Sometimes it can take a long time for a boxer to bond in a new home. They
seem to suffer from separation and rehoming a great deal more than some
other breeds. She is lucky to have you and Odi he sounds marvellous. She
doesn't understand him playing with her. I would think she has never played
with another dog,and she has probably not been played with in her younger
days either, so she has never learned to play. Give her time, and maybe
encourageher.
Someone else may be able to help; with the separation anxiety - it takes a
fair bit of advice. I have had dogs with it, who gradually become "normal"
- but they didn't eat the car.
Good on you for taking her, she will repay you a hundredfold.
Jane Logan
From: boxerlovers@yahoogroups.com [mailto:boxerlovers@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Beah
Sent: Thursday, 10 November 2011 3:16 PM
To: boxerlovers@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [boxer lovers] Rescue Boxer separation anxiety!
I joined your group a few years ago but my dog had not come to me yet.
She is here--a sweet funny 49 lb fawn boxer with white on her heart! Her
name is Cho.
Last December I adopted her. The guy she had been with from 5 weeks to 5
years didn't have enough time for her. I didn't know she was in heat when
she arrived. She promptly got away from me and was gone for 4 nights!That
was a long 5 days I tell ya!After much prayer, she showed up at my door.
Apparently she had been lost on my country side road-apparently she was so
freaked out=she came back skin and bones!
I didn't get much background Cho's former owner. He put up a flyer at local
vet office saying he didn't have time for her and she needed someone who had
time and energy for her. So she was welcomed into my cottage in the woods.
She apparently hadn't bonded with other dogs-(later I heard she had been to
dog parks)and she lived outside the home, because the wife was allergic to
her. Some people she is fine with. Other people she runs at them and then
backs up--barking--I am not sure if she is defending or just unsure of the
person. Some of the people she's really barked at and ran toward over these
past 11 months have been really sweet gentle people who like dogs.
So flash forward almost a year. She is settling in. Now that she knows me,
and has bonded with my other rescue dog, a Huskie Mix named Odie (that I
have had for 3 years-he's a tripod). She is finally playing with Odie. He is
very sweet--the ultimate dog buddy to wind up with--friendly, well loved,
outgoing, always smiling and stoked about life, even though he is
limping,hopping and running his way through it 3 legged.
What a relief! I knew bonding would take time but I didn't think this long.
This has only been happening the past 2 weeks. Cho is trying to get Odie to
play with one of those braided tug toys. Odie tried to interest her in ball
and stick from the beginning but she didn't get it. She'd just about run him
over (he's missing a front leg) to get to the ball, and then she'd just look
at it, and he'd come pick it up.
I have had a heck of a time leaving her home when I need to go somewhere.
Leaving Odie in is helping--
Maybe it's just a matter of time.......
When I take her to work with me, I work part time, I am working about 4
hours. She seems okay if I bring Odie. If I don't after a few minutes she
uses those strong paws of her to get the rubber off the front window frames
in my van.
I wanted to spay her until she knew me. So she is due to be spayed on 11/21.
There's a lot I don't know about unfixed female dogs and their hormone
cycles.
Cho needs a lot of physical attention. At first she came to me several times
a night to be pet. She followed me to the bathroom for months. Slowly but
slowly she seems to be relaxing--if a person could use relaxing and boxer in
the same description.
Thanks for reading along--I thought it was time I checked in!
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