lilly06
New member
Well we are foster parents again. We picked up a recently neutered 14 month old malemale 14 month old Landseer on Sunday evening. He just got snipped. He is a complete wild child with no manners whatsoever. On the ride home about 30 miles I was nervous that he was going to jump in the front seat. He was everywhere in my SUV. It was kind of funny because I did a home inspection earlier on Sunday on behalf of Nor Cal Newf Rescue and the family asked if they needed a gate in between the cargo unit and the back seat. I told them no, we had not had any issues. Well let me tell you I wished that I had one on Sunday. Dakota came with some tiny useless choke collar and leash. I told the DH to get me the larger link choke collar. It really didn't make much of an impression either. The first night was pretty interesting. Dakota was trying to "mount" everything in site including my husband. It was crazy. He was everywhere checking things out. He attempted to get all over the furniture. I looked up at one point and he had all fours on my brand new dining room bench seat. I think in his previous home he ruled the roost. Does the dog Beethoven come to mind? That is exactly what we were thinking. By the way the vet that snipped him said to keep him calm. No tranquilizers were provided. GEEZ.
I took him to the vet yesterday to have a bandage changed (he had a little growth on his paw that was removed) and that was another experience. Dakota was dragging me all over the place from the door from my house to the back of the SUV and from the SUV into the vet’s office. We are talking 15 feet here. I hardly had any control over that boy. So last night I decided to see if the pinch collar that we had would fit him. Ended up taking him on a walk with the pinch collar and it worked like a charm. It was like night and day. I thought it was pretty slick considering that I have never used a pinch collar before.
Dakota seems to be settling right in and learning what is acceptable in our home (somewhat). We are trying to be very very consistent with him. I was a bit worried initially and now I am ok. He is a big ole goof and knuckle head. All in all he is very sweet he just doesn't have any manners.
On a fantastic note Dakota and Noche get along great. I think that Noche really likes boys.
Rexanne
I took him to the vet yesterday to have a bandage changed (he had a little growth on his paw that was removed) and that was another experience. Dakota was dragging me all over the place from the door from my house to the back of the SUV and from the SUV into the vet’s office. We are talking 15 feet here. I hardly had any control over that boy. So last night I decided to see if the pinch collar that we had would fit him. Ended up taking him on a walk with the pinch collar and it worked like a charm. It was like night and day. I thought it was pretty slick considering that I have never used a pinch collar before.
Dakota seems to be settling right in and learning what is acceptable in our home (somewhat). We are trying to be very very consistent with him. I was a bit worried initially and now I am ok. He is a big ole goof and knuckle head. All in all he is very sweet he just doesn't have any manners.
On a fantastic note Dakota and Noche get along great. I think that Noche really likes boys.
Rexanne
