NatalieMen
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- Jan 24, 2020
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- Country
- United States
- Bulldog(s) Names
- Mowgli
To give a little background information on our 4 year old bully. We adopted him back in September of 2019 from a referred family friend that found him on craigslist. English bulldogs have always been my husbands dream dog so we took the opportunity to adopt him. When we went to pick him up there were red flags with the care they provided to him but it just meant more patience and love for him. We have been able to break some bad habits and have slowly trained him with only positive reinforcements (and a training class that worked out amazing). He was very afraid of brooms ( or anything that looked like a stick ) and we have showed him that those are not hurtful objects. Additionally his previous owners taught him to bark at other dogs and we have been able to almost correct that behavior. He has become an indoor dog that now knows the luxury of a doggie bed and has an endless supply of toys.
But the biggest obstacle that we have had is submissive peeing when he "thinks" he did something bad or when he doesn't want to do something ... We have never scolded him for it but he wont stop "squirting" once we approach him.
We are working on complete bladder emptying and when he pees he gets a treat but he always saves a little.
So for example prior to leaving for work he knows that he needs to go inside his crate but if he doesn't want to go and I approach him ( even none aggressively) he will pee himself and wont stop until I back away. I have recognized the pattern at times and its for certain things that he does not want to do.. I can pick him to go on the couch and he wont pee but if I pick him up to bathe him he will squirt everywhere.
If someone has any suggestions to correct this behavior I am more than willing to listen and learn!
We also have a shih-Tzu and I thought they were hard-headed... Bullies take the cake!
But the biggest obstacle that we have had is submissive peeing when he "thinks" he did something bad or when he doesn't want to do something ... We have never scolded him for it but he wont stop "squirting" once we approach him.
We are working on complete bladder emptying and when he pees he gets a treat but he always saves a little.
So for example prior to leaving for work he knows that he needs to go inside his crate but if he doesn't want to go and I approach him ( even none aggressively) he will pee himself and wont stop until I back away. I have recognized the pattern at times and its for certain things that he does not want to do.. I can pick him to go on the couch and he wont pee but if I pick him up to bathe him he will squirt everywhere.
If someone has any suggestions to correct this behavior I am more than willing to listen and learn!
We also have a shih-Tzu and I thought they were hard-headed... Bullies take the cake!