Puppy help please

[Jbarrie1]

Where to start I'm 26 weeks pregnant I also have a 3yo and a 5yo we have 3 amazing cats (1 with thumbs 😁) 11 weeks ago we got a puppy I didn't want a puppy as I was pregnant but my husband rescued her from an abusive home she was severely underweight and she had been left for days on her own. We think she is a greyhound x deerhound she's 22 weeks old now and she has been extremely difficult. She has shown aggression toward me and my children several times but not toward my husband she has snapped at my children nearly getting my 5yo in the face when I tell her no she barks at me when I try to get hold of her to put her in time out she growls showing her teeth and tries to bite. My cats won't come in the house anymore as she tired to chase them I can't take my eye off her for a second in case she gets to hyper you can't pet her as she just nips you my husband does help by taking her on long walks/runs 1-2 times a day but he works long hours i walk her as far as i can im currently on cruches as i have hip problems and she has access to the garden all day she is fine when the kids are at school it's when they come home she gets too hyper and the it turns into aggression my children are scared of her when she gets like that as am I. I have had trainers in and paid alot but all she does is sit sometimes when asked she is completely different when my husband is home which I don't understand why I'm at breaking point I don't know what to do please help has anyone experienced this will she stop bite the kids ps she has cut them several times when she bites/ nips

[stayathomegardener]

We have a Deerhound x Greyhound he was about 8 before he calmed down appreciably.
He is 13 now and still slightly bonkers.

Gorgeous dogs but not the easiest.
You need a large house, plenty of room to exercise them away from roads because if they see something move they are gone.
I wouldn't trust ours an inch with cats.

Re children ours constantly knocked our daughter over by accident, would chase her if she ran, "STAND STILL!" was a constant then there was the humping...
Mix in that he was a bit mouthy and it was very hard to instil discipline DD was 8 so that helped.

I would in your situation definitely rehome, try asking on the Lurcher Facebook page, someone there will point you in the right direction.

[Kidssendingmenuts]

Try aireworth dogs in need based over in keighley near Skipton. They are really good at rejoining dogs x

[Vallahalagonebutnotforgotten]

greyhound rescue centre

These are based in Oxford BUT have lots of fosters homes around the country worth giving them a ring

Tia rescue

West yorskhire rescue greyhounds/ lurchers

If these can not help you just say as there are more rescues available

[Chippyway]

I think the puppy is being failed once again. Sorry but I do

Why are you grabbing your dog to put it in time out?! No wonder it’s snapping at you! That then just means whenever your child approaches the puppy it’s gunna assume the child will grab it and react

Take it to training
Plenty exercise
Socialise it

Not very difficult. I don’t think your husband is a prat, but at least put the work and effort in

[Jbarrie1]

Chippyway I don't think you comment is very helpful!! and clearly you haven't read my post properly I have to pick her up to separate her from my children when's she's like that for their safety i(i was told to do this by the trainer)she has been well socialised with other puppies and dogs and has plenty of excercise and she has been to training session since we got her she get too hyper and gets aggressive how has my dog been failed please. If you don't have anything helpful to say don't comment thanks

[adaline]

No need to get so defensive OP - @Chippyway has only said the same as lots of other posters.

You're clearly well out of your depth with this puppy. Grabbing it so it snarls and growls is such a bad idea - they're your warning signs to back off straight away. You don't carry on manhandling it out of the way and continue to do so on numerous occasions.

What training are you going to? We go to positive reinforcement and our trainer has never, ever suggested grabbing our puppy like that. You need him on a long line so you can lead him away from situations if he gets excited, grabbing an excited puppy like that is practically asking to be bitten!

You've said yourself you didn't want this puppy and your husband was an idiot for bringing it home and keeping it anyway. You're pregnant with two very young children, one of whom has been allowed to stick its face near the puppy so it's been snapped at.

You need to keep the puppy and children separate unless you are right there to remove the child if they do something silly. Children won't always behave perfectly around animals which is why you need to be there. Unfortunately if the puppy snaps or gets fed up and bites, she'll be the one who suffers for it - if she's given to a rescue because she's bitten a child, the likelihood of her ever being rehomed is tiny.

[Jbarrie1]

@adaline i never said my husband was an idiot and my puppy jump up at my daughter she never had her face in the dogs face I wouldn't let her do that I'm always around and that's why I was able to react quickly I'm not grabbing my puppy I am going Down to her level talking calmly and showing her my hands before approaching her I was told this by our trainer because if we back away from her and let her do that she will get worse I'm not a new dog owner who doesn't know what I'm doing I have had dogs before but not like this one i was looking for advice on how to deal with this situation not criticism i only want the best for her she had a bad start and has behaviour issues. After seeking lots of advice from the vets my trainer and a behavioural councillor we have realised that she is struggling to cope with my children and is struggling to find a fine line with was she can do hence the hyper to aggression issue as my vet told me some dogs struggle with children this is probably the background she came from but not her future.

Thank you to everyone for all their advice I have found the solution and I don't need any further advice thank you all again 😊

[GreyHare]

Is her snapping and hyperness because she is over tired, my dogs when puppies became horrible little biting crazy over stimulated fluff balls and the only thing that calmed them was a gentle time out in a playpen/crate for them to fall asleep and become slightly less crazy when they woke up ready to cause mayhem again, Dogs Trust and RSPCA whilst well known rescue centres they rarely take dogs in as they are so busy, so looking at breed specific rescues or local smaller rescues may well be the way to go.

[Jbarrie1]

@GreyHare she gets hyper and aggressive when the kids are around when they are at school she is a completely different puppy shes amazing but as soon as she see my children she goes hyper and tries to nip then gets aggressive when told no etc I'm trying treat training atm so when it's home time for my girls I give her a bone to chew on then we walk her we have only had one incident today as I have been distracting her with toys treats and short walks when It was cool enough also when's she's in the garden the children are in the house separate it's seems to have worked alot better today than any other day I have a behavioural councillor coming on Monday to help along side my trainer for her hopefully it will work x

[GreyHare]

Do you have some Kong Toys as you can stuff them with food and peanut butter (make sure it is xylitol free, as that is poisonous to dogs) or you can use wet food or yoghurt and freeze them, and they should keep her amused for a while, or you could try a snuffle mat which is like a rag rug that you can hide treats in to keep her occupied and tire her brain out, the Kongs will help with her teething which she is probably going through at her age and the biting/mouthing can get really out of control at that stage.

[Jbarrie1]

@GreyHare thank you for the suggestion my husband purchased treat toys today hopefully she will get a better distraction I will also purchase rag to hide and seek tomorrow and get her to do brain work rather than just walks xxx

[GreyHare]

@jbarrie1 how are you getting on? I hope pup is settling and calming down.