Recent content by mtndan

Hello from Durango, Colorado. About 6 weeks ago we rescued a beautiful 4 year old boxer from an abuse/neglect situation. Oscar has the most wonderful heart and spirit. But, because of his past trauma (was hit by a neighbor with sticks and a shovel and was chained up 12 hours a day), he is...

Hi Julie Hi, thanks for the reply. We don't know what to think. He shows absolutely no sign, no warning before it happens. He's licking and wagging his tail and all the sudden wham! Unfortunately today the bite was on our friends face and while not too bad, required three stiches. Luckily...

Help! We've had Oscar the rescue (he's almost 4) for almost a month, and he's been doing so great for the most part. Twice though, for no apparent reason, he's bit our friends. Just now, our friend was sitting quietly with him, petting him and feeding him treats. Oscar was wagging his tail...

Hi again everyone. Here's the latest question from Oscar's new parents: We are just learning to walk "nicely" on a leash (he's almost 4 years old) and have been using the gentle leader. He's great in that he hardly pulls at all but sometimes he'll start making this really disturbing snorty...

thanks Thanks so much for your feedback. He is insecure, but seems to be getting better all the time. He's not a pup (almost 4) and we realize we have some work cut out for us. But, at our second training class which was Tuesday, Oscar was SO much better than the first. He still got worked...

oscar, a rescue dog who we have had for two weeks and have written about before (he used to live at a house chained up 12 hours a day, was hit with sticks by a neighbor in his old town), is being funny and hard to understand. he is a big sweetie with us at home, cuddly and loving. but he...

not much slobber.... Hi again, he doesn't salivate too much, but he just looks and acts so pitifully sad when we don't give him attention -- he's a needy dog right now. It's our first boxer, and my first dog ever actually. When we're home he's wonderful -- so loving and sweet and excited...

I can relate Hi, we just brought home our Oscar, 3.5 year old rescue, last weekend and we're struggling with the same type of thing. He's been in a laundry room while we're gone at work (although we come home for lunch to see him) and whenever we leave he cries and whimpers and it appears...

thanks Julie Thanks Julie -- we'll see how it goes. D

Hi good people, we just got our beautiful rescue dog, Oscar, this weekend, and have been working with him at home a lot on his basics (he's a 3.5 year old bundle of untrained chaos). Next week we are going to start basic obedience classes -- should we do a group class with 5 other dogs, or...

Oscar finally eats! Ahh, seemingly on cue after emailing to the forum Oscar ate his dinner last night! Paige went in to give him some love and cuddles, and after a few minutes Oscar went right over to his food bowl and just chowed down. We both felt so proud of him! A question: He's used...

thanks Thanks Dan, I guess patience is really the key. What do you think about letting Oscar run around off leash to burn off steam. When do we know that's a safe thing to do? Dan in Durango :)

Hi everyone, this is my first time posting to the boards. We just brought home our new 3.5 year old male boxer home this weekend. His name is Oscar, and he's been doing pretty well I think. He was on a chain for the last 4 months, no one home 12 hours a day. Before that, he was loose in a...