Ddpg has been a complete pest this afternoon. He threw up his breakfast and then spent the rest of the day trying to wheedle more food out of me trying to steal my popcorn, my toast, my cup of coffee, my curried haddock I did give him something in the end at 10 and three new squeaky toys at 12, but this was not enough to satisfy him. He is now fast asleep next to me, and I daren;t move for fear he will start racing around biting things again.
Ursula I think you need another dog to bring the new one out of his shell. Maybe the dogs in the previous adoptive home were too much at the same time as a new owner, but once he is attached to you, perhaps he would like another dog around. My sister;s dog hated my dog to start with, very jealous snarling at him on walks to go away, but now they get on very well, it is touching to see them on walks together chatting a bit, but mostly doing their own thing in their own sweet way. She is about 10, a lab cross and a rescue and strangely less clingy with my pestdog around..