Nate is a lovely, sloppy, friendly boy and he just happens to be drop-dead- gorgeous as well. But he has a problem, and this is proving to be insoluble for his current owners, mainly due to their location.
Nate suffers from 'second dog syndrome'. In his original home, he was bought to accompany another dog. His owner blithely assumed that Nate would fall in with the ways of his older companion and so his puppy training was rudimentary at best. This did not 'just happen' and he proved too much for his wife to handle, as she was busy with the household and young children. As a result, he was rehomed by us as a young dog, who needed to go back to basics and be completely trained, as though he were a puppy.
His present owners were willing to undertake this challenge and they have invested a lot of time and energy into working with Nate. They have employed a specialist one to one trainer. They have made progress and I believe the trainer's view is that Nate's issues could be addressed and resolved.
However, it is impossible tor his current owners to do this. They live in a cul de sac with close neighbours and Nate's unwanted behaviours includes barking with excitement and/or stress. To use the technical term employed by our first assessor, he is 'just a gobby teenager'. This means that his owners find him impossible to walk in the neighbourhood, as they are fearful of disturbing the neighbours. This completely understandable anxiety on their part transmits down the lead and exacerbates Nate's stress levels. Walking him has proved too much of an ordeal for all concerned and so he is currently not being exercised at all.
His problem now is that he is a big strong boy, without any manners and he barks whenever he is taken out.
We do not believe that it would be too difficult to address these issues. Nate definitely needs an experienced owner and the right home environment. He would do better in a rural setting with an owner who has land. It would be best to let Nate de-stress about being walked as such, and exercise him freely at first. Then he could be introduced to lead work gradually, when his previous associations with this have diminished. It might also help him to be homed with another dog, as before. An older bitch would be ideal, although he lived happily with another male previously.
Nate needs to be sensitively but firmly retrained. Are you the person for this? Can you offer Nate the time and confident patience that he needs and do you have the facilities to undertake this? If so, then you will have a super affectionate boy.
Did I mention how handsome he is as well? Don't believe it? See for yourself in this little video :-)
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More information
Gender:
Male
Age:
3 Years
Color:
Black & Tan
Coat:
Semi
Neutered:
Yes
Good with other dogs:
No
Good with cats:
No
Good with children:
Yes
