He should adjust in time to losing his companion. However long that takes is questionable though and he will continue to be angry and feel neglected and reflect that anger with destruction just out of loneliness. It may improve with time and may not. You have to ask yourself is this fair for your dog? I would spend nearly all my time with him when I was home taking walks, etc. and if you can't do more than 2 hrs. it may be best to find a better home for him where he has a better environment. If his new home is a better place where there is a yard to run, and owners that can spend more time with him he will gradually accept the new home and owners. I know that is hard but may be the best. When your living situation improves you may think about owning another dog.
Other than that, working 2 jobs leaves the dog alone too much to be fair so you need to get someone…the same person all the time... over to your apartment to spend time with him if you don't want to give him up. He can bond to that person and that will help the loneliness somewhat. If you decided to give him up, the new owners could come over frequently for walks and visits before you gave the dog to them so that the dog would consider them friends before adoption, that would help the dog transition. I would not give that dog to an inexperienced owner though. That could end in disaster. It will do the same things with the new owner although it should get over the transition quicker because it will be in a better environment. Also, was your husband the dog's leader? You now have to be a positive leader for him because it sounds like he lacks leadership.
Mommy pass me the tissues, please
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Hello!
Nilo has already turned twelve months old and we have started with OB classes, he is doing pretty well, besides the fact that he still tends to walk ahead when on leash that hopefully one of this years he will improve in…
But what I am concerned about is his behavior change lately, I would say that he started to show kind of a challenging behavior about a month ago, he takes longer at following commands as "off" and "leave" regardless the positive reinforcement, and what is even more surprising: he has started to whine and cry at home when he is looking through the window or in the balcony (not in the crate or when we leave, he is fine), also when we are walking on the street and I stop, he looks at me and starts whining... I do not know if he is complaining or it is just the mating season, but I do not understand. I have not had any dog males so I do not really know how they react.
Is it question of status? Is it because the mating season?Thanks for the input:)
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It is most likely because it is Basenji Breeding season I would bet, a little late however… but still considered Basenji Breeding season
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I see…Well I'd rather have Nilo whining because of the breeding season than for other reasons.
Thank you Patty!
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and/or there could be a female in season in your neighborhood
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It could be…the doggies that I know around here are males, but dogs can track a scent far away.
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Good luck with the OB classes, we take Malaika she is just coming up for 11 months.
I have found the classes to be realy helpful. I do think and have been told by the trainer that as Dogs get older they will test the boundries, just like kids, i suppose
When she had her season we noticed that she was a little more wilful and took longer to obey, however she has now reverted back to her usual self. -
Thank you, I really have faith in those OB classes, I am sure they will be helpful for both sides of the leash, and yes, these changes started to show up now that he is growing, he obbeys but not as quickly as he used to, I am working on my reinforcement timing, but as mentioned, apparently his hormones are in a high peak as I saw on the dog park where we just came from.
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Both my girls whine and carry on looking out our windows sometimes, as well as when we leave the dog park - it's nothing more than telling us they want to be out there doing their thing, not in the house or leaving the fun. With a male, it may well be breeding season, or, maybe he's just getting old enough to figurea way to tell you he would prefer to be outside playing than being in the house.
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@Shaye's:
With a male, it may well be breeding season, or, maybe he's just getting old enough to figure a way to tell you he would prefer to be outside playing than being in the house.
Hahaha if it was for Nilo, he would be living on the street!
