Dog Or Cat?

[flyboy]

Which should I keep and which should I move on elsewhere? Got the dog from the animal shelter about 3yrs ago. She has separation angzity issues when we leave our home and has wrecked 2 windows, an air conditioner, our refrigerator icemaker water tube, dumps her food bowl and water bowl on the floor in protest of being put on her chain. The cat I rescued from the local mom and pop store is not giving us any issues since I got her. The cat takes care of herself and does not need any additional attention. One of them has to go since the dog does not like the cat and the cat does not like the dog. The cat did slice the dog's ear through and through on the first day. Blood everywhere on the floor.

 

[JBP55]

I am a Dog Person, not a Cat Person but you have more issues with your Dog.

 

[flyboy]

I am a Dog Person, not a Cat Person but you have more issues with your Dog.

I understand. I really like the dog but I am not willing to let her tear up our home because of her seperation issues. She was doing that way before the cat arrived.

 

[iomg8]

seems like your dog still has nightmares from being abandoned. You would probably ruin her even more if you gave her up. Probably need to get some sort of trainer to help her overcome it.

 

[flyboy]

seems like your dog still has nightmares from being abandoned. You would probably ruin her even more if you gave her up. Probably need to get some sort of trainer to help her overcome it.

She was not abandoned. One of her owners died and the other owner could not take care of/manage her. She was taken to the animal shelter instead of putting her to sleep! Besides, your response is very like a response to be made by joe blow biden and adolf hitler! Did you take the vaccine? Do you wear the mask?

 

[iomg8]

She was not abandoned. One of her owners died and the other owner could not take care of/manage her. She was taken to the animal shelter instead of putting her to sleep! Besides, your response is very like a response to be made by joe blow biden and adolf hitler! Did you take the vaccine? Do you wear the mask?

Owner died, other owner couldn't manage so went to the shelter. Yep abandoned, you didn't pick the dog up from their house. And how is saying what I have seen with several abandoned dogs? My friend fosters dogs that are abandoned or rescued, and he works months if not years to get them to a state they are comfortable to give to another family.

 

[rocko]

I am a dog person. What breed of dog? Sounds like a beagle, start with obedience training.

 

[Old School]

Kennel the dog when you leave.

 

[PAPACHUCK]

Dogs have masters, cats have staff. A dog will do for you, a cat requires you to do for it.

I've always had both.

 

[LACamper]

separation anxiety is often caused by how you greet your dog when you return. Lots of excitement? I'm Home!!! only emphasizes that you were away. Come in calm and ignore the dog at first. Try leaving the tv/radio on (youtube has dog channels that play a single video for 8+ hours).

(what breed dog btw? Some are just more needy than others and being a rescue can just magnify that).

You really need to bring in a good dog trainer/ behaviorist. Call your local vet. I know a good one in New Orleans but not in your area... Also, some trainers are better with certain breeds.

 

[BluewaterLa]

I have a kid that acts up and tears up things sometimes... should I get rid of it ?

 

[323MAR]

Kennel the dog when you leave.

My Wife and I do that plus one of those YouTube dog channels(as suggested by LA Camper.)
Our two rambunctious dogs get kenneled while we are away while the other three get to roam the house. It is amazing how the dog channels on YouTube keep them calm.
Dogs are the most wonderful creatures ever created by God. Their love knows no limits. I can’t live without them at this point in life.

 

[Bigchillin83]

I am a dog person. What breed of dog? Sounds like a beagle, start with obedience training.

yup i got 2 beagles... they cannot and will not be left alone!!!! lol they can not mentally handle it!!!! lol, the main thing for my pups is they see me as the alpha but they see my kids as there pac.... and they cannot be away from there pac, if one of them leaves or somthing she goes crazy crying and staring out the window or door waiting on them to come back and join the crew lol

 

[Bigchillin83]

yup we kennel them up when we leave because we wanna come back to a house.. lol not a junk yard!!! I agree dogs are mans best friend, my dad who was burnt by a few women alwasy told me, if you came home everyday and treated a dog like crap every day it still will be happy and excited to see you!!!! They love with only one request.. love back, cats are nice but they dont "need humans" and they let you know that... LOL i guess i like to be "needed"

 

[Bigchillin83]

This is what a cute 10lb beagle can do in 30mins when left in the laundry room and not kenneled up to go grab some snowballs with the kids lol and still looking at the door waiting on the kids to come back in and join the pac

 

[flyboy]

The dog we have is a 73lb mountain cur. We tried kenneling her in a steel wire kennel when we would leave. It was purchased from tractor supply but she tore that to pieces in a matter of a few times that she was kenneled. Now when we leave, we put her on a pinch/prong choke collar and a chain short enough to not let her get close to anything except her food and water bowl and fastened to a door knob. The time she is chained while we are at home is only about 3hrs so the cat can get some free time to roam at her leisure. At night the dog is free to roam the house. She is house trained and is taken out regularly and before bedtime to do her business and is good about doing that. But lately when I get up in the morning I have been finding that she has peed on the living room floor by the front door. This morning not only did I find that she had peed but also pooped on the living room floor.

 

[flyboy]

I have a kid that acts up and tears up things sometimes... should I get rid of it ?

No but if I were you, I would "warm up" the kid's backside a bit to stop them from doing that.

 

[bulldog]

Tractor supply sells wire welded dog pens. You can add a top to prevent the dog from climbing out if you think she would. Place it on a concrete slab to keep her from digging out.
They also make side panels and roof for shade. Retriever is the brand name. It's well built, and better than a chain link pen, which I've seem chewed up from a large dog.

https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/catalog/dog-kennels

This is what bought...I bought 2 extra wire panels to attach to top to make it escape proof
https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/p...quality tubular steel with welded wire panels.

I do not know the shelter you got the dog from, but some shelters will put down the returned dogs, based on that they had their one chance, and they need the room for the ever growing abandoned dog population.
Kill free shelters will not do this, but check first.

Found this...may be what you need, price is right.
https://www.walmart.com/ip/PawHut-3...=sem&msclkid=0c1fc04e96d61f3b96d0a15c316b93f0