Had enough of my dog!! Sorry will be gross!!

[spooklymieow]

We took him in when MIL could no longer handle him, we have had him for about 2 years (he is nearly 8) he glups down food very fast, always on the lookout for more, then throws it up and eats it [puke] He eats anything he can get hold of, including cat shite from the litter tray!! [double puke] Then he throws it up!! He tries to throw up on the back of sofa, and when we grab him by the collar to get him off the sofa, he growls and snaps at us, he bit DH yesterday.
He was standing by me earlier, DS was laying on the floor and he just peed all over DS.
We can't leave him alone because he whinges and howls.
I have had enough of him TBH. He is lovely when he wants to be, but I am worried that he will make my kids sick, or worse, bite them.

[spooklymieow]

Should I take him to the RSPCA???

[nutcackle]

Not sure whwre you should take him but tbh a dog that bites should not be anywhere near kids IMO.

He sounds very unpredictable.

[moondog]

Does he get enough exercise???

[spooklymieow]

he is a jack russell, I knwo they can get snappy in old age.

[spooklymieow]

Yes. He runs around the garden all day.

[spooklymieow]

I knwo he should be walked but with the trouble we have had with the neighbours and the neighbourhood, I don't want to risk walking him about the streets IYKWIM. He was like this when he was walked everyday.

[moondog]

You need to reestablish control.
When my dog went a little strange,the vet gave me excellent advice about establishing his place lower in the pecking order than the humans in the house.

Among them..

1. Lots of exercise (ie a proper walk not just in the garden)
   2)Standing in his bed to reassert authority at times when he could see it.
   3)Making him move if he was in the way (eg don't step over him to go upstairs-make him move.
   4)Varying time of feeding
   
   
   Followed them religiously and it worked like a dream.

[spooklymieow]

But how can we stop the puking and the howling???

[startingtobehalloweenylover]

also i saw this on this morning... if you put a tennis ball in his food (best to use dry food) then it will take him longer to eat it!

[moondog]

The howling may be addressed by more exercise (in your new place maybe?)
You can get some kind of whistle thing to stop this I think (that humans can't hear)
It merely requires a behavioural technique-associating the howling with something bad.

Is he fat? maybe you're giving him too much? Are the kids feeding him too. Vet told me my dog was overweight (the shame!)I nearly keeled over when she showed me how little she should be eating.

Hey,hark at me! A proper little Barbara Woodhouse lol!!

[spooklymieow]

He doesn't glup his own food fast (too scared of the cats) so he takes a bit and walks away, then goes back for more. BUt he will beg at the table (and we do tell him to get in his bed) and watch the kids in case they drop anything, and he had snatched food from the kids before, He also goes in the bin, glups it back, throws up and re-eats it..... Its the litter tray thing I can't handle the most, he will eat the poo, then throw it up and eat it again! That makes me sick.

[moondog]

Vet also said not to leave the food out for ages.Give them a set time then take it,regardless of how much has gone.
Shut him away when you have food.
Move the litter tray to where he can't get at it.

[spooklymieow]

Ok, I'll try all that, we took him in because MIL couldn't handle him, and she used to tie him up so he never got any excerise He is allow anywhere in here, we give him lots of attention but we are getting to the end of our tether with him.

[moondog]

Kind but firm sparkly!
Like we do with our kids and dhs.



If you are rigorous,you should see a difference.

[auntymandy]

We have a lovely dog but have problems with him. I have tried to get my mum to have him, but he is dirty. You can walk him for miles and he comes home and does his stuff!!
We rang RSPCA and canine defense and they said they were too full and couldnt take him even if he were abused!!!
We got him before I had last 2 babies and we should never have got him..emotional blackmail!!

[Chandra]

Don't allow him on the sofa, beds or upstairs; for a dog, the one who sits in the best place (or the highest one) is the head of the family. Never feed him until you ALL have finish eating, and if he needs to stay out while you have dinner, so be it.
If he growls at you, make a fuss and give him time out, if you allow him to growl at a member of the family you are implying to him that he's allowed to bite. If he is snaping to you very often and you can't control that behaviour probably is time to let him go.

If he has been having too many privileges he (and I guess he has as I can not imagine a dog daring to pee on another member of the family),

[spooklymieow]

We don't allow him on the sofa, we are always pushing back on the floor, he normally jumps up on it and just pukes!!

[auntymandy]

ours likes to eat dirty knickers too!

[spooklymieow]

he does that too!!! He is gross

[CelluliteQueen]

I think the answer is in the exercise, spooklymieow. If your MIL didn't exercise the poor dog then no wonder he's got behavioural problems. Dogs need to be walked! I would take moondog's advice and definitely put the litter tray where doggy can't get at it (FTR our cats have a gate on the room where they eat so dog can't a) eat their food and b) disturb them). Can't you do without a litter tray? I would try and make the effort to exercise him if you can - he will be so grateful I'm sure.

[spooklymieow]

I need the litter tray as I have a kitten. I know I should take him out, used to take him to the playing fields and he would run for england. I might see if DH will come with me to the lakes daily and let him runs there

[moondog]

Sorry...CQ how are you?
Long time gone!

[expatinscotland]

That's yucky. I couldn't handle thrown up shite.

[AuntyQuated]

get rid

[expatinscotland]

I agree, AQ