Minding Rescue Dog need advice Update

morningsun · by **morningsun** » Thu Apr 19, 2022 1:16 pm

trance wrote:Personally I would feed her early on the days you can, the days you can't, just feed her as soon as you get home.

just on this do you not think a routine would be better though, if she is stressed about food and scavenging I would have thought that it would be better to feed her at the same time each day so that once she is in a routine of getting fed and knows exactly when her food is coming so it might help her feel more secure? This is just my own opinion if I were to think like a dog, I don’t know!!

highbeam · by **highbeam** » Thu Apr 19, 2022 1:23 pm

Do you think we can lock her into the crate from the first night or do I need to get her used to going in and out of it for a few days first? The chewing is mostly when she is on her own so I presume its anxiety, she does rob an odd shoe here and there but hasnt destroyed one yet. I turned around yesterday and the pair of them were playing tug of war with my bra she stolen from the washing basket :o0

Yes shes a collie cross.

Thanks for all the advice :thnk

morningsun · by **morningsun** » Thu Apr 19, 2022 1:28 pm

I said in one of my posts earlier that (loads of people posted at the same time so you probably didn’t get a chance to read all properly!) I wouldn’t lock her in at night for about a week but depends on how confident she is – you need to make sure she likes the crate and it’s a place she wants to be. Maybe if you do a bit of work with her over the weekend you would be able to lock her in Sat or Sun but I definitely wouldn’t lock her in tonight. Couple of links here that might be useful

http://rescuemedog.org/location-training/

http://madra.ie/en/training-tips/13-hou ... ppies.html

highbeam · by **highbeam** » Thu Apr 19, 2022 1:30 pm

Thanks MS, sorry yes I did read that. Ok plenty to do over the weekend

morningsun · by **morningsun** » Thu Apr 19, 2022 1:31 pm

No worries – hope you had no other plans for the weekend!! :o0

BusyDee · by **BusyDee** » Thu Apr 19, 2022 2:14 pm

Yeah I would feed her at the same times everyday tbh, personally I wouldnt feed her at 3pm - its a long time then till her next feed at 7 the next morning?? Ours get fed around 7/8pm and no problems.

I would say though that the change in food and the fact that her body is still recovering from being starved etc is contributing aswell. Also has she been giving the all clear from a vet? It will take time - stick to one good quality brand of food and try not to give her any scraps.

Good luck!

highbeam · by **highbeam** » Thu Apr 19, 2022 2:27 pm

Yes she has been checked by the vet and she was neutered about two weeks ago. my OH was just home for lunch and said they are getting along fine, he left the two of them out together for a couple of hours this morning and has now put our dog back in to give them a break. Spoke to him for a minute and I think we are going to test out letting her sleep in the same room as our dog tonight and see how that goes. And Ill put some newspapers down. Hopefully if she isnt stressed there will be less mess in the morning. And will try sort out a crate for her.

trance · by **trance** » Thu Apr 19, 2022 4:03 pm

Yeh I wouldn't lock her in the crate (that sounds terrible!) at first, get her used to going in and out for the first few days. The thing is, if you're going to try her sleeping in your room with you and your other dog, this may end the pooping problems anyways, it will certainly end the howling, once she is on a feeding schedule, she will get on a pooping schedule and things will even out.

It's just trial and error but you will get there I promise!!

Alsgal12 · by **Alsgal12** » Thu Apr 19, 2022 9:55 pm

I have a crate you can take if you can pick it up? Dublin13 if that suits at all?

morningsun · by **morningsun** » Fri Apr 20, 2022 7:46 am

Alsgal12 wrote:I have a crate you can take if you can pick it up? Dublin13 if that suits at all?

That is so nice of you to offer! I was thinking of you actually cos I remember you posting before saying you had one that you didn’t use but thought you might have gotten rid of it!

highbeam · by **highbeam** » Fri Apr 20, 2022 7:55 am

Alsgal12 wrote:I have a crate you can take if you can pick it up? Dublin13 if that suits at all?

Alsgal that would be fantastic. Ill pm you. Thanks so much.

GizzyWhizzy · by **GizzyWhizzy** » Fri Apr 20, 2022 10:46 am

Its sucha lovely thing to do to foster a dog and I really hope that she settles in well. With all of the effort and love ye are putting in I am fully sure that she will quickly learn to trust you and your OH. Lucky Doggie!! I have no other advise as other Wollies have everything I would have said. I have an 11 month old stray who was hard hard work at the start with piddling and pooping etc but I let him hang out with the older (queen of the house) and it was like he learned from her far faster than all the puppy pads I had bought!!

by feeding them at the same time (but not together, cause of his scavenging) he realised that when the older one was not getting freaked out maybe he shouldnt and in a few months they were eating together. He is still a pup so I do take the balance away from him until his next meal though as he plays with them and we end up with food everywhere..

Good luck with it and you have the hardest bit over you.. It will get better..

SorrentoWife · by **SorrentoWife** » Fri Apr 20, 2022 11:24 am

Hi, fair play to you for fostering the dog. With regards to the howling at night our dog was like this when we got him first. (he was 15 months when we got him and had only gotten basic training, was housetrained and that was pretty much it). He'd be fine when we were with him but as soon as he twigged we were leaving he'd do mental! So we spent ages each night, getting up, leaving the room, staying out for 5/10/15/20 etc secs and building it up and then returning. We didn't make a big deal leaving or returning so he'd learn us going and coming wasn't a big deal. Also it showed him we would come back when we left.
For the 1st good while he'd cry and cry for ages at night, go mad scratching at the door (the door frame has the scars to prove it! :o0

) and could wake up randomly during the night and bawl again. I remember posting here in a panic the 1st night when we were upstairs and he was distraught downstairs and was told to leave him and that going back down to him would do him no good in the long term. So we persevered and it improved. Sometimes still he'll cry when we leave him but now we shout down at him to go to bed and he shuts up!

I agree that the toiliting during the night is more than likely down to stress as opposed to being bursting to go. She could just be so anxious she has no control over herself at that point and just goes. The poor little thing. Maybe in her previous home she was left and never knew when someone would come back. Try going in and out and leaving her at different stages and building up the time and praising her if she is calm when you get back and give her a treat so she sees you going and coming back as a good thing.

Is she eating ok for you? When we got buddy 1st he was way to stressed to eat so if she's eating its good.

The only advice I can really offer you is to persevere and be consistent so she feels secure in her routine and knows what to expect. Best of luck and keep us posted!

highbeam · by **highbeam** » Tue May 01, 2022 1:37 pm

Hi Ladies,

I just wanted to come back and thank you for all the advice you gave me and the generous offer of a crate. I had just started getting her used to going in and out of it without closing the door. At the weekend I got a call to say someone was interested in adopting her. So she has left to go to her new home. Was sad to see her go but hope she settles in well with her new family who have a lot more time to spend training her. Our house has returned to some kind of normal.

trance · by **trance** » Tue May 01, 2022 3:43 pm

Ah that's great news highbeam that she got a new home, a happy ending! I hope that the intial stress doesn't put you off fostering in the future.

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