my dog needs special food and zylkene

vics1928

I am doing my best but we all have lives and people work and can't be there 24/7

FireWyrm

vics1928 wrote: »

Look everyone else is being kind and helpful and you clearly are not and want a fight and simply don't like dogs -

I love dogs. I dislike owners who cant look after them and then blame everyone and everything but themselves. Your vet saw you coming. Your dog doesnt need special food, he needs his owner. If you cannot provide the sort of environment he clearly needs in order to alleviate his anxiety, depression and loneliness, give him to someone who can. No special dog food is going to do it for you.

vics1928

Obviously I'm not stupid - the dog food change was because he said he is not a working dog so should not be on such a high protein working dog food and the zylkene tablets to take the edge off his anxiety while we find someone to help train him and while we retrain him to reassure him that it is ok

adouglasmhor

vics1928 wrote: »

He is a big softie my dog - and I am looking into classes as we speak I want to give him the best I can within my limits

You can start by doing a bit of googling and working on it from there. Though why you thought such an active, owner fixated and dominant breed was suitable for your lifestyle I have no idea. Is he wrecking your house yet?

FireWyrm

vics1928 wrote: »

Obviously I'm not stupid - the dog food change was because he said he is not a working dog so should not be on such a high protein working dog food

Dogs are carnivores, what do you think is in meat?
Incidentally, if you really want to feed him properly, try buying real food. How would you like to eat powdered rusk, veg peelings and powdered rotten meat in a bland kibble every meal? You'd be anxious and depressed too. Add to that being shut in a house with nothing to do and no-one to talk to eight hours a day and no wonder he's loopy.

vics1928 wrote: »

and the zylkene tablets to take the edge off his anxiety while we find someone to [STRIKE]help train[/STRIKE] look after him and while [STRIKE]we[/STRIKE] they retrain him to reassure him that it is ok

Fixed it for you.

vics1928

He is not ALONE 8 hours of the day he gets played with by the neighbour's and walked he is a much loved dog and walked 2 sometimes 3 times a day

vics1928

No not a thing he is not that he just pines and barks not wrecking and he is lovely but he not full akita so that might be why - and we are active we go camping and hiking on weekends and walking and he comes with

adouglasmhor

The best advice I can give you is start by ignoring him before youleave the house. Maybe ignore him for 10 to 20 minutes or so before going a short errand or something, build it up over a weekend. It's hard because we love our animals but it's kinder for them. Eventualy they will learn it's noting to worry about.
My two guys know if they see us putting on gym kit they are not coming out with us and settle down very quickly, whereas before they used to get all worked up and it was very hard to leave them even for an hour of two.

nearlyrich

I have closed this thread as the OP has reposted in the pets area of the forum I will ask the BG there to merge them ....

19lottie82

FireWyrm wrote: »

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Spend more time at home so your dog isnt anxious and lonely

It sounds like the OP's dog is suffering from separation anxiety, and the solution to this is NOT spending more time at home with them, this will generally just make the animal worse when the time comes where they have to be left alone.

The animal needs to be trained not to feel anxious when they are left alone.