We bought a 2.5 year old tri male cav which had been used by a backyard breeder as a stud dog, we bought him very cheap out of the local paper, he should have been free and I feel like I got him out of there and into a better situation with responsible owners. We now know why he has been rehomed, he is a terror!
The day I got him he was booked in for neutering, and he has passed a health check etc, he has been neutered and now settling in with us. We have had him about a month now. Each day we learn more and more what problems he has learnt at his old home. He is huge for a cav weighing in at 11.8 kilos and he is lean and in no way fat, just big.
He is a very dominant dog, pushes himself on us and tries to climb us or sit on top of you on the couch, very food aggressive, has started growling and trying to bite if we try to get him to do something he doesnt want to do. He barks lots, chases the cat, climbs on tables, knew nothing apart from
Simple sit, takes the washing off the washing line and chews it up, pulls like a stream train on a lead, rushes through doorways and out the front door and if we don't grab him he bolts 100 miles an hour and we have to get the car to track him down and bring him home.
We started dog obedience with him last week, some days I want to strangle him but I know it's not his fault, he has been allowed to get away with so many naughty behaviors! I try to remain calm always and if he is very naughty or tries to bite he is immediately crated for time out. We have trained him to sit and wait for his food bowl to be put down and we are trying to train him to sit and stay on his dog bed when asked (that is not going very well)
My other cav is usually quite submissive and just ignores him or if he is doing something he is not supposed to do she will run over and mount him, which I've been told is dominance behaviour? She has challenged him a few times and we have had a barking match.
What I find really bizarre is that when they finish eating he will go over to her bowl and piss in it....
I'm really not kidding, this dog is quite badly behaved and I am hoping in time he chills out a bit and learns his place. For now we will continue to try to work with him and if he really doesn't work out find someone to rehome him with no other pets which may work better. We really do love him already, he can at times be very sincerely sweet like most cavs but then reverts into this crazy naughty out of control dog (at dog training he was trying to attack the instructors dog!!) :/ he was simply out of control with teeth nashing
I think we are doing most things right, the dogs get walked twice a day, I'm home lots as I'm doing my phd so the dogs have lots of company and attention. Walking has been harder though the last week as it has constantly rained and I'm having to take the dogs out along our driveway which is about 500 meters of mud. Mushroom is getting stained from the mud on her paws and she doesnt even want to go out...
Anyway, I guess I'm not really asking for advice, just wanted to vent or something and maybe someone can tell me it will get easier! Mogwai should have never been bred, particularly with his aggression issues and he is not registered.
I actually tracked down the breeder he originally came from and his parents had no health problems, his dad died a little while ago from a paralysis tick and his mum is 7 with no heart murmurs so I guess that's a good thing... I just wish he would behave
The day I got him he was booked in for neutering, and he has passed a health check etc, he has been neutered and now settling in with us. We have had him about a month now. Each day we learn more and more what problems he has learnt at his old home. He is huge for a cav weighing in at 11.8 kilos and he is lean and in no way fat, just big.
He is a very dominant dog, pushes himself on us and tries to climb us or sit on top of you on the couch, very food aggressive, has started growling and trying to bite if we try to get him to do something he doesnt want to do. He barks lots, chases the cat, climbs on tables, knew nothing apart from
Simple sit, takes the washing off the washing line and chews it up, pulls like a stream train on a lead, rushes through doorways and out the front door and if we don't grab him he bolts 100 miles an hour and we have to get the car to track him down and bring him home.
We started dog obedience with him last week, some days I want to strangle him but I know it's not his fault, he has been allowed to get away with so many naughty behaviors! I try to remain calm always and if he is very naughty or tries to bite he is immediately crated for time out. We have trained him to sit and wait for his food bowl to be put down and we are trying to train him to sit and stay on his dog bed when asked (that is not going very well)
My other cav is usually quite submissive and just ignores him or if he is doing something he is not supposed to do she will run over and mount him, which I've been told is dominance behaviour? She has challenged him a few times and we have had a barking match.
What I find really bizarre is that when they finish eating he will go over to her bowl and piss in it....
I'm really not kidding, this dog is quite badly behaved and I am hoping in time he chills out a bit and learns his place. For now we will continue to try to work with him and if he really doesn't work out find someone to rehome him with no other pets which may work better. We really do love him already, he can at times be very sincerely sweet like most cavs but then reverts into this crazy naughty out of control dog (at dog training he was trying to attack the instructors dog!!) :/ he was simply out of control with teeth nashing
I think we are doing most things right, the dogs get walked twice a day, I'm home lots as I'm doing my phd so the dogs have lots of company and attention. Walking has been harder though the last week as it has constantly rained and I'm having to take the dogs out along our driveway which is about 500 meters of mud. Mushroom is getting stained from the mud on her paws and she doesnt even want to go out...
Anyway, I guess I'm not really asking for advice, just wanted to vent or something and maybe someone can tell me it will get easier! Mogwai should have never been bred, particularly with his aggression issues and he is not registered.
I actually tracked down the breeder he originally came from and his parents had no health problems, his dad died a little while ago from a paralysis tick and his mum is 7 with no heart murmurs so I guess that's a good thing... I just wish he would behave