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Ceasar
I recently adopted a wonderful 4 year old Husky Lab cross from the SPCA. In the short time he's been on this earth he's been abandoned 4 or 5 times.
History: First owner died and a coworker (2nd owner) took him in. 2nd owner didn't have time so the dog was tied to a truck with a logging chain. The SPCA came to his rescue. 3rd owner took him in & couldn't handle him & gave him to a friend (owner number 4 owner). 4th owner also chained the dog to the back of a truck. Thank goodness the SPCA just happened to drive by and saw the dog! (Second rescue by the SPCA). A lady (5th owner) took the dog in then returned him after 2 days complaining that she had to swiffer/sweep the floors twice a day. (Stupid woman!)
I've had the dog approx 6 months now and two operations later he's still a wonderful dog that will never go back to the SPCA. By boyfriend's ex has agreed that if something should happen to either of us she'll take the dog in.
I think the dog has abandonment issues because when my boyfriend and I pack up to go to the lake the dog gets antsy. When one or both of us goes for a walk the dog sits at the deck waiting for us. I keep hugging him telling him that he will never be left alone.
Question: Can anything be done to calm the dog's anxieties?
Thank for reading the history and I look forward to your reply.
AnswerThe only thing that I personally feel will help is time. He's had 4 years of bad experiences; he's not going to get over them soon. As time goes by and he sees that he has a forever home with you, he should eventually relax about some things. How quickly he bounces back from all of these rejections may also depend on how well he was socialized by his first owner.
Puppies go through several fear periods up until around 16 weeks. Whatever their experiences are during that time determine how confident or how fearful they are as adults.
We have a rescue golden that's 3. We've had her since March. She was a breeder dog, used just for producing puppies. I can be fairly certain her owner was not concerned with how well socialized she was, only that she produced saleable puppies.
She's very, very fearful - vacuum cleaner, boxes, paper bags, bathtub, you name it - but she is learning to trust us. I suspect, barring an early start similar to this, that your dog will come around much sooner than ours!
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