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A week ago, my friend and I found a West Highland Terrier in her apartment complex. Apparently, he was being aggressive and a family had called the pound on him. He was on a leash that was wrapped around a pole. He growled when anyone got too close. I got close enough to sit next to him and hushed him till the pound came.
The next day, I visited him at the pound. He was quite scared and kept scratching at his kennel, recognizing me immediately. He let you pet him and everything!
Fast forward to today, my friend's mother decided to adopt him. Yesterday, my friend gave him a bath and cut his hair, and he behaved well. When we picked him up, he was so happy. We took him to Petsmart, and then ate outside at a restaurant. That's when things got bad.
While we ate, I tied his leash around a chair. He was exploring around and just hanging out with us. When it was time to go, I went to undo his leash, and he bit me! He was very protective and weird about the leash and didn't want anyone to touch it. He became extremely mad, we were lucky to have gotten it untied somehow. After a car ride back to her house, he seemed to have calmed down. We took him in the backyard, where he ran around and let us pet him. He was jumping all over us, just so happy to be free! My friend's sister, who is very good at training dogs, quickly taught him how to sit using treats. Since we planned on taking him to a groomer later, she out the leash back on. Things got weird again. He became very protective again, but this time, it lasted hours. He ended up biting 3 more people. He bites hard, I was even bleeding a bit.
I just don't understand. He was so excited and well-behaved, then he quickly turns. He has a vet appointment tomorrow, but I don't know how we're going to get him in the car. Believe me, we have tried EVERYTHING to distract this dog. Does anyone have advice?
Answer
We don't know why this dog is the way he is. It could have started with a physical problem. Or maybe the dog is just not right in the head, a medical problem, but one that might be impossible or very costly to diagnose. Or, maybe someone tied him up and beat him. We just can't know.
I know a lady who bred a litter of gorgeous pups. Six months later she got one returned for biting. She did everything she could to save that dog, including paying for a very expensive MRI on the dog's head. The MRI showed that the dog was actually missing his frontal lobe on one side of the brain. There was an empty space where it should have been. NO training could fix that. The dog had to be destroyed. The lady then spayed/neutered both the dog's parents.
The rule of thumb is that biters must be destroyed. The problem is what if he bites some kid in the face? Almost nobody could give him a quality life AND assure that he wouldn't bite anyone ever again. Good dogs are destroyed in shelters by the thousands every day in the USA -- most people will advise to destroy any biter and go save one of the good dogs.
The thing is that most dogs have a good deal of what we call bite inhibition. It means you'd have to push them really far to get them to bite. They will TRY not to bite you. But once a dog has bitten multiple times, we know he has no bite inhibition. He will bite anyone any time he is annoyed. That's what you're seeing with this little guy.
It's a tough call. If he were mine I'd try some systematic desensitization on him with a clicker. But it's too much to explain here. And if it didn't show dynamic results fairly quickly, I'd have him euthanized. And I'm a trainer.
If your friend wants to keep him, in spite of knowing that he's a lawsuit waiting for a place to happen, the place to start would be to muzzle him and take him to a vet. The vet can rule out medical causes (but probably can't rule out actual structural problems with the brain for any reasonable price).
The next step would be to find a clicker trainer who is good with aggressive dogs.
But my advice to her seriously would be to take him back to the shelter, get her money back, and tell them what happened. They will destroy the dog. It's a terrible shame, but there is very little chance that he can be rehabbed to be reliable. She can ask for advice over on ClickerSolutions and see what they say, if she likes. That list has a lot of expert trainers on it.
In the meantime your friend's mother should realize that if the dog bites someone, she could be sued, her homeowner's insurance could cancel her, and she could lose everything she owns, including her home. Yes, that happens. So remember that when you read the bleeding heart advice here from inexperienced people.
Oh, to get him in the car, you put a muzzle on him, then crate him, and off you go. Open the crate door and put a leash on him at the vet. Keep the muzzle on him till you get him home.
We don't know why this dog is the way he is. It could have started with a physical problem. Or maybe the dog is just not right in the head, a medical problem, but one that might be impossible or very costly to diagnose. Or, maybe someone tied him up and beat him. We just can't know.
