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rjh090384

we work an hour and a half away from home. he is in a large garage with bed food etc and plenty of air. i walk him before i leave for work, when i come home and before bed again. he is only left alone like this 3 or 4 days a week.

Thriftylady

have you only had him for a few days at this stage, or is it more like a few weeks?

rjh090384

got him on sunday

SnowyOwl_2

Hello again

You could mention this to the vet as they may be able to offer some advice during a routine visit. Or pop to the library and see if they have any dog training or dog behaviour books.

Something that has stuck in my mind from watching something on the telly yonks ago is that when you go out and make a fuss of your dog saying "bye bye" patting him and so on the dog gets really confused. You can practice him getting used to you not being there by calmly leaving the room and not saying anything, looking at him or making any other signal to him that something's about to happen. Make a big fuss of him when you return. I think the aim is to not work the dog up too much when he's about to be left alone, and that being alone every now and again just happens without any fuss. Hope you see what I mean!

I'd love to have a dog but my kitties (rescue kitties of course!) would be horrified. One of them teases my neighbour's dogs by looking in their glass back door and flaunting himself, but he's not so brave when the dogs are out.

Has your new dog got a name btw?

Thriftylady

rjh090384 wrote:

got him on sunday

I wouldn't worry too much if you've only had him since Sunday (although its awful listening to them cry), he is still probably just confused and once he is reassured that he is staying with you permanently he will settle - mine behaved exactly the same, and Dogs Trust were satisfied that it was all pretty normal. In his lovely simple doggy head he is probably wondering when he is going back to his 'real' home....When he realises how good he has it at your house he will stop wanting to go anywhere!! Good luck

rjh090384

thanks or all the advice. last night he was fine much more settled and slept all night!!!! wohhoohhoooo

Jon_C

By the way, Assisi Animal Sanctuary in Conlig (outside Bangor) has a 'no kill' policy.

They never put a healthy animal down.

Thriftylady

rjh090384 wrote:

thanks or all the advice. last night he was fine much more settled and slept all night!!!! wohhoohhoooo

good morning !! hope I'm not being too nosey but was just wondering was he settled again last night? do you think you've got him sorted out now?

rjh090384

no thats fine. you have all helped so u should be kept informed. he ahs relaly settled down (touch wood) i think we were fussing over him too much before we went to bed. now we have aroutine adn pretty much dont touch him much in the ten minutes leading up to bedtime. he also isnt running madly around house so much now. he is lying down on florr or in bhis bed wehn we watch tv. its great!!

rjh090384

though he did pee all over my mother in laws house yesterday. he went to see how he get son with their two dogs as thsi is where he will be staying if we go away!!