Hello! I’m a new corso mom. I’ve wanted one my whole life and after having multiple jobs, being a vet tech, I decided I did enough research to get a puppy. My boyfriend and I got a beautiful boy named Johnny Cash. We got him about a month ago he’s 4 months now. He is as sweet as pie, we can take him everywhere, do anything to him, he’s great with strangers, other dogs. He is super socialized. Everything he gets in life is a reward, food water, cuddles, play time etc.
that is until night time... around 5-6 until we put him to bed he turns into a maniac. I know of the puppy witching hour, but this one is scary. We keep him on the leash in his play area for quick control since we do have cats he’s getting used to. but any sort of correcting after 6 pm turns into a crazy battle. He growls, bites, barks, lunges, tries going for the face, arms, feet, legs, anything he can reach. We do the ignore method, we get up and walk away from him. But he doesn’t respond to that, we’ve tried doing the lay down and submit method, that doesn’t work either. He gets worse. (We didn’t stick to that one for long).
He started this a few days after we brought him home. Unfortunately I was almost attacked by a stranger while walking him at night. The puppy got so scared, he messed himself and was scared of men (including his dad) for a few days. We’ve worked through that by having guy friends come over, go their house, he’s over that. But now as soon as the sun starts setting he turns into a mess.
We stay super calm. We don’t want to call him aggressive, I know he’s still learning and figuring things out. He listens super well during the day, is great off leash, knows his commands, potty trained after a week of having him.
But this is something I never expected. My heart breaks because I love him so so much but I can’t trust him. He hasn’t bite enough to break skin but he makes contact. He pushes it with his dad more than me.
We signed him up for puppy day care and training to continue the socializing snd training without us so he gets used to being without us as well during the day. He starts that next week. But after we showed the trainer a video of his outburst now he wants to do a board and train for a month. It kills me that I will barely be able to see him for a month.
My question is to you corso parents, has anyone dealt with anything similar? Do you think we are right in doing the board and train and having him stay there for a month? We trust the trainer, it’s just more of will this work for him.
Sorry for the long rant.
that is until night time... around 5-6 until we put him to bed he turns into a maniac. I know of the puppy witching hour, but this one is scary. We keep him on the leash in his play area for quick control since we do have cats he’s getting used to. but any sort of correcting after 6 pm turns into a crazy battle. He growls, bites, barks, lunges, tries going for the face, arms, feet, legs, anything he can reach. We do the ignore method, we get up and walk away from him. But he doesn’t respond to that, we’ve tried doing the lay down and submit method, that doesn’t work either. He gets worse. (We didn’t stick to that one for long).
He started this a few days after we brought him home. Unfortunately I was almost attacked by a stranger while walking him at night. The puppy got so scared, he messed himself and was scared of men (including his dad) for a few days. We’ve worked through that by having guy friends come over, go their house, he’s over that. But now as soon as the sun starts setting he turns into a mess.
We stay super calm. We don’t want to call him aggressive, I know he’s still learning and figuring things out. He listens super well during the day, is great off leash, knows his commands, potty trained after a week of having him.
But this is something I never expected. My heart breaks because I love him so so much but I can’t trust him. He hasn’t bite enough to break skin but he makes contact. He pushes it with his dad more than me.
We signed him up for puppy day care and training to continue the socializing snd training without us so he gets used to being without us as well during the day. He starts that next week. But after we showed the trainer a video of his outburst now he wants to do a board and train for a month. It kills me that I will barely be able to see him for a month.
My question is to you corso parents, has anyone dealt with anything similar? Do you think we are right in doing the board and train and having him stay there for a month? We trust the trainer, it’s just more of will this work for him.
Sorry for the long rant.