Hello, I recently found a dog when I was walking in the park. I put up flyers, talked to the people who ran the park, put up and thoroughly searched the internet for her parents. No one has gotten back to me.
So, being a sucker for animals of all kind, I decided if no one calls, I'll take her in.
She appears to be about 3-4 months old and a pit bull-boxer mix.
My problem is her attitude. She gets super nippy, even when told 'no' firmly, or if she persists past my patience level (I am a patient person), I walk away and ignore her for a minute before resuming what we were doing. I have given her herbal ice cubes, frozen towels, and various chew toys, but she just wants to chew on hands.
When I'm home, she never has any accidents in the house - but if she's home with my boyfriend, she has 1-2 accidents in the house. And she can't handle being alone if she's awake. If we put her down in our bedroom (where she sleeps at night, and is perfectly fine) she howls and whines and barks. She even scratches at the door.
I'm looking into obedience school, but haven't found one my schedule allows me to attend as of yet. We go on log walks every morning, and I try to take her for one when I get home from work - but she's very paranoid once it's dark and only wants to go home. I think it was because she was abandoned
Does anyone have any suggestions? This is the second dog I've ever had and am at a loss of what to do. I try to be patient and work with her, but she terrorizes the other people I live with as well as the older pharaoh hound that we live with.
So, being a sucker for animals of all kind, I decided if no one calls, I'll take her in.
She appears to be about 3-4 months old and a pit bull-boxer mix.
My problem is her attitude. She gets super nippy, even when told 'no' firmly, or if she persists past my patience level (I am a patient person), I walk away and ignore her for a minute before resuming what we were doing. I have given her herbal ice cubes, frozen towels, and various chew toys, but she just wants to chew on hands.
When I'm home, she never has any accidents in the house - but if she's home with my boyfriend, she has 1-2 accidents in the house. And she can't handle being alone if she's awake. If we put her down in our bedroom (where she sleeps at night, and is perfectly fine) she howls and whines and barks. She even scratches at the door.
I'm looking into obedience school, but haven't found one my schedule allows me to attend as of yet. We go on log walks every morning, and I try to take her for one when I get home from work - but she's very paranoid once it's dark and only wants to go home. I think it was because she was abandoned
Does anyone have any suggestions? This is the second dog I've ever had and am at a loss of what to do. I try to be patient and work with her, but she terrorizes the other people I live with as well as the older pharaoh hound that we live with.