Post by simba on Jun 21, 2004 11:10:33 GMT -5
Hi,
Thanks to everyone for being so helpful. Well Simba seems to be accepting me as the Alpha. I took all toys away and started giving them to him only after he sits gives me paw, and then lays down. I take them away when I want to.
Also to clear up a point Willow, Simba has never and will never be on my bed or my furniture.
I have put him on NLIF and he seems to be responding well. Had an incident ystd when at my mother in law tried to grab simba from behind with no collar on. I grabbed him, but not fast enough and she got bitten. Needless to say Simba will be weaing a muzzle in public from now on.
As far as the overall feel for the dog I seem to have gotten my bearings. I feel saddened as I see that Simba will never be able to be fully trusted.
Willow I understand your remarks, and your feelings but although there are many sweet dogs in the world who need homes, there is also a very sweet Chow named Simba in my home, who has thrown out on the street, shuffled from foster home to foster home, and is trying very hard to be a good boy in his new home. He didn't make himself a chow, or suspicious, humans managed that.
Once I made the decision to bring him home, shuffling him off to another confusing place was never a consideration. In fact I would put him to sleep first. Instead I will muzzle him when he's around people and children, and enjoy his company when they are not around.
He refuses to go on furniture or my bed nowadays, and the bone issue seems to be manageable with the prong collar training plus a positive treat once he's relinquished the bone. In fact if Simba is eating a bone now and my wife and I come in the room, he jumps away from the bone, gets into the sitting position, and begs for a treat. (Thats only in 2 weeks of training)
But it is now obvious to me that this is not good enough. I will never be able to fully trust this dog, only manage him.
Thanks
Thanks to everyone for being so helpful. Well Simba seems to be accepting me as the Alpha. I took all toys away and started giving them to him only after he sits gives me paw, and then lays down. I take them away when I want to.
Also to clear up a point Willow, Simba has never and will never be on my bed or my furniture.
I have put him on NLIF and he seems to be responding well. Had an incident ystd when at my mother in law tried to grab simba from behind with no collar on. I grabbed him, but not fast enough and she got bitten. Needless to say Simba will be weaing a muzzle in public from now on.
As far as the overall feel for the dog I seem to have gotten my bearings. I feel saddened as I see that Simba will never be able to be fully trusted.
Willow I understand your remarks, and your feelings but although there are many sweet dogs in the world who need homes, there is also a very sweet Chow named Simba in my home, who has thrown out on the street, shuffled from foster home to foster home, and is trying very hard to be a good boy in his new home. He didn't make himself a chow, or suspicious, humans managed that.
Once I made the decision to bring him home, shuffling him off to another confusing place was never a consideration. In fact I would put him to sleep first. Instead I will muzzle him when he's around people and children, and enjoy his company when they are not around.
He refuses to go on furniture or my bed nowadays, and the bone issue seems to be manageable with the prong collar training plus a positive treat once he's relinquished the bone. In fact if Simba is eating a bone now and my wife and I come in the room, he jumps away from the bone, gets into the sitting position, and begs for a treat. (Thats only in 2 weeks of training)
But it is now obvious to me that this is not good enough. I will never be able to fully trust this dog, only manage him.
Thanks