Evan Barke
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- Jun 16, 2015
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Hi all,
This is my first post and I'm sure not my last. We have an English Bulldog bitch called Margaret-Rose that we absolutely love. But she is driving us crazy and breaking out hearts! She exhibits behaviors that are not good and she does not accept discipline or learn from it in any way. We are convinced she has some form of animal autism because she hates cuddling, can't sleep on soft surfaces and does not respond to any commands. She also hates going for walks and doesn't react to other dogs at all (which is quite nice but still strange).
Anyway, we have managed to deter her from chewing things or getting up to other nonsense by using a spray bottle of water (she also hates water). That is the only thing that works for disciplining her. However she is still not housebroken and is about 15 months old.
Before you think "must be bad owners" I beg to differ. We have a French Bulldog too and training him felt like we actually put in ZERO effort compared to her. He was clean at 4 months and listens to commands. But he is open to social interaction and actually cares what we think.
Anyway, like I said, there are lots of things to sort out but I would like to start with the most pressing of them: We live in Bangkok, Thailand. It is very hot here all year round. So we keep the air-conditioning on and have a doggie door for them to go outside when they like.
However, Margaret is causing us great difficulties when we try to leave the house in the car. She gets super worked up and overheats almost immediately and the car AC doesnt seem to cool her down (even after 3 hours of us freezing our bums off).
This is obviously VERY stressful and ruins the trip every time because she really overheats and we worry about her heart!
Does anyone know of a good anti-anxiety drug we could give her for this type of occasion?
Thanks in advance.
This is my first post and I'm sure not my last. We have an English Bulldog bitch called Margaret-Rose that we absolutely love. But she is driving us crazy and breaking out hearts! She exhibits behaviors that are not good and she does not accept discipline or learn from it in any way. We are convinced she has some form of animal autism because she hates cuddling, can't sleep on soft surfaces and does not respond to any commands. She also hates going for walks and doesn't react to other dogs at all (which is quite nice but still strange).
Anyway, we have managed to deter her from chewing things or getting up to other nonsense by using a spray bottle of water (she also hates water). That is the only thing that works for disciplining her. However she is still not housebroken and is about 15 months old.
Before you think "must be bad owners" I beg to differ. We have a French Bulldog too and training him felt like we actually put in ZERO effort compared to her. He was clean at 4 months and listens to commands. But he is open to social interaction and actually cares what we think.
Anyway, like I said, there are lots of things to sort out but I would like to start with the most pressing of them: We live in Bangkok, Thailand. It is very hot here all year round. So we keep the air-conditioning on and have a doggie door for them to go outside when they like.
However, Margaret is causing us great difficulties when we try to leave the house in the car. She gets super worked up and overheats almost immediately and the car AC doesnt seem to cool her down (even after 3 hours of us freezing our bums off).
This is obviously VERY stressful and ruins the trip every time because she really overheats and we worry about her heart!
Does anyone know of a good anti-anxiety drug we could give her for this type of occasion?
Thanks in advance.