Garage Sale and New Dog
Friday and Saturday were tied up in my yard sale. To may surprise, I did well. I was selling a lot of stuff, mainly old clothing and various things that I cleaned out of my attic and crawl space. I sold all my shoes and handbags, all the silk flowers, many baskets, all the Halloween stuff and most of the kitchen gadgets. I decided to go cheap. Most of the stuff was under $1.00. As a wrap up, my husband and I cleaned up the garage today. Boy, it was a mess, but now it is organized.
On Friday, in addition to the garage sale, we got a new dog. Not a permanent dog, we volunteered to take a rescue dog and foster it until a permanent home was located. Now this dog was presented as a German Shepard, but I don't think that it is. It it one of the smartest dogs I have met, but also one of the slyest. Her name was Priscilla, and she came from eastern Ohio. She was going to be euthanized, so we volunteered to take her, and possibly adopt her. She arrived just after I closed the sale down on Friday. She is a very pretty dog, and seemed friendly to us, but not to Alma, our German Shepard. We had already decided to keep her in her crate when we weren't around, but it became obvious, that we couldn't allow the new dog to be any where near Alma. We decided that she would be in her crate most of the time.
Priscilla didn't seem to know her name, and on Saturday, we decided to call her Lala--short for Lalapalooza--the whole deal. She certainly has lived up to that name. She jumped our fence twice on Saturday, once in front of my husband and our next door neighbor. Later, she tried to jump the fence when she was on the leash. We have a four foot chain link fence. She is a very friendly dog to humans, but a terror to other dogs. We found that out today.
On Sunday morning, we took her for a long walk to Kenilworth Beach. Then, she went back to her crate. Later in the day, we had her in the back yard on her leash. We felt sorry for her, so we got out the ball, threw it to her, which she seemed to enjoy, and then she dropped the ball and jumped over the fence into the alley. We ran after her, and by the time we got to the next street, she had attacked a dog being walked by a young boy. She was running around one of our neighbors yards, barking at their lab. Then she saw a rabbit, and took off after it. She jumped another fence into a back yard. Fortunately, we were able to corner her, and leash her up, and once we were at home, into the crate she went. Now, she has a horrible reputation in the neighborhood, and she has been here only since Friday afternoon! One of the neighbors told us that she had to kick her to get her off the dog she attacked.
I don't think that we will be adopting her. She is so crafty and we don't feel that we can trust her at all. I think that it will take months for anybody to establish trust with her. She will have to be crated most of the time, and when she is out of the crate, she will have to be leashed, both inside the house and out. I also think that whoever adopts her will have to put an electric fence in their yard.
My husband and I have had dogs for 28 years, and we have never seen anything like this.
On Friday, in addition to the garage sale, we got a new dog. Not a permanent dog, we volunteered to take a rescue dog and foster it until a permanent home was located. Now this dog was presented as a German Shepard, but I don't think that it is. It it one of the smartest dogs I have met, but also one of the slyest. Her name was Priscilla, and she came from eastern Ohio. She was going to be euthanized, so we volunteered to take her, and possibly adopt her. She arrived just after I closed the sale down on Friday. She is a very pretty dog, and seemed friendly to us, but not to Alma, our German Shepard. We had already decided to keep her in her crate when we weren't around, but it became obvious, that we couldn't allow the new dog to be any where near Alma. We decided that she would be in her crate most of the time.
Priscilla didn't seem to know her name, and on Saturday, we decided to call her Lala--short for Lalapalooza--the whole deal. She certainly has lived up to that name. She jumped our fence twice on Saturday, once in front of my husband and our next door neighbor. Later, she tried to jump the fence when she was on the leash. We have a four foot chain link fence. She is a very friendly dog to humans, but a terror to other dogs. We found that out today.
On Sunday morning, we took her for a long walk to Kenilworth Beach. Then, she went back to her crate. Later in the day, we had her in the back yard on her leash. We felt sorry for her, so we got out the ball, threw it to her, which she seemed to enjoy, and then she dropped the ball and jumped over the fence into the alley. We ran after her, and by the time we got to the next street, she had attacked a dog being walked by a young boy. She was running around one of our neighbors yards, barking at their lab. Then she saw a rabbit, and took off after it. She jumped another fence into a back yard. Fortunately, we were able to corner her, and leash her up, and once we were at home, into the crate she went. Now, she has a horrible reputation in the neighborhood, and she has been here only since Friday afternoon! One of the neighbors told us that she had to kick her to get her off the dog she attacked.
I don't think that we will be adopting her. She is so crafty and we don't feel that we can trust her at all. I think that it will take months for anybody to establish trust with her. She will have to be crated most of the time, and when she is out of the crate, she will have to be leashed, both inside the house and out. I also think that whoever adopts her will have to put an electric fence in their yard.
My husband and I have had dogs for 28 years, and we have never seen anything like this.
posted by eeroots at 9:06 PM
2 Comments:
Poor pup, sounds like she was never socialized with other dogs at all--or trained! One of my dogs does not get along with other dogs either, even though we took her to the dog park from the time she was a pup. Turned out she has low thyroid, and one of the symptoms can be aggressive behavior. She's much better now that she takes thyroid pills--but I still don't let her be around strage dogs. But she's a wonderful loving pet, and we wouldn't part with her!
Hi,
I am a fan of the blog and may be able to help with the fence jumping situation.
I work for a website that shows people how to install a dog fence and more importantly how to train their dog in it's use. It should be pretty easy for you, just run the wire along your existing fence instead of burying it and do the training for two weeks and you should be set.
I will have to talk to the boss, but am pretty sure we could get you one for free in exchange for you doing a couple of posts on your experience setting up the fence and doing the training. Naturally, you would be under no obligation to say anything positive, just report your experiences.
Take a look at the site www.dogfencediy.com, and give me a call or email on the number below and let's see if we can get this poor fellow safely contained so he doesn't have to stay crated while he is staying with you.
Bob Holmes
robert@dogfencediy.com
(678) 389 6661
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