Well if you don't try you won't learn _________________ Jan
Merlin, hips 9/9=18 and Ghillie, hips 8/9=17
Pull [n or v] An equal and opposite force perpetrated on both ends of a lead that results in the inevitable tripping and falling of the human involved!!
@ mugi; if i read the first line's off your tekst......
its seems to ME that he is more "blind" then you think....maybe he has also ear problems.....(bad hearing)..
in combi; he is living in the dark; and will act because he's scared.....
about chase; fred would have been the "boss'around; now he isn't anymore.....and chase wants to be "gangleader"....even if he is one year old or 3 years old.......its dog's logica..... _________________ ad fundum; bottums up
So far blood results back are 'normal' so no further forward. His behaviour however is getting worse and he is pretty much trying to bite me at least daily. He is spending most of his time muzzled and while he will still initiate a play session he will then turn nasty - thankfully the muzzle means he can't do damage and all the others are coping. Suffice to say this can't continue and I am very afraid I will have to make a heartbreaking decision soon.
I got Freddy just a week before my sister was diagnosed with what was subsequently a terminal cancer and I have always dreaded losing him as I know there is a lot of extra baggage in my relationship with him. I have had this dog 6 years and he and I have been through so much (my own cancer included) and if I have to say goodbye to him so young it will be hard. But at the moment he is such an unhappy dog.........................
I know he isn't a Brittany but he is the dog that has taught me so much about living with screwed up dogs and as such he has been invaluable - without Freddy I would remain firmly a 'pet' dog owner not realising that dogs can offer so much more. _________________ Sue, Chase and the non-Brittany boys - Brice & Piper. Pets first and foremost.
Sue, I know how hard this is, especially so soon after losing Mooj, but look at it this way - Freddie has not been in the habit of biting the one person that has shown him love, kindness and understanding - there HAS to be something wrong. He may have a tumour that is unseen - they don't all show up in blood screening do they?
If it's not a cancer, could it have been a small stroke - would that show up in bloods?
At the end of the day you have to do what is best not just for Fred, but for the others too, and yourself - I will be thinking of you over the next few days and weeks. _________________ Annie
Handle every situation like a dog, if you can't eat it or play with it, just pee on it and walk away
Sorry to read this post Sue. I wish you courage and wisdom and luck on this one. _________________ Guy, Ellie, Topaz, Catja and in memory Barley
Beauty from Structure
www.epagneulbreton.org.uk
Sue I am so sorry to hear that Freddy seems to be deteriorating. I know how much he means to you and how much work you have put in to him. I wish there was an easy solution, but you know we are thinking of you. _________________ Liz and the Brats
Sue, you say he is biting at you on a regular basis. Is there a pattern to when this is happening? Is it, for example when the others are around, or when you first approach him, maybe when he has something he feels he wants to protect. I know biting is unacceptable and I'm sure you'll have thought through the possible causes but sometimes a seemingly stupid question (like those I frequently ask) can trigger a thought that leads you in another direction when looking for an answer.
_________________ My goal in life is to be as good a person as my dog already thinks I am.
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