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Sara Our foster dog. This is long..but PLEASE help!!
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so about 2 weeks ago I saw a dog walking down the street at about 2:30 in the morning. I went over to see her, and realized that she was REALLY REALLY skinny. So me my mom and dad gave her a bunch of food and water, she ate and drank it all. The next day the Animal Protective league Came to get her to give her any medication ect. she needed to get her better. They said she was 2years old and had been on the streets for a while. They also said she was an abused dog. They could tell by the way she was acting around people. But she is a VERY sweet dog. They told us she was a mix between a Coon dog and a Basset hound.
They said that we could be her ( my dad named her sara) foster family, meaning we can have her at our house to take care of her until they find a pernament home for her (i hope we adopt her), so we are her foster family now.
At first Sara went to the door when she had go to the bathroom. But yesterday she went pea on my carpet in my room,I knew it was her because I caught her doing it, then she bolted out of the room. I thought, "well maybe one of the other dogs that we have went the a long time ago and we didn't clean it up well enough". I said "NOOOO" really sternly to her a couple of times and showed her it by putting her nose close to it so she would know what she did. So, after I showed her it, I held her face up to mine and said, "NOO" sternly to her, I could see the fear in her eyes. I did NOT hit her. I thought she was potty trained .... the first 5 days went so well she was getting along with the other dogs and was starting to come out of her shell, she was playing and was always happy to see us.
So today it was raining in the morning and Sara REFUSED to get wet, so we had to wait till later to take her out. My dad did when it stopped raining but Sara still didn't go. He told me to take her out later. So I cooked some speghetti and ate. When I came down for about the 10th time between eating and cooking to check on her I smelled something, and it smelled like poop. I went in my room and there it was. I got Sara and did the same thing to her that i did when she went pea in my room. I cleaned it up and took her outside. She went pea. Then she decieded to go upsairs for the first time. Which if OK. Well I had just got done taking her out and she pead on the carpet upstairs!!!! I did the same thing agian, like I had done when she went in my room.
I did NOT tell my mom she has done all this either.
So is Sara going to hate me now, because she was abused, but I had to teach her that she can't go in the house. Otherwise my mom will send her back to the Animal Protection League. And I REALLY love her. (I'm an animal lover). Is Sara not going to be excited to see me anymore? Is she going to be afaid of me? I didn't hit her, so will she be ok? I want her to love me!?!
Please help...thank you SOOO much!!!
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I have a dog who used to be abused, too.
DO NOT rub her face in it. That doesn't help either. That's just being mean to her :(
You should probably feed her at certain times each day, and then 10-15 minutes after she eats/drinks, take her outside because that's when she'll have to go to the bathroom. Also, you could say "go peepee" or something like that, so she learns what it means.
And when she ever goes to the bathroom in the house, gasp (dogs seem to know they did something wrong) and say "NO" and take her outside RIGHT away. and then say "go peepee". She'll eventually learn to do it outside.
Good luck.
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Just remember that your dog is in a new and strange place and she will act strange for awhile until she can get used to her new surroundings. There was nothing wrong with the way you punished her, just make sure that you only punish her when you actually catch her in the act. If you find the pee later and then punish her, she won't understand.
Also make sure to give her lots of praise when she does go outside where she is supposed to.
I'm sure that she will get over this habit, it might just take some time. Try and be patient, and maybe take her outside more often than you normally would to help her get used to it.
I don't think she will hate you at all. She's still learning about you and your family and she probably just isn't sure about you yet. Just give it time.
Just a tip, if you really want her to like you, make sure you're the one that feeds her everyday and she'll love you. :)
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This is natural for a new dog in a new place. She won't hate you. What you have to do is take her out to pee before she can do it in your room.
After she drinks water or eat (about 10 minutes after) take her outside to go pee. You should keep an eye on her at all times to make sure she doesn't sneak upstairs. After everytime she pee's or poo's tell her "good girl, good girl" and give her a cookie.
Next, go to the store and buy some urine scent remover and spray it over the spots she has pee'd on your carpet and really scrub.
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awwww don't worry we know you love her!
a good way to show a dog not to do something is to flick them on the nose. It doesn't really hurt them, but it shows them that they've done something wrong.
you should tell your mom that you love the dog verrryy much and then tell her that she pees a lot. I'm sure you guys could train her to not go on the carpet instead of giving her back to the shelter.
I rescued a puppy myself! When we got her, her front tooth was missing because her previous owner hit her in the jaw and it came out. and at first she was REALLY scared and she would shake whenever anyone came near her and she would pee a LOT on the carpet (that's why I think she pees a lot, because she is scared.) but I mean it's been 4 years and now she is the SWEETEST (but stupidest) dog ever, she's still scared sometimes but not around her family members. she'll cuddle with you and everything!!!
anyways, what I'm trying to say is that if you tell your mom that you would never ever went to send this poor puppy back to a shelter because it already found a great home, but if we couldd just find a way to train it that would be great! If your mom has a heart, she'll let you keep it haha.
don't worry! everything will work out in the end
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