Hello,
I posted this in the dog training subreddit as well, but thought I might get some good advice here that was more pertaining to the breed.
I recently rescued a 1ish year old red boy from a high kill shelter who was scared to death and facing euthanasia. They killed 15 dogs the day after I got him for “space”. I’ve had him about 2 weeks. He’s very sweet and not scared anymore like he was in the shelter, and his previous owner seemed to have given him some basic training as he knows sit, down and come (sorta without distractions). It doesn’t seem like he was abused or anything like that. He was an owner turn in with no negative notes so my guess would be someone didn’t have time for him.
I’d love to get him in a solid training program asap because I can tell he’d really benefit from it and myself as well. I’ve been researching programs in my area and found a very reputable one, but it’s a 3 week board and train and I don’t know when an appropriate time to send him considering I just got him. Ideally I’d like to send him in about a month when my work schedule gets a little hectic for a bit.
I’d love any thoughts on this. I don’t want to jump the gun and have the little guy think that I got rid of him. Of course, this would be nothing like the shelter as he’d be on a ranch and get to play with other dogs and spend all day training, which I’m sure he’d enjoy.
Thank you!
I posted this in the dog training subreddit as well, but thought I might get some good advice here that was more pertaining to the breed.
I recently rescued a 1ish year old red boy from a high kill shelter who was scared to death and facing euthanasia. They killed 15 dogs the day after I got him for “space”. I’ve had him about 2 weeks. He’s very sweet and not scared anymore like he was in the shelter, and his previous owner seemed to have given him some basic training as he knows sit, down and come (sorta without distractions). It doesn’t seem like he was abused or anything like that. He was an owner turn in with no negative notes so my guess would be someone didn’t have time for him.
I’d love to get him in a solid training program asap because I can tell he’d really benefit from it and myself as well. I’ve been researching programs in my area and found a very reputable one, but it’s a 3 week board and train and I don’t know when an appropriate time to send him considering I just got him. Ideally I’d like to send him in about a month when my work schedule gets a little hectic for a bit.
I’d love any thoughts on this. I don’t want to jump the gun and have the little guy think that I got rid of him. Of course, this would be nothing like the shelter as he’d be on a ranch and get to play with other dogs and spend all day training, which I’m sure he’d enjoy.
Thank you!