I know a lady who bred a litter of gorgeous pups. Six months later she got one returned for biting. She did everything she could to save that dog, including paying for a very expensive MRI on the dog's head. The MRI showed that the dog was actually missing his frontal lobe on one side of the brain. There was an empty space where it should have been. NO training could fix that. The dog had to be destroyed. The lady then spayed/neutered both the dog's parents.
The rule of thumb is that biters must be destroyed. The problem is what if he bites some kid in the face? Almost nobody could give him a quality life AND assure that he wouldn't bite anyone ever again. Good dogs are destroyed in shelters by the thousands every day in the USA -- most people will advise to destroy any biter and go save one of the good dogs.
The thing is that most dogs have a good deal of what we call bite inhibition. It means you'd have to push them really far to get them to bite. They will TRY not to bite you. But once a dog has bitten multiple times, we know he has no bite inhibition. He will bite anyone any time he is annoyed. That's what you're seeing with this little guy.
It's a tough call. If he were mine I'd try some systematic desensitization on him with a clicker. But it's too much to explain here. And if it didn't show dynamic results fairly quickly, I'd have him euthanized. And I'm a trainer.
If your friend wants to keep him, in spite of knowing that he's a lawsuit waiting for a place to happen, the place to start would be to muzzle him and take him to a vet. The vet can rule out medical causes (but probably can't rule out actual structural problems with the brain for any reasonable price).
The next step would be to find a clicker trainer who is good with aggressive dogs.
But my advice to her seriously would be to take him back to the shelter, get her money back, and tell them what happened. They will destroy the dog. It's a terrible shame, but there is very little chance that he can be rehabbed to be reliable. She can ask for advice over on ClickerSolutions and see what they say, if she likes. That list has a lot of expert trainers on it.
In the meantime your friend's mother should realize that if the dog bites someone, she could be sued, her homeowner's insurance could cancel her, and she could lose everything she owns, including her home. Yes, that happens. So remember that when you read the bleeding heart advice here from inexperienced people.
Oh, to get him in the car, you put a muzzle on him, then crate him, and off you go. Open the crate door and put a leash on him at the vet. Keep the muzzle on him till you get him home.
Bringing a dog from E.U. to U.S.?
***JD***
I have a dog (Dalmatian) and i live in Europe, i am moving to the United States, and i would like to bring my dog. I herd that wether my dog has or doesn't have a disease, it MUST be quarantined for 41 days. If my dog does not respond socially to the examiners, my dog will be put to sleep??
What can i do to prevent quarantine
What vaccines must my dog have
How long before the trip must the vaccines occur
Thanks
Answer
The USA does not have a quarantine on dogs coming in from Europe.
To bring your dog into the USA you must have:
1) if the dog is over 12 weeks it needs proof of a rabies shot.
2) you dog will need an Health Certificate (in English) issued within 10 days of your trip stating the dates, manufacturers, expiration dates of the vaccines your dog has received. It must also state that the dog has been ex mined and found free of disease, internal and external parasites.
3) The airline will require you to have a shipping crate of the proper size.
Upon arrival your dog isn't examined by anyone but you will need to have your paperwork approved by customs. The dog will then be released to you in the same crate that you put it in when you left Europe.
If you are returning to EU with your dog in most cases you will need the same but some countries will require a titer test for rabies and some may still require a quarantine. GB and Sweden are examples of ones that do.
The USA does not have a quarantine on dogs coming in from Europe.
To bring your dog into the USA you must have:
1) if the dog is over 12 weeks it needs proof of a rabies shot.
2) you dog will need an Health Certificate (in English) issued within 10 days of your trip stating the dates, manufacturers, expiration dates of the vaccines your dog has received. It must also state that the dog has been ex mined and found free of disease, internal and external parasites.
3) The airline will require you to have a shipping crate of the proper size.
Upon arrival your dog isn't examined by anyone but you will need to have your paperwork approved by customs. The dog will then be released to you in the same crate that you put it in when you left Europe.
If you are returning to EU with your dog in most cases you will need the same but some countries will require a titer test for rabies and some may still require a quarantine. GB and Sweden are examples of ones that do.
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