! But he hinted if she continues to have these bouts of explosive diarrhea he will rethink it. But like I said I know it’s the anxiety she gets when crated. Especially because when we got her my DH was very inconsistent with her crating and refused to crate her during the day therefore her crate became a negative thing for her.

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My dog trainer suggested I order this gadget that keeps dogs away from areas like my kitchen counter! Other than that he says I’m doing amazing training her to stay and release . He was pretty impressed how much she’s changed . No more crazy running out of control crap. Ignoring cats pretty much, just sniffing their butts.