Labradoodle & Goldendoodle Forum
hello everyone, looking for help. We are thinking of giving away our 12 months Golden Doodle. We love her to death, but she is destroying the house, almost attacking the kids, she is a real handful. She did well in the training sessions, but in the house, it's crazy. Looking for advice before we have to take the decision to give her away.
we have tried everything.
Any advice?
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We use a doggie backpack for Harlow when we walk. It does seem to keep her from pulling and allows both of us enjoy a casual walk (i.e. not on heel the whole time). I throw a couple bottles of water in the pack for a little extra weight.
We are not the best at figuring out how to expend all the energy, and we live in an urban environment without a fenced in yard. We have found that smaller, neighborhood dog parks can be an excellent energy outlet. You have to check them out to find one you like. There's one I won't set foot into, but there's another that is really mellow and tends to have no more than five dogs at time, generally just two or three. We have also begun setting up puppy playdates with other young dogs in our neighborhood. We recently visited my sister-in-law who has three dogs and a fenced in yard. I have never seen our dog so happy. She spent the entire day running and playing and when she was indoors, she was super tired and better behaved than she has ever been in our home. We realized that she needs more "play" and more "free" time. We are all trying to spend more time playing indoor catch with her (soft objects), which she loves, and we all try to give the dog opportunities to run on walks, too. Even though we don't have a super secure yard, we do have a front yard surrounded by bushes. Sometimes we leave the puppy on a long leash, but didn't hold it, and we have her chase us and our kids around. My daughter spent all spring teaching the dog how to play soccer, too, also on this long leash. ;-) Hope you are able to figure it out. We are working on it, too. The minute Lexi gets bored, she either starts chewing on herself or on our stuff...
There's really a lot of things you can do to drain energy with the long line...sounds like you have a good plan.
You have gotten great advice Kim. I just wanted to add that if you do decide to rehome the dog it is doubly important to go through DRC (doodle rescue collective) to do this. I snuck a peek at your profile and I see you are from Quebec (I am from Ontario) and I know that your province is not top rated in their animal protection laws. As a result it had earned the reputation of "puppy mill capital of Canada." Subsequently there are alot of high kill shelters in Quebec. It would be tragic if your dog ended up in inexperienced hands and they in turn dumped her in a kill shelter. Good luck.
I am so glad Kim!
Everyone has given you great pointers. I just want to reiterate that these doodles are very high energy, extremely intelligent and thus, require quite a bit of training and exercise. You cannot get a doodle and expect them be good without investing a ton of time into training, etc... My Chihuahua is a very easy dog (laid back, accident free, not crazy, doesn't need much exercise, is a lap dog, etc...). But he's not that smart (don't mean this to be rude). Peri (goldendoodle) is brilliant and has been much, much harder and has required much more training (but she get's it because she's so smart!). She's almost 5 and is still hard to get calm sometimes! And she's passed her Canine Good Citizen! Try to hang in there and do more training, etc....
And if you end up needing assistance with rehome, please follow the links to iDog and DRC as provided! Good luck!
WTG Kim! Don't give up! We are all here, (and most of us have probably gone through your same pain in some degree) Ask away with any questions for individual problems! Good luck and please, keep us posted!
That's good to hear, Kim!
Has the trainer or vet ever said she is aggressive or has an aggression problem? Or are you using that term more in a descriptive term...in the sense she is a 'pushy' type dog? What does "almost attacking" the kids mean? It is so hard to really know what to advise without a lot more description of her behavior, her stealing, how you use the crate, what you do/say when you catch her doing a 'naughty' thing, how obedient she is to commands, etc. Sometimes training is good but execution of that training is poor. What I mean is that perhaps you were taught a good training method but you're not doing it correctly. But sometimes the method of training sucks and you might be doing it correctly but it will never work for YOUR dog so it's time to find a more effective method. Does that make sense? I believe the method I use is very effective, but it took me a looong time to do it correctly. I made a lot of 'rookie' mistakes and had to have a lot of "hand holding" to get it right. So having a trainer watch your delivery of the method you are using would help. If you're going a lot of things wrong, then you know what to do RIGHT. But if you're doing it fine and it's STILL not working to yield an obedient dog, then a different trainer with a different method might be a useful idea.
Hi Kim, let me know if I can help. I live in Ottawa. Maybe we could meet for a play date and talk about it. I'm not an expert but maybe I have some good ideas. Sophie was a pretty crazy puppy too :o)
What a wonderful offer Sherri! I am sure you could be a great help and Sophie and Winston could be good playmates.
Let's message privately about it. I'm happy to meet up with you anywhere. My two doodles and foster dog need an outing anyway.
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