courtney017
Courtney
Okay this isn't pregnancy or baby related but our chocolate lab has really bad anxiety issues and me and my boyfriend went to the store today and came back home and she had peed and pooped on the floor (thankfully we have hard wood floors so it was easy clean up) we take her out before we leave and she uses the bathroom but when we come home she either gets in the trash or pees or poops I'm not sure what to do. Getting rid of her is not an option because I look at her as my baby (weird I know but I've always thought that with my pets) she's also been very excited about the baby she lays her head on my tummy everyday. When my boyfriend got her she was I'm bad shape her old owners just dumped her on the side of the road and left her. I'm just asking for some ideas to help us get her out of this habit before our daughter gets here
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The vet may be able to give her anti anxiety meds. I had a cat on buspar before. It helped a lot
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The vet may be able to give her anti anxiety meds. I had a cat on buspar before. It helped a lot
@katarama I'm never gonna give up on here she's amazing she just had a bad past
put her in a kennel every time she is left unattended. put a dog bed in it for comfort.
No problem! just please please please don't give up on her!! She's just scared and trying to adjust. 💕 We rescued a dog back in October that my friend had seen get thrown out of a car; she didn't adjust well at all to our pugs and my boyfriend wasn't used to rescue animals and didn't have the patience so he made me give her back. 😪😪 I regret it every day! She was so sweet, just extremely scared and not used to being loved.
@katarama thank you!
@twinscomingsoon me too lol. I'm trying to get her to eat now but she always feels like she's not allowed but she will eat if I'm sitting next to her
and we always give them a treat once they're in there to make sure they know they aren't in trouble!
Crate training will probably be your best bet! Just make it a place she enjoys being in; it'll probably be a little difficult at first because she'll be scared but just keep at it and keep her in there for as short a time as possible! We always put toys in there and a bone, as well as one of our old pillows for them to lay on to make sure it's a place that they like being.
@courtney017, even bad pups are good pups. Lol they just need extra loving. I'm such a sucker for dogs.
@aljf she's already sniffing the diapers lol I think it's cute when she looks in the crib for the baby. She's so excited
@twinscomingsoon lol I know I just don't want others to think she is bad
That's how my pit is, the owners tased her, so she's very sketchy and gets nervous if she feels like she's in trouble, but she's kennel trained and everything but I reward her if I have to put her in there, we kinda got lucky our house has a mud room " like a back room porch that's in closed" so I've actually been able to put her back there and her not mess anything up! her kennel is back there too just open so she lays in it! I also read that when you have the baby, while your still in the hospital have someone bring like a blanket or clothes the baby has wore to let the dog get the scent of the baby!
@courtney017, oh I don't mean she's a bad dog I just mean avert her attention to a positive thing like a nice juicy meaty bone so she doesn't get so anxious while you are gone. My dogs are good dogs too they just were very neglected before we got them so for a while they would all ban together and howl. All three are rescues.
She already loves her little sister
@littlemissrainesmommy Thank you! she's a really good dog but she gets nervous because of her past with being left behind and abused. I wish I could find her old owners and do to them what they did to her