saintsmama
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Hi all! I have a 15 (almost) month old Boerboel who I have trained since he was a puppy. I was adamant on making sure I showed him I was the pack leader from day one. He was extremely socialized as a puppy (cats, chickens, people, dogs, kids, horses, you name it). We would go on field trips with our training class and walk around DC all the time and he would never act out. Little kids could come up to him and kiss his face and he would be a gentleman. He has been a very obedient dog and has never shown any signs of aggression. He's a big mush.
Well, I recently moved across country with him and I could tell it was hard on him. In a car for a week, new area, new house, new people, new everything. I could start to see some "boyish" behaviors come to the surface so I decided to get him neutered because that's when my trainer told me I should. So after being in a car for a week then he was traumatized by being neutered and couldn't exercise for another week. I didn't work when he was a puppy so I was around all the time. Now I am working so he is home alone a lot more often. He is all of a sudden doing things he has NEVER done before. He is starting to jump up a little on people when they come see him. He keeps having accidents in the house. He does this thing where he lunges at your face (he is just playing but he doesn't understand when I say no that I am not playing). He whines when I'm in the other room and he can't see me. HE DIDN'T EVEN WHINE HIS FIRST NIGHT AT HOME AS A PUPPY!!! I don't know what to do! Please any advice will help. I'm kind of struggling between just giving him attention because he's sad from all the changes or recreating that pack leader status again. Is he just using this situation to test me? What do I do???
Thanks!
Well, I recently moved across country with him and I could tell it was hard on him. In a car for a week, new area, new house, new people, new everything. I could start to see some "boyish" behaviors come to the surface so I decided to get him neutered because that's when my trainer told me I should. So after being in a car for a week then he was traumatized by being neutered and couldn't exercise for another week. I didn't work when he was a puppy so I was around all the time. Now I am working so he is home alone a lot more often. He is all of a sudden doing things he has NEVER done before. He is starting to jump up a little on people when they come see him. He keeps having accidents in the house. He does this thing where he lunges at your face (he is just playing but he doesn't understand when I say no that I am not playing). He whines when I'm in the other room and he can't see me. HE DIDN'T EVEN WHINE HIS FIRST NIGHT AT HOME AS A PUPPY!!! I don't know what to do! Please any advice will help. I'm kind of struggling between just giving him attention because he's sad from all the changes or recreating that pack leader status again. Is he just using this situation to test me? What do I do???
Thanks!