Recent content by secondchance

Andrea, Thanks so much for referring me back to the Unhousebreaking thread you originally posted. I guess it is a more common problem than I thought and I find that reassuring. This is our fourth boxer (over 43 years) and the others only regressed when they were quite old, and that was...

Usually it is down in the living room area, but yesterday for the first time it was upstairs in the study. We have started crating her. We'll see how that works out. If it continues, how does one treat a psychological issue in a dog?

Over the past three weeks, our eight year old female has repeatedly left us "presents" both urine and poo when we leave her. We always take her out before we leave, and are usually gone less than two-three hours. One time we were only gone for an hour. She normally greets us at the door when...

Just wondering if any of you have any solutions to this problem. We adopted our dog about eight months ago from a rescue. She is certainly housetrained--except when it is raining hard outside. I've tried staying out there with her--holding an umbrella over her head, etc. but at some point, I...

I am so sorry I, too, have been following your story with a heavy heart. You did everything that was possible for the poor little girl, and now she is at peace. I hope, you, too will find peace and comfort in knowing you did the hard but best choice for her. I do hope you pursue the...

Thank you for your post. Having had boxers (a total of four and another adopted as a 1 1/2 year old) all of my life, this is the first experience I have had with a dog growling, let along lunging at me. Things seem better today, and you are correct in that I do expect a dog in my care to be...

Thank you for the advice Debbie Thank you for the reassurance. I did not have her by the collar when the incident occurred. I was standing over her, about a foot away however. Today she is acting strangely--almost like she is afraid of me. I have never hit her and very, very rarely even...

We adopted a six year old boxer about five months ago. She had no history of biting. Everything was fine until yesterday. We had company and when they and my son left she followed them to the door. I called her back and she looked at me and continue to walk with them. I got up, took her by...

Hi, We are obviously new to the Forum, and over our 43 years of marriage, have had 4 wonderful boxers. After we had to put our last girl down in November we were devestated--and given our ages, decided it would not be fair to take on another boxer pup. Well, fate had a different idea in...