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| commented question | How do I handle when an owner misrepresented their dog? Thank you for all of your input! It was not so much a question of how do I train the dog- I know that part. It was more of a question of how to react to owners who lie about their dogs abilities or lack of. I know about the differences between their home and mine and know they will react differently. I, too, take them for a walk around my area immediately after their people leave and always give a lot of praise and positive training. I was upset because this dog was not represented correctly and wondered how to approach the subject. I got it resolved within the first 24 hours and have spent he last few days working on fear issues, house training, aggression, jumping, and all manner of behavior that is more typical of an outdoor dog. It is good now though and I will make... |
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| commented answer | How do I handle when an owner misrepresented their dog? Thank you. We have been working hard with him all day and it is improving just a bit. I contacted the owner and was apologized to and told she would pay for any damages. She also reiterated that the dog was house trained and possibly just nervous. I just told her we would be working on training as well. He is such a fearful dog that I can barely take him out for walks. He continues to try and turn back to come back to the apartment. I have never had trouble like this with any of the dogs I have cared for. Ah well, I suppose time will be the key in this case. |
| asked a question | How do I handle when an owner misrepresented their dog? The owner told me the dog, who is 8 months old, was house trained and crate trained and neither is true. In the one day so far that he has been here, he has urinated three times and defecated twice, despite having taken him outside to do his business and walked him three times. I have successfully house trained three separate dogs, but was not prepared for having to do it once again with a dog that is not mine. He is also destroying things in my home, but I am unable to crate him due to his "screaming" when he is crated. I am supposed to have him for 10 more days and am ill-equipped for this behavior. What do I do? |