bubba the pug...my little rescue from almost a year ago.
his history was not fun for him...and we've kind of wrestled with some fears, like aluminum foil....things like that...
when we got him, he had been kept in a garage....cabled to a crate with a piece of plywood as his bed....and his anus had been bleached....very jumpy, scared, fearful little guy....little by little, we have worked on each and every one of them....some more successful than others, like the foil...
we cured that one by putting food on it...seems food is his weakness....
and, over time, while he still jumps at bravo tv commercials and some others...he's actually starting to become a real dog.
until.
last week we had to put our nichi to sleep.....she didn't live with us. she lived with honey's mom....but bubba knows her, since they go to the groomer together every five weeks...and she comes over to visit....they are not roomies, like malia is to him, but he knew her.
of course we were crying....and i think there might be a connection....
both of my dogs are walked at least three times per day....even if it is around the block, but mostly 1/2 mile per walk....simply because they need the exercise plus, he was afraid to pee outside....when we first got him.
when it's not hot, we can walk five or six times a day...and he loved it.
until last week....
these grates are for water run off...they are not manhole covers...we live in seattle and normally you would see these next to the curb so that water runs down them to the sewer. in my neighbourhood, they are in the middle of the street, about thirty feed apart all over the neighbourhood.
he stops dead. leans 75 degrees, defying gravity and digs his claws into the street.
can't pull him because he's a pug....and a collapsing trachea is something to watch out for....
not so good on a harness because he is a puller...although not as bad as he used to be....
suggestions?
i have picked him up and held him....on the grate...i've walked backwards leaving a food trail toward the grate.....
i have stopped and coaxed him toward the grate....
so far, not much is working..he gets this look in his eyes and just freaks....stops dead...digs in...
his history was not fun for him...and we've kind of wrestled with some fears, like aluminum foil....things like that...
when we got him, he had been kept in a garage....cabled to a crate with a piece of plywood as his bed....and his anus had been bleached....very jumpy, scared, fearful little guy....little by little, we have worked on each and every one of them....some more successful than others, like the foil...
we cured that one by putting food on it...seems food is his weakness....
and, over time, while he still jumps at bravo tv commercials and some others...he's actually starting to become a real dog.
until.
last week we had to put our nichi to sleep.....she didn't live with us. she lived with honey's mom....but bubba knows her, since they go to the groomer together every five weeks...and she comes over to visit....they are not roomies, like malia is to him, but he knew her.
of course we were crying....and i think there might be a connection....
both of my dogs are walked at least three times per day....even if it is around the block, but mostly 1/2 mile per walk....simply because they need the exercise plus, he was afraid to pee outside....when we first got him.
when it's not hot, we can walk five or six times a day...and he loved it.
until last week....
these grates are for water run off...they are not manhole covers...we live in seattle and normally you would see these next to the curb so that water runs down them to the sewer. in my neighbourhood, they are in the middle of the street, about thirty feed apart all over the neighbourhood.
he stops dead. leans 75 degrees, defying gravity and digs his claws into the street.
can't pull him because he's a pug....and a collapsing trachea is something to watch out for....
not so good on a harness because he is a puller...although not as bad as he used to be....
suggestions?
i have picked him up and held him....on the grate...i've walked backwards leaving a food trail toward the grate.....
i have stopped and coaxed him toward the grate....
so far, not much is working..he gets this look in his eyes and just freaks....stops dead...digs in...