Rebecca Giardina
New member
In the midst of mourning our beautiful boy, my husband and I saw a craigslist add for an Olde English needing a new home.
He explained she was 100% house trained, good with small dogs and kids, and UTD on everything.
We drove 2 hours south to meet her and saw she was skinny and anxious. She isn't bad with other dogs, but absolutely not great with them. Last night she and our small dog actually got into a small fight and we had to force her off the little dog.
She has NO shot records, no vet history but is apparently spayed (I've never had a female dog so unsure how to tell?)
She is nothing like Gus was, she's huge, strong and slightly intimidating. I am not her biggest fan but my husband wants to try everything to make her life better than before. She never had a yard and her previous owner worked all day.
Dasia (her name) will not go near a crate, so I can't get her inside a crate for potty training, she is peeing everywhere and chews up everything.
I would LOVE some tips on training 'rescued' bulldogs. I'm not comfortable taking her to a public training class as I don't know her full strength and how she will be near other dogs.
My husband is actually researching immunotherapy so he can reduce his dog allergies, that is how much he wants her to work out in our family.
He explained she was 100% house trained, good with small dogs and kids, and UTD on everything.
We drove 2 hours south to meet her and saw she was skinny and anxious. She isn't bad with other dogs, but absolutely not great with them. Last night she and our small dog actually got into a small fight and we had to force her off the little dog.
She has NO shot records, no vet history but is apparently spayed (I've never had a female dog so unsure how to tell?)
She is nothing like Gus was, she's huge, strong and slightly intimidating. I am not her biggest fan but my husband wants to try everything to make her life better than before. She never had a yard and her previous owner worked all day.
Dasia (her name) will not go near a crate, so I can't get her inside a crate for potty training, she is peeing everywhere and chews up everything.
I would LOVE some tips on training 'rescued' bulldogs. I'm not comfortable taking her to a public training class as I don't know her full strength and how she will be near other dogs.
My husband is actually researching immunotherapy so he can reduce his dog allergies, that is how much he wants her to work out in our family.