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Location: Glasgow, UK
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 34
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Thank you for all your ideas
I dont know what is causing it, but I want to sort it out now before it gets any worse. I am starting a job after christmas so he will be on his own for longer (going to sort out a dog walker so he is not on his own for too long) We are also going to stay with my parents over christmas and they have carpets, so I really want to stop the urination before it gets worse.
Last night was a bit better, I usually give him a pigs ear or something then turn off the lights and go to bed, but he generally eats really quickly, so last night I stuffed some treats into a kong for him which kept him busy for longer, so there was not any crying until this morning
He knows the rats and guineas are in my room, it was a problem for about 24 hours when he first discovered them, but then he realised I was not going to let him near them and has accepted it. He does not even try to get onto my room now.
Thinking about it, I may have made things a worse by making a big fuss of him when I return home etc, it is when he seems most happy to see me and I may be encouraging him to think that it is bad that we were separated, I generally dont make a fuss in the mornings as he crys as soon as he hears me move and continues until I come down - I try ignoring it, but I have to get up at some point. I generally wait until he has settled down on his bed, then say hello, I will try doing that when I go out as well.
He best friends are 2 collies who have enough energy and speed to give him a god run! Unfortunately we have not seen them for a few weeks.
I do have a friend who has a young staffy, she lives across the city so they (Noodels and her dog) have never met, but we are hoping to take them for an on lead walk in one of the big parks after christmas.
I am thinking of finding a training class for is to go to, that way we might be able to make some more doggy friends for him - when I first got him we went to one but he was still very much a racing dog and the idea of sit and heel meant nothing to him! The other dogs there were much more trainable breeds and it was held in a little, bright yellow room that was too much for me, they did split the group for me, so there was just me and a man with a lab which was lovely of them, but when the group got back together, I could not cope. Noodles did not really like it either, he did not translate what was happening to real life.
I have done some training with him at his own speed so he now walks nicely on a lead, sits, stays, recall (when there is nothing too interesting!) we are working on 'down' at the moment.
If the vet says he is ok physically, I will see look for a behaviorist
I just thought, has anyone had any success using DAP for this type of thing?
Thank you again for your thoughts, it helps to get some feedback.