Rosie1989
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- Dec 22, 2012
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- Bulldog(s) Names
- Vincent (vinnie)
Please help me!
Ok so My boyfriend and I adopted a 10 month old (roughly) English bulldog at the beginning of October last year and were told he was not good with other dogs and some people but we wanted to give him a chance as he was lovely to us and full of cuddles and we couldn't help feeling that the staff at the center were not being very helpful for him and his situation. He is a very big boy now, weighing roughly 85 pounds although the vet says he is not over weight, just enormous and tall for a bully. He is also incredibly hyperactive and is a bully in character as well as breed. His behavior has remained completely unreliable and last night he unexpectedly snapped at me. He has always got very excited whenever I (not my boyfriend) get out the shower to the point where we have to gate him in the kitchen, but last night after I had showered and redressed he still went to bite me. He gets completely overexcited and starts shaking before jumping up and snapping at me. He is a big dog and I don't know what to do. My boyfriend has started talking about getting rid of him as he cannot trust him but I cannot be parted from him. 90% of the time he is a complete baby and loves nothing more than sleeping on the sofa with me. He is a typical English bulldog in that he is trained to sit, stay, lay-down, and a few other things but only performs with bribery and even then he will still ignore us sometimes. He also refuses to come to his name unless you have food or his favorite squeaky ball (other imitation squeaky balls do not work). He did bite someone in our apartment block in his first few weeks but we put that down to insecurity and new surroundings and bought a muzzle for him which he is always walked in. We walk him 3 times a day, about 15 mins in the morning, about 45 mins in the afternoon and another 15 minutes before bed. I would not describe him as a nervous dog at all and cannot work out how to help him.
Please help me, I will do anything to avoid losing him.
Also as a sub-note, he has been fixed so I am struggling to understand his behavior.
Ok so My boyfriend and I adopted a 10 month old (roughly) English bulldog at the beginning of October last year and were told he was not good with other dogs and some people but we wanted to give him a chance as he was lovely to us and full of cuddles and we couldn't help feeling that the staff at the center were not being very helpful for him and his situation. He is a very big boy now, weighing roughly 85 pounds although the vet says he is not over weight, just enormous and tall for a bully. He is also incredibly hyperactive and is a bully in character as well as breed. His behavior has remained completely unreliable and last night he unexpectedly snapped at me. He has always got very excited whenever I (not my boyfriend) get out the shower to the point where we have to gate him in the kitchen, but last night after I had showered and redressed he still went to bite me. He gets completely overexcited and starts shaking before jumping up and snapping at me. He is a big dog and I don't know what to do. My boyfriend has started talking about getting rid of him as he cannot trust him but I cannot be parted from him. 90% of the time he is a complete baby and loves nothing more than sleeping on the sofa with me. He is a typical English bulldog in that he is trained to sit, stay, lay-down, and a few other things but only performs with bribery and even then he will still ignore us sometimes. He also refuses to come to his name unless you have food or his favorite squeaky ball (other imitation squeaky balls do not work). He did bite someone in our apartment block in his first few weeks but we put that down to insecurity and new surroundings and bought a muzzle for him which he is always walked in. We walk him 3 times a day, about 15 mins in the morning, about 45 mins in the afternoon and another 15 minutes before bed. I would not describe him as a nervous dog at all and cannot work out how to help him.
Please help me, I will do anything to avoid losing him.
Also as a sub-note, he has been fixed so I am struggling to understand his behavior.