Don’t do what my son did
saw a dog (staffie) who had been abused online and was up for sale via a ‘charity’
thought ‘I’ve always wanted a dog’
had nothing in for a dog-no lead no bowls no nothing
travelled the length of the country to buy him then rang me to tell me
he works nights to top it off
thankfully it’s worked out really well-his mate or girlfriend stays overnight with the dog
my son has lost 3 stone due to walking him
the dog is now a pleasure to be around (we think he’s two but not sure) but the first 12 weeks where hell on Earth
he howled all the time
hadnt been done so humped everything in sight (he’s had the snip now and has calmed right down)
Chewed everything
Had really bad doggy manners
would go for anyone with a baseball cap on
Farted like it was going out of fashion-we changed his diet and that seemed to help
he would leap up at anyone
he hated other dogs
would pull us over on walks
Would roll in any type of poo-fox/cow being his favourite
he doesn’t do any of that now but it took a lot of round the clock training to get to that point
hes such a lovely dog-we’ve all put so much into him and he’s blossomed so well but do your homework first
im still pissed with my lad-it could have ended up with the dog going back into rescue kennels again and that’s not fair but credit to him he’s really turned things around for the dog so hopefully we get him for many more happy years to come
but I’ve told him never again-my nerves can’t take it!
saw a dog (staffie) who had been abused online and was up for sale via a ‘charity’
thought ‘I’ve always wanted a dog’
had nothing in for a dog-no lead no bowls no nothing
travelled the length of the country to buy him then rang me to tell me
he works nights to top it off
thankfully it’s worked out really well-his mate or girlfriend stays overnight with the dog
my son has lost 3 stone due to walking him
the dog is now a pleasure to be around (we think he’s two but not sure) but the first 12 weeks where hell on Earth
he howled all the time
hadnt been done so humped everything in sight (he’s had the snip now and has calmed right down)
Chewed everything
Had really bad doggy manners
would go for anyone with a baseball cap on
Farted like it was going out of fashion-we changed his diet and that seemed to help
he would leap up at anyone
he hated other dogs
would pull us over on walks
Would roll in any type of poo-fox/cow being his favourite
he doesn’t do any of that now but it took a lot of round the clock training to get to that point
hes such a lovely dog-we’ve all put so much into him and he’s blossomed so well but do your homework first
im still pissed with my lad-it could have ended up with the dog going back into rescue kennels again and that’s not fair but credit to him he’s really turned things around for the dog so hopefully we get him for many more happy years to come
but I’ve told him never again-my nerves can’t take it!