JordanhowellWSA
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I would absolutely love to learn from you and your team. All in all it boils down to me just wanting to learn how to properly train dogs for their own good. Doing it for law enforcement would just be a job but I feel like I’d be doing the dogs a favor. It’s very sad, in my local area you see a lot of mistreated dogs when it’s not the animals fault, it’s the owners for not taking the time of day to properly teach their dogs. The shelters here seem as if they are over run and a lot of the time you’ll see stray dogs along the streets or in the woods. If I had the opportunity to take your courses I would but I’m also in South Carolina so that’s a long distance to travel to your business.
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Today is actually my first time being able to interact with the puppy. From what I’m seeing with him is that he was taken away from his mother and siblings too young. He’s only about 9 weeks old and my friend said he got him about 4 weeks ago so he hasn’t had a chance to learn key social skills that he would if he had stayed with mom like he should have. He’s very mouthy as in if you pet him he likes to gnaw on hands so that’s where I’m guessing his so called “aggression” comes from. He’s got a little bit of an attitude if you put your hand on the back of his neck like as if you were to pick him up by his scruff. He’s very energetic and loves to lick and play. He also seems to itch a lot even though my wife treated him with some Advantage flea medicine. The woman that gave him to my friend lied about alot of things, that he’s had all his shots, that he’s been de-wormed but he hasn’t. He’s also very whiny. constantly whines and whimpers but not in a loud tone. He cries if my wife isn’t around which I’m just guessing that since he was taken away from his mom at such a young age that he sees her as mommy now. I haven’t noticed any resource guarding around anyone. We have another dog that does that but she’s also 15 years old and has never had to share the house with another dog until I moved here with my dog Samson before he passed. All in all he’s a good puppy, just needs to be played with alot to get out some of that energy he has but as far as teaching social skills there’s not really much I can do is there without other dogs helping? He’s still just a baby so I’m not trying to train much except for his name.
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The vet didn’t find much. From the little bit of blood they took and the near non existent fecal specimen all they found out was that he had “kennel cough” and worms but they didn’t know what worms he had exactly and that was on saturday. This morning my sister in law went to let Samson out of his kennel, she gave him some water and let him outside to do his business. When she let him back in she tried to get him to jump up onto the couch but instead he laid down in front of my bedroom door and passed away. I called the vet to let her know what happened and she said it could be one of two things, either he had worms so bad that the Trifexis overloaded his system and caused him to pass or that he had an uncommon disease in boxers that causes them to have heart attacks sporadically. Samson was my best friend. I recently got out of the military and have had Samson since I got out. Samson, my daughter and I had to move to South Carolina from Florida because I couldn’t find work in the area we lived in while my wife stayed behind. We’ve been here for about a month and the first week Samson started showing signs of the kennel cough. Ever since it seemed to come and go, but he was my only friend here in this new town. My daughter and I are living with my wife’s family and it’s just been a hard adjustment. For other readers just be aware that Trifexis can make your dogs sick so be careful and mindful of your pets behavior after they take it. It took about an hour after taking it and that’s when Samson started becoming really sick. They offered to do an Autopsy but I had already buried him.
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Thanks Mike,
The other dog has never had to share “her” house with anyone else so I understand why she wants to be protective and territorial but I have been keeping them separate when they eat just so that way Samson can get in a good meal. As far as his parents go from what I saw his dad was definitely the pack leader of the household, the breeders had 4 other boxers, 2 being female and 2 more males, not counting his dad. His mother was very protective from the short time I was able to observe them together. His dad I never really got to see how his personality was but he was a very large (I think they said 105 lbs) beautiful brindle patterned Boxer. I’ve never really knew what a boxers “restless spirit” was or what is in their nature but he’s very energetic and learns well. I was watching some of the personal protection videos you have posted but I’m not willing to watch those and try them out for myself because I am no where near a professional trainer and I don’t want to make him fearful of strangers or make him less confident around them. Now what my new question is how would i train him to be able to turn on/off what he does naturally if his instincts tell him to protect? Plus he’s a very friendly dog so I have no clue how I would even start to make him even act like he’s aggressive just as a threat. Any advice for future training is highly appreciated.
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Another problem I’ve been having is that Samson and I just moved in with my in-laws while my wife is deployed and they have a very old chow/lab mutt who is constantly growling and trying to bite at him, she guards his food bowl from him, he could be across the room and if he moves she bares her teeth, she doesn’t listen to what anyone says (everyone just thinks she’s senile) and my problem with this is that I feel it’s making Samson fearful. He submits to her which is fine but one time I heard a scuffle on the porch and ran to see what was going on and Samson was on his back submitting to her while she had him by the throat which worried me. There’s not much I feel I can do about my in laws dog but is there a way I can reinforce my dogs confidence around her as well?
