Bentley update
So we just got back from the vet with Bentley....... He had to go in for a recheck on his heartworm treatment & get some more meds for the treatment. The vet said his heart sounds good & his hair is growing back good (hard for me to notice since I see him everyday). We go back on August 4th for hopefully his last round of treatment-by the way his treatment is a slow kill of the worms instead of theosed nasty painful shots. She also gave him pretizone for his itching I hope that will give him some relief. He was very aggressive though & try to go after a pug in the waiting room. Since he has been feeling better after rescuing from the pound he has been aggressive he is fine with my beagle/basset mix but I want to bring him to some playgroups but I'm afraid he will just be a terror to the other dogs. I have had him around a friends dog was and he would follow her around & then snip & growl at her. Any ideas of how to fix the aggression in him.......
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Permalink Reply by Sam Tsang on
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Yay! Great update! Prednisone is one nasty drug, he may not be himself for a while but it will help his itching till recovered. The best type of behaviour exercise is walking, walk walk walk, walk your pack one on each hand, no sniff and sight see. That's what I do whenever I get a foster, after 1 month of solid relationship building, they start to get out of shell shock and true colors will reveal. Give him time, do know that rx can alter a dog's behaviour.
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Permalink Reply by Bev Levy on
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An obedience class could be very helpful with the aggression. It will help him be around other dogs with out being threatened and will improve his confidence in you so he will learn to feel safer. It can be hard with rescues because you don't know his history but as you are already seeing it is very rewarding.
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Permalink Reply by Jane Christensen on
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We have a rescue in our obedience class right now and they had a 2nd trainer in to help with the 1st two. It is amazing how well this dog is doing in 2 short weeks. I would guess he is going through alot right now with the treatment and adjustments! It can sometimes be fear also. Hopefully time and trust will get him more comfortable!
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Permalink Reply by Christen & Bentley on
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Thanks for the advice....SAM-He is not aggressive towards my other dog at home just other he comes into contact with when we are out & about. I want to go to a corgi playgroup coming up but not sure if I should bring him I dont want him to be a terror to the other dogs, What do you guys think about going to that?
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I already know what you mean before my initial reply, what I meant was for you to walk them (lead), walking builds relationship, you take the lead role and show them you will take care of them, pay attention to your dog's reaction when a strange dog is within sight, does he get nervous? does he get fixated to the dog and not you? use your body language and stand in front of him, block his charge path, acknowledge his concern and let him know that you got this under control, give the command "leave it" and continue to walk.
A lot of times when owners walk their dogs, they make a mistake by not "communicating" (ignoring) their dog's concern / need, so the dogs took control and react the best way he knows how, the owner gets upset and discipline them for having an opinion.
Go to the tampa meetup and talk to Katie, I have been to corgi meetups with over 100 corgis, check out the videos here and here, there was only 1 fight in 3 years and it was over in seconds, corgis have a mutual understanding without the tail communications, however, when there's a non corgi in the middle of a pack of corgis, be prepare for the bossiest herding session :)
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Permalink Reply by Michelle on
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Do you think that the Predisone meds could be causing some of the aggression? Just an idea, I know that it can affect humans adversely sometines even causing aggression. ^-^
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@ Michelle, he just started the Predisone today & the aggression began/started showing about 2-3 weeks ago
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