Rehoming our dogs

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Tiddlywinks wrote: »

Reading the other threads, I also don't think the dogs are getting nearly enough exercise.

I am unable to walk them any more due to a disability. I can just about manage to play ball with them in the back garden.

Mother in law walks them when she can (but this has problems of thier own) husband walks them when he is able.
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So the Greyhound X currently gets on average at least one walk a day. The Lurcher however is choosy as to when he wants to go and when he stays indoors and not just in rain.

The Greyhound cannot be left off to run he is muzzled now due to being traumatised by small dogs biting him (causing horrific injuries and large vet fees) he was also alegedly taught to rabbit when he was a pup so instinctively chases anything in sight. The Lurcher is afraid of bangs and other noises (we have many loud bird scarers around here especially now) which causes him to bolt which isn't nice when on the other end of the lead. Mother in law broke her fingers some time ago after such a similar incident.

We do our best.

tea_lover

6 posts in a row of excuses for not taking on board any of the advice previously given. Makes me wonder what the point of starting another thread was.

duchy

Magic wand that will solve the problem -which basically is a husband who brings home unwanted dogs but then won't take responsibility like paying for therapy or even taking them for walks on a regular schedule.

sulkisu

So breaking it down, you have two large dogs of breeds which generally require a lot of space and plenty of exercise. You live in a small bungalow and due to a disability, you are unable to exercise them sufficiently. Even without the aggression and other 'issues', this looks like a very poor pet/owner match. It's a shame that you were not advised before taking these two dogs in. Sadly I don't think that perseverance is the answer - I wish you luck with rehoming them, but as another poster said, I don't see a happy ending here.

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BigJockKnew wrote: »

Does the OP actually walk her dogs?.......from her other posts she seems to just let them out in the garden, this is shockingly inadequate, dogs need to be walked, to explore.....

No such thing as a bad dog, only bad owners........seems like the dogs have no sort of life due to the OP's laziness.

Answered above see my info for " Tiddlywinks ".

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catkins wrote: »

If most of the problem is over food then the dogs must be fed separately and the bowls picked up after a short time, whether the food has been eaten or not.


I have 2 dogs and although they don't fight over food, one of them (the rescue) will eat all his and then try and steal the other's food. He, being a laid back softie who is not really interested in food, lets the other steal it so they have to be fed in separate rooms. It's not easy as I live in a very small open plan house and the fussy dog causes problems as I have to keep putting him in the kitchen with food throughout the day.

We do separate them but 1 will eat slow and the other will guard the rest explained previously.

Caroline_a

From your posts OP it sounds as if you are certainly scared of the one dog, and not keen on the other. In my opinion, you should not be keeping a dog you are scared of - dogs will pick on this, and take advantage, and an aggressive dog may bite if he thinks that you are making him do something he doesnt want to.

As you are unwilling to spend money on a behaviourist then I think it would probably be better for the dogs all round if you rehomed them - to someone with knowledge and understanding of these breeds and of their behaviour. Once you have done this, please ensure that you do not acquire any other dogs - you do not sound as if your circumstances are suitable for dog-owning.

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Tiddlywinks wrote: »

Actually, I agree with Big Jock.

Over the last few years the OP has posted loads of threads about the dogs having problems - she has been given loads of advice.... given avenues to research, books to read... None of the advice seems to have been followed.

As to exercise, this has been discussed before... they don't seem to get enough exercise and are never allowed off a lead... not good for the breeds.

The time for 'there, there... the dogs are the problem' has surely now passed.

Advice has been noted and taken action to a point best we can. I am sorry if you feel I have failed to take this information in but we are doing our best and do appreciate the helpful advice and support we have been given sorry I keep returning but it does not change overnight and isnt working as well as we hoped.

Who ever blamed the dogs - I certainly haven't recently I try my best not to allow the dog to control me and never scold. Dogs are dogs which I understand but training their undesirable natural (in terms of human expectation and acceptance) behaviour out of them isn't easy either.

Morglin

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I can't be in 2 places at once. What's to say the one wouldnt just sit at home guarding their food until we get back and the fight errupt as we get through the door.

I am unable to walk them any more due to a disability. I can just about manage to play ball with them in the back garden.

Mother in law walks them when she can (but this has problems of thier own) husband walks them when he is able.

Currently I find myself alone at feeding times - 3 times a day. Obviously I cannot let them starve until husband comes home at 8pm bearing in mind he leaves at 6am? This is for the minimum of 7 weeks non stop then until end of October at least as the festival season continues (he parks cars for a security company) as the seasonal work began last week.

If you cannot manage them any more, due to disability, and re homing is not an option, and rescue cannot help, well then, there is only one choice isn't there?

It's not uncommon that due to finances and/or ill health, many people are having to have pets put to sleep.

Humans have to come first, so it's a case of being realistic.

Lin

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ladymarmalade1970 wrote: »

Not knowing the background it's hard to comment but what i have seen is that this owner is in bits considering which one to rehome. It's never easy having to rehome a dog. Sometimes the people ARE at fault however calling her lazy is not very nice and only going to make her feel worse. Doesn't help the dogs either.

There must be a reason for her not letting her dogs off lead. Maybe they have no recall? As i said i don't know the history but as a responsible owner if your dog has no recall, it shouldn't be off lead so that fact in itself shows she is a responsible owner.

Thank you for your supportive post. I beleive I have explained the reasons why they dont get let off above for others to at least try and understand from our point of perspective. We do try to care for others safety as well as our own and be a responsible dog owner.

We had to rehome our cat (mother in law took it in) shortly after taking in the Greyhound as it kept getting chased which if it were my decision I would, previously also explained, have kept the cat and rehomed the Greyhound X but even then we tried to do our best.