Should I get a new dog after rehoming

[FizzyFranticMe]

Well and truly prepared to get flamed for this. A month ago we had to regime our 4 year old JRT as she started snapping and lunging. She started only doing this when being put into her crate at night, however, she soon started doing this at any chance she got sometimes without reason. We have a young dc so thought this was best.
However, we all miss having a dog in the house and are starting to think about getting a puppy that we can train around dc from the get go.
Is this too soon to get another dog?

If you couldn't be arsed to put the time and effort into figuring out what made your JRT change and to work with her to address the issue, what makes you think you'll have the patience to put the hours and hours in that will be required to train a puppy?

Did you get a behaviourist in for the first dogs problems? You seem to be saying you had a problem with the first dog suddenly being bitey and got rid of it without getting anyone in? A puppy will bite a lot and will pee and poop everywhere, they will wake up in the middle of the night, and tear up your furniture when you’re not looking. It’s only been a month, I think you need to give it more time.

We didn’t just get regime straight away, we spoke to behaviourists and carried out training, she became aggressive after being spayed. We tried everything we could and worked with her for about a year and she just progressively got worse.

I would, but I probably wouldn’t get another JRT.

Ignore people flaming you: I wouldn’t have a snapper with a young child either.

Absolutely not wait until your child is older any dog can be a risk if that’s what made you rehome the last one you shouldn’t be bringing that potential into your home again

Just putting this out there. If this happens put the dog on pain killers for a few days to see if it makes a difference.

A lot of animals are hiding pain and react like this. Adhesions after spaying are common.

And what if this new puppy is undesirable in some way? Wait until your children are older if the risk is too large at the moment.

I think you need to wait too, puppies are hard work and it might be wise to wait until your children are a bit older.

Puppies are going to be snappy little sharks until they're trained, which can take months, and then they go through the teenage phase and forget the training anyway. Nipping is going to happen with the puppy too.

Wait.

Puppies are no way the clean slate that people think they are. How they were breed, how they were socialised in the first 8 weeks will have a major impact on their behaviour and temperament.

You could easily have issues to deal with so no I would not go ahead with a puppy at this time.

I think what also worries me is the comment in your thread "any chance she got sometimes without reason" there would have been a reason it may have been a reason that was hard to eliminate.

I am concerned that you do not understand this and that the behaviourist did not highlight the reason to you. I am jumping to conclusions but this does show some lack of dog knowledge on your behalf that could effect your relationship with a puppy when they have issues (which they will to some degree)

I am also saying wait.

We have a young dc so thought this was best.

And puppies will scratch and bite and mine often did the air snapping when over stimulated.

Also if you have been working on aggression behavioural rehab for a year give yourself a break, have time to decompress, it must have been a hard stressful and emotional time. Best to make a big life changing decision when you have had time to relax from the situation.

My dog is reactive and I've had him since he was a puppy. There are no guarantees

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When did you get the jack russel? How long had you had him? Did you get that from a puppy too?

I agree with pp. puppies are unpredictable. As has been said there will have been a reason, you just didn’t figure it out.

Please don't. Dogs are not some play thing for you to give up when you can't cope.

Fuck no. You really shouldn't get another dog. They're not toys.

If going into the crate at night was so difficult for your dog why did you carry on doing it? Hundreds of thousands of dogs live very happily without sleeping in a crate so why make a dog do something so stressful? No wonder she got so anxious and insecure around you. Hope she has more loving and understanding new owners now.

No.

I have a 1 yo spaniel that we socialised from the get go, that I've trained extensively over the last year. He knows a huge amount of commands, has brilliant impulse control around food and dead things, great recall and was brought up around our DC who are a similar age to yours. He's a cracking dog but he chases cars and I'm still working incredibly hard on training him around this. He's also too bouncy for the DC when overtired and also mouths them when overtired. Again I'm training around this but generally expect it to take time to resolve. It's taken months and months of hard work to make him into the dog he is, and there is still work to be done!
Our rescue beagle is brilliant. Doesn't chase anything, I trained her to the whistle for recall in the first week and she's picked up commands very quickly. She is gentle with the DC and is helping model correct behaviour around cars to our other dog. She's younger than him and a Macedonian street dog!
So my advice would be not to get a puppy. They are gorgeous and snuggly but also bitey land sharks. The DC were terrified as he would go for their feet and their screams just sounded like play squeals to them! You dedicate your whole life to training them and they still end up with weird quirks and behaviours you didn't plan for. Contact some rescues and be honest about your previous experience. They are best placed to advise you whether getting another dog right now is a good move and suggest possible dogs that fit your home, family and lifestyle.

No, definitely not!

id go for an older rescue dog that you can judge their behaviour and history better. They do come up, although sometimes you have to wait for the right one

@FizzyFranticMe

We didn’t just get regime straight away, we spoke to behaviourists and carried out training, she became aggressive after being spayed. We tried everything we could and worked with her for about a year and she just progressively got worse.

Was she examined by a vet and clinical behaviourist. Was she evaluated for chronic pain post op? Did you try pain and/or anxiety medication?

I think if not you should consider if you're committed enough for another dog

How did you re-home her? Did the people who took her know of her aggressive behaviour?

The issue with the crate at night was we wouldn’t physically get it her in there but by going up the stairs and telling her she had to go into her crate would cause her to snap. And to be quite clear I do not think dogs are toys I spent hours on training to no avail. This was not an easy decision to make