3 yr old male needs good home.

[T&R'sDad]

I have a 3 year old male that needs a good home. We have two dogs, both the same age. Both have been nuetered.

Trouble has gotten to where he does not like the other male. Will attack without cause. Bite me tonight while he was trying to get to Rowdy.

He is free to anyone that will take him. If not we are either going to give him to a "No kill" shelter or worse. I am tired of this dog and these attacks.

He is a good dog, very stubborn and hard headed. Likes to cuddle and be loved on. I am at a loss of what do. So we are giving him up.

We are in Springfield, MO. 65803.

Please contact me at "Removed - you can't post phone number/email address. Please read the rules, thanks".

Thank you,
Russell Williams

 

[adeinert]

Please keep them separated until you find a safe, loving home for him.
I hate to think of what could happen to him if he is given away through an ad.
It must feel horrible when someone becomes "tired" of you.

He is after all a dog, doing what comes naturally to settle issues. You are his caretaker.

You may find help by contacting a boxer rescue group in your area, try posting to the adoption forum.

Ashlie - boxer mom to three boxers someone else "got tired of"
:(

Until there are none, adopt one!!!!

 

[T&R'sDad]

You don't realize what is going on. We have tried behavioral (sp?) training. We have tried removing the Alpha male syndrome (if you can call it that). We have tried classes with both dogs. IT has been about 5 months since the last round of fights. If it wasn't for that fact that he bit me again, I would not be so upset.

Believe me we have tried everything we can think of to try and settle this. If you think you can take him, be my guest.

In the end I am VERY tired of this dog. This is 4th and final time he will bite me hard enough to break the skin.

As far as loving home it can't get much better than ours. If you only knew the circumstances.

Thanks for the bashing,
Rusty

 

[Boxer_21]

Seeing as you're obviously done dealing with this "problem dog", your best bet to get him to a loving home would be to contact your local boxer rescue. They'll do what they can to get him to a good loving, forever home.

 

[matilda8255]

Contact these people they will take the dog. But I am curious if you have had him at the vet? A medical issue can cause this type of aggression. Especially if the dog is in pain. Please contact a rescue don't dump him at the pound.

http://www.midwestboxerrescues.com/

Stephanie

 

[EMWAZ]

Just wondering have you just tried the training by yourself or did you get professional help? You may be sending the wrong messages!!! Also do check out and insure there are no health problems.

What are the circumstances??


If you really think he's a good dog I would try everything to keep him, if you have please turn him over to boxer rescue in your area.

 

[Sabrina Jay]

Are the males neutered? If not, that can help add fuel to the fighting.

 

[T&R'sDad]

Here is in detail what we have tried. They have been together since they were 16 weeks old. Both were nuetuered at 6 months old.

The rounds of fighting began when they were approx. 1 yr old. Both dogs went to the vet and were completely checked out. Trouble was put on medician to help calm him down. Kind of like Ritalin. He was on this for approx 3 months. Everything we real well for a while. When they turned 2 it started again.

This time we not only re-tried meds. he went to a professional behavioral specialist. She determined that he was the "Alpha" male and that we should try to break that. So we began feeding the other dog first, petting the other dog first, letting the other dog outside first, ect. This worked for awile too, but things soon went down hill again.

The third time we sought help we went back to a different vet, they once again gave him meds to help calm him down. And they once again worked. Each time he goes on meds they work, but the vet does not want him to stay on them for life. So we try them for awhile and then slow ease him off of them.

Last night the fights were really bad. Trouble (the handful) attacked Rowdy first outside. The wife is outside with her 17 year old brother digging holes for a new privacy fence, I am sick inside with bronchitis. Her little brother comes to the back door yelling that the dogs are fighting and they can't pull them apart. I go outside get the dogs apart. We put them in their homes to help calm them. We let them out about an 1.5 hour. Everything seemed ok for about 10 min when suddenly for no apparent reason Trouble attacked again. This time when I pulled them apart I grabbed Rowdy and pull him back. Trouble lunged and bit me pretty hard and didn't stop when he realized it was me he bit. My wife went to put Rowdy in his home and Trouble again ran down the hall and attacked. This time he injured the other dog. Rowdy has two 1.5 inch cuts on his right fron leg and was caring his leg, he is better this morning. He is going to the vet to be checked over this morning. Trouble spent the night in his home and I am keeping them separated.

Trouble is breaking my heart here he sits, the perfect angel. Laying on the sofa, looking at me with those eyes. Don't tell me I don't love or care for this dog like he is my furry son. I am at my wits end though. I don't know what to do.

We are going back to the vet and see what they can tell us. I am assuming meds for awhile. The part that really scares the wife is that if I am not home she cant pull them apart. They don't even here you yelling at them. It is almost as if they are fighting to the death. It is not just a spat. She is scared they will kill each other. She cried half the night.

So please don't tell us we don't love the dogs, they are human to us. We just don't know what to do.

Thanks,
Rusty

 

[Sabrina Jay]

If the dogs are fighting when out together, don't let them out at the same time, but rotate them.

This is very common with same sexes, and exactly why rescue generally will not adopt another dog into a home that is the same sex of the one they already have. Sometimes people never have problems with same sex in the house, and other times, the dogs can co-exist for years before having trouble.

I know many people who rotate the dogs and that is the only way they can do it.

 

[T&R'sDad]

It is not only when they are outside. It is anytime. We can be sitting watching tv in the living room and out of nowhere the dogs will start fighting.

They do not fighting all the time. It will usually go 2-4 months before they fight. Then it usually take Trouble going back on meds for awhile for it to stop. We are then ok for a few months, then it starts over.

It does not seem to be a domince fight, it doesn't seems to be a alpha male fight, it is almost as if they really don't like each other.

Trouble spent the morning searching for Rowdy trying to find his friend. Rowdy is sleeping in bed with the wife which they both usually do every morning until she gets out of bed.

Right now they are both out snuggled up to one another like nothing is wrong.

Tell me what do. We love this silly boxer more than anything. He was our first, Rowdy we didn't get until they were both 16 weeks. So he is basically our first born, we have no real childern. These two dogs are the best replacements we could have asked for.

Thanks again,
Rusty