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please please can anyone give me some advise , we are considering having him uthanised , we got him from a proper breeder and i rang her to tell her and she wasnt really interested please help ..
Please read my reply on your other thread. Do I take it then that this is a young dog, perhaps even a puppy? I cannot believe that you are thinking of having a young dog pts because of one incident, so please come back and give more details.please please can anyone give me some advise , we are considering having him uthanised , we got him from a proper breeder and i rang her to tell her and she wasnt really interested please help ..![]()
Exactly. Dogs always have a reason, even though it might turn out to not be a logical one. That is the first thing to discover.My Collie nipped a young girl in my back yard, turned out totally innocent the dog was actually trying to pull her away from something and nipped through her shirt. So a full description of what was happening can make all the difference in the world. I never even got mad at my dog as she was trying to prevent an accident in the making...
If you have never had him professionally assesed by a behaviourist and dealt with the problems when they first started, it could be purely behavioural without the appropriate behaviour modification and training problems especially when they first start to become an issue they can and do exacerbate. So you may find he does have purely a temperament/behavioural problem.hy there ty so much all of you for showing interest im at my wits end.i got my collie from a breeder in kent and she does come on this forum.
we paid her £600 for him and i have loved him from the 6 weeks when we got him, hes called marley,
he is 4 years old , is groomed by a groomer every 6-8 weeks to kp his coat beautiful and i brush him every 2-3 days inbetween that. he lives with me , my partner al, and our little 13 year old westie.
from the time he was 1 year old or even before that he was showing his teeth, he likes a lot of fuss and from that he will suddenly show his teeth so we stop. we have learnt to recognise the signs. in the last 3 years he has nipped quite a few of freinds n family nothing severe, but none the less hes dun it.
sometimes the person went to stroke him or bent dwon to him or was just sitting in a chair stroking his head.
my son danny came to live with us for a few months and this was about 2-3 months ago so its not like afew days ago.
we have been living in our caravan for the last 7 years so this has always been marleys home. he is let out lots and has a big garden.
and is loved dearly.
last nyt we all heard some shouting outside our van so we went into my bedroom to listen, (being nosey) then we came bac into front room, i sat down on the sofa one end and danny on the other, marley came up to danny and he leaned over to pat him then marley sunk his teeth into dannys hand, danny tried to pull away but marley wudnt let go until we jumped up to stop him.
the bite was quite bad, so now . we are all very upset i have cried most of today, we have an appointment at our vets in the morning for advice but are terrified he will say he shud be put down. this will break my heart . i hope my info has helped some of you to help me. i did ring the breeder this morning and sed it mite be something in the genes of the collies u are breeding but she wasnt really interested ....
Firstly, it shouldn't cost anywhere near that much money. Secondly if your vet refers you to a behaviourist (and a proper one may not see him without a vet referral) the insurance may well cover it.thank you so much for your replies can u keep them coming, the only thing i will say at the moment is that i rang some behaviourists a couple of years ago after another issue, and we was told it wud be about £600 just to i dont think the insurance will cover tests for to do with behaivousee him, then more for further visits, and im afraid we dont habve that kind of money, and all these tests at the vets will cost hundreds, he is fully insured by the way, and has been castrated. i dont think the insurance will cover tests for behaviour problems
It won't hurt anything to take your dog to the vet initially, it should only cost a consultation fee ... with some vets this may even be free to do.thank you so much for your replies can u keep them coming, the only thing i will say at the moment is that i rang some behaviourists a couple of years ago after another issue, and we was told it wud be about £600 just to i dont think the insurance will cover tests for to do with behaivousee him, then more for further visits, and im afraid we dont habve that kind of money, and all these tests at the vets will cost hundreds, he is fully insured by the way, and has been castrated. i dont think the insurance will cover tests for behaviour problems