nycbullymama
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- Dec 22, 2012
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Next Saturday, Blue's trainer is bringing over a 1 year old male bulldog that was surrendered to him yesterday. All paperwork, breeder info (our trainer thinks he was purchased in a pet store), and vet records were given to Blue's trainer. The previous owner also signed away his rights to this bullie.
If all goes well with the meeting, we're keeping him and Blue's gonna get a brother. If not, he's going to Bumper Rescue.
This week, he'll be with Steve (our trainer) and he'll be able to assess his personality, how he does around other dogs, any aggression issues etc. So in a sense, we really lucked out, as this is the most ideal way to add a second bulldog.
But, Blue is developing issues. He hates having a collar around this neck. I mean absolutely hates it. He won't even eat until he's starving so that means 1 meal a day. He spends all day in the crate sleeping, and all I do most of the day is coax him to come out. No amount of treats or toys work. I have to get creative and invent toys out of baskets, rip shirts and attach them to broom handles, etc. to even get him remotely interested enough to move.
I just took 2 more weeks off from work (after already having a 2 week vacation, and taking a crap load of time over the last few months due to family issues.)
His toy aggression, where he growls and barks has gotten worse when the collar is on. I mean he's very close to biting now not just when he has a toy, but when he just doesn't want to be touched.
When that collar's on, and he's in a prissy mood (which is all day, every day now), I have no doubt he'll bite, it's just a matter of time. He's already left teeth marks on my hand. He may stop himself for now, from chomping down hard, but like I said, it's only a matter of time.
THIS IS ONLY WITH THE COLLAR ON though. But since our trainer said to only take it off only at night, we're sticking with that. I'm sure he'll come around
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But this is just the worst time since we're trying to adopt another bulldog.
I know that Blue doesn't care if other dogs are in the apartment. This Saturday, his trainer brought over another bullie. Blue sniffed him and that was the end of it. He was more interested in the humans. But this bullie is an older boy and I think Blue knew he didn't want to play. He's also so laid back that Blue's sniffing didn't bother him at all.
If everything was "normal", I would just go with it and make it work between the and the new Bullie.
But Blue's already so stressed, that I don't know if getting another dog now would help or hinder.
I'm just so confused and tired. Last week was rough, and I don't see this week as being any better..
So any suggestions, ideas, recommendations? All thoughts appreciated.
If all goes well with the meeting, we're keeping him and Blue's gonna get a brother. If not, he's going to Bumper Rescue.
This week, he'll be with Steve (our trainer) and he'll be able to assess his personality, how he does around other dogs, any aggression issues etc. So in a sense, we really lucked out, as this is the most ideal way to add a second bulldog.
But, Blue is developing issues. He hates having a collar around this neck. I mean absolutely hates it. He won't even eat until he's starving so that means 1 meal a day. He spends all day in the crate sleeping, and all I do most of the day is coax him to come out. No amount of treats or toys work. I have to get creative and invent toys out of baskets, rip shirts and attach them to broom handles, etc. to even get him remotely interested enough to move.
I just took 2 more weeks off from work (after already having a 2 week vacation, and taking a crap load of time over the last few months due to family issues.)
His toy aggression, where he growls and barks has gotten worse when the collar is on. I mean he's very close to biting now not just when he has a toy, but when he just doesn't want to be touched.
When that collar's on, and he's in a prissy mood (which is all day, every day now), I have no doubt he'll bite, it's just a matter of time. He's already left teeth marks on my hand. He may stop himself for now, from chomping down hard, but like I said, it's only a matter of time.
THIS IS ONLY WITH THE COLLAR ON though. But since our trainer said to only take it off only at night, we're sticking with that. I'm sure he'll come around
.But this is just the worst time since we're trying to adopt another bulldog.
I know that Blue doesn't care if other dogs are in the apartment. This Saturday, his trainer brought over another bullie. Blue sniffed him and that was the end of it. He was more interested in the humans. But this bullie is an older boy and I think Blue knew he didn't want to play. He's also so laid back that Blue's sniffing didn't bother him at all.
If everything was "normal", I would just go with it and make it work between the and the new Bullie.
But Blue's already so stressed, that I don't know if getting another dog now would help or hinder.
I'm just so confused and tired. Last week was rough, and I don't see this week as being any better..
So any suggestions, ideas, recommendations? All thoughts appreciated.
I've had more than one bully at a time, but they were either siblings or mother/son. I will tag the peeps that have dealt w/the new bully coming in… I would say that your trainer would give the best idea if this was going to work out or not. I'm assuming that Steve knows Blue pretty well. I will say this though, our Bella got harder to deal w/the older that she got… doggie and toy/bone aggressive. She wasn't fixed, but I always thought it would be the other way around in her younger years. I wish you luck, I think it would be awesome for Blue to have a brother!!! 
