Thanks for replies.
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Originally Posted by goodvic2
HI. Sorry to hear you have had so many problems. YOu have my sympathy. I have 3 rescue dogs and 2 have been very challenging!
I am going to add another perspective on this.......
Leadership.......... You have stated that in the beginning you used to allow him carte blanche. You have said that now you instill far more discipline. I wonder if it is enough......
* What rooms does he have access to in the house?
* Does he go on sofa's and beds?
* Does he follow you all around a lot at home?
* Does he instigate affection, or do you make him work for it?
* Do you still do any training with him?
* Do you believe that he see's you firmly as the boss, or maybe not quite?
You can do it. PM me if you want any further help x
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I'm not really good with expressing what I want to say, sometimes words come out wrong and are misunderstood.
Firstly when we got Mutley his previous owner/s had allowed him to do whatever he liked so when we got him he thought he could do the same in our house, we had him crated for about six months, when we left him alone.
We set ground rules for him which he did learn quickly enough.
The only rooms he has access to are the living room and kitchen, he isn't allowed upstairs at all, and not allowed on furniture either. He has his bed in the kitchen. He also has a garden to go in.
Yes he does follow us around the house and will sit at the bottom of the stairs until I come down. He does look for attention but we try to ignore him and approach him on our terms. OH used to give him alot of affection in the first few weeks we had him, until I told him not to as it would make Mutley think he could get it when he wanted.
I think he knows his boundaries and that we are the boss.
I think the only reason he is lead biting is because he wasn't trained on one before we got him, and the woman at the kennels wanted to get rid of him, as he was so badly behaved, she didn't know what to do with him.
Lemmsy: he does come back when called, most of the time, I think he does need to be kept active.
How do I find out about agility or flyball (never heard of that one).
Another thing he also used to do was when we shone a torch or laser pointer,cats play with this, near him he would go completely mad, snapping at the torchlight/red dot, so we wondered if he had been used for badger/rabbit hunting because never seen a dog react like that before. He now knows to "leave it" whenever we have a torch on.
He's still very nervous and jumps at slightest sounds, will he overcome this.