Hi,
Long story short - we rescued our lab two years ago when she was 6 months old. We weren’t given a lot of background information but knew she had come from a family with three young children and was locked away when visitors came. She is very large for her age - not so much weight but in build, and was very exciteable.
This was August 2019 - we had 6 months before lockdown where it was impossible to have anyone round to the house. She jumps, barks and tries to climb onto any visitor who comes. We assumed this was because she was young and still adapting so we held back having visitors to allow her to settle in.
Then of course Covid happened, we found that we cannot all sit down without her barking (mainly at my partner) and when we all sit at the table to eat dinner. She reacts badly to video calls or when she can hear other voices in the house which has been a nightmare WFH. The only way to placate her is to feed her, and this feels counter productive.
Now we’re obviously able to have people round again we have tried, but it’s unbareable with her. She barks persititantly at any guest who comes into our home or garden - to the extent we no longer have people round or get her looked after if we do.
She’s also started to bark at us constantly in the house, what ever we are doing - we recently purchased a hot tub and we cannot all sit in this without her barking.
I’m not really sure the best option - she is walked every day amply and has plenty of toys and engaging things to play with.
I don’t know if it’s really awful of me to be considering re-homing her but at the moment I can’t tolerate the restrictions on our lives within our own home.
Thank you.
Long story short - we rescued our lab two years ago when she was 6 months old. We weren’t given a lot of background information but knew she had come from a family with three young children and was locked away when visitors came. She is very large for her age - not so much weight but in build, and was very exciteable.
This was August 2019 - we had 6 months before lockdown where it was impossible to have anyone round to the house. She jumps, barks and tries to climb onto any visitor who comes. We assumed this was because she was young and still adapting so we held back having visitors to allow her to settle in.
Then of course Covid happened, we found that we cannot all sit down without her barking (mainly at my partner) and when we all sit at the table to eat dinner. She reacts badly to video calls or when she can hear other voices in the house which has been a nightmare WFH. The only way to placate her is to feed her, and this feels counter productive.
Now we’re obviously able to have people round again we have tried, but it’s unbareable with her. She barks persititantly at any guest who comes into our home or garden - to the extent we no longer have people round or get her looked after if we do.
She’s also started to bark at us constantly in the house, what ever we are doing - we recently purchased a hot tub and we cannot all sit in this without her barking.
I’m not really sure the best option - she is walked every day amply and has plenty of toys and engaging things to play with.
I don’t know if it’s really awful of me to be considering re-homing her but at the moment I can’t tolerate the restrictions on our lives within our own home.
Thank you.