Rehomed Whippet

[Hilary & Hounds]

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Remember that all dogs are individual and, as you get to know him better, tailor all advice to suit him and you.

My Oliver and Albie are chalk and cheese in the confidence stakes and yet they've had the same upbringing! :wacko: Albie is super confident, chilled out and relaxed, while Oliver has always been nervy and a complete stress head. Albie virtually housetrained himself (not going off topic, honest - bear with me! ) but Oliver, even at 3 years old, was not always clean overnight. Since Arthur's death, both Oliver and Albie have been sleeping with me. Oliver has gone from a frightened wreck of a little whippetty boy to a much more confident and calm young man. He is also clean overnight - finally - for the first time in his life, whether he sleeps in my room or not! It would seem that all he needed was that little extra comfort and reassurance that he got from sleeping with me.

Good luck with your Jake and trust your gut instincts - they're usually right! :thumbsup:

 

[maggymills]

I just got confirmation that he will be able to come to work with me to start with, but on wednesday i have day off and obviously need to go buy some food! he will be left in kitchen, my main worry is that he will hear the neighbours dogs and start barking, i know he will whine but dont really know how much he will bark- but i do know that he barks as he's done it while im here, i just interupt him by distracting.

Does anyone have any tips on leaving your dog at home and barking issues? I want to build up the amount of time he can be left-

at the moment i dont know whether he is just naturally anxious, or just being this way as he has been through a big change recently-rehomed.

I am quite worried because i want to start building a relationship with him but i know its going to be at least 1or2 weeks before he settles and shows his normal self :b

 

[annlouise]

Hi - ive been planning for a pup next spring, but yesterday i visited a farm where the woman has developed ms, and she was wanting to rehome most of her dogs, including her whippet 1yr old boy. While we were there i noticed every time she aproached him he would cower- scared of her. And he also displayed very good horse chasing skills!-which could have been the death of him..
The lady has told me he's never seen a cat before- which i have 2, and said we acn see how we go with him for few days.

So here he is with me on sofa! He is sooooo unsocialised- scared of gates, cars, my cats, stairs etc etc.................

But he is so very trusting and forgiving to humans-really sad.

When we got him home we let him sniff around and get to see the cats-which he ignored really, then as we were told to do so by behavourist we put him in crate,and only let him out for pees, but you could sense how scared he was, we went to bed with him still locked up, but he continued to panic, so my boyfriend carried him upstairs and he slept all night on sheepskin!

the behavourist told us to ignore him apart from at feeds and toilets- but he is very clingy and scared-  i will pop him in kennel outside gradually today/tomorrow as he has to go in that for few hours mon/tues as im out for while-

Really need some tips on socialisation which is very gradual, the first time he saw my mums dog he tried to get head out of collar until i cuddled him- horrible! sad..

but i want to give him a better chance at family life xxxx

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WHIPPETS ARE LIKE CHILDREN. WOULD YOU CUDDLE AND LOVE A SCARED :wub: :wub: CHILD, OR LOCK HIM IN HIS BEDROOM AND IGNORE THE CRYING? :wub: :wub:

DO WHAT YOUR HEART TELLS YOU, NOT A BEHAVIOURIST. :angry:

YOUR WHIPPET NEEDS ALL THE LITTLE COMFORTS AND LOVES IT CAN GET, :wub: :wub: DONT IGNORE HIM LET HOM KNOW THAT YOUR GLAD HES HERE!

 

[JAX]

Its very true what some have said about not over doing the cuddles when hes scared , as it really does re-enforce that something must be wrong , As long as he knows you are there that will help

One thing , if she d got lots of dogs ,how come hes scared of other dogs ? unless I missed something posted :- "

Nothing else to add , Well done and good luck with him :luck: :cheers: