Considering rehoming my dog

[Smirna]

I had a lovely small dog for many years. Cuddly, friendly, placid. Sadly she died. It left a hole in my life so I got a new puppy. Same breed, same breeder.

New dog is horrible. She’s a year old and still chewing things all the time. Still peeing and pooping in the house sometimes, she just isn’t getting the message about going outside. She’s very barky and constantly barks for attention. If I’m eating she barks beside the table. She wants to play all the time and barks at me to join in. If I ignore her she starts clawing at me. I do play for a bit but she hassles me constantly. I end up locking her out of the room so I can work or watch tv. When I come home she leaps around and runs in circles, she won’t cuddle me or let me pick her up. If someone is eating she’s in their face trying to snatch food. Kids are always crying because she’s taken their food. Even if we’ve just been for a 30 minute walk she’s still bouncing around and playing when we get home, she won’t lie down.

Basically we are not a match in terms of energy levels. My previous dog was ideal, two short walks a day and a bit of playing with toys, then she lay down. So I purposely got the same low energy breed, but this dog is not low energy. I’m considering rehoming to someone who wants a more high energy dog. I feel awful about it but I just don’t have the energy or time to play with the dog the amount she wants.

You think she’s ‘horrible’?

Definitely re-home through a reputable breed rescue, poor dog 🙁

Sounds partly like simply a young dog with a lack of training and exercise.
Have you spoken to the breeder?

Sounds less like high energy and more like badly trained and laziness on your part. What are you doing in terms of ongoing training and what enrichment activities are you giving at home besides walks?

it’s a pity you’ve waited this long to rehome would have been better to do it sooner so she could have been trained younger by someone else

Yes she sounds bored. What does she get in terms of stimulation. A small dog is still a dog

Sounds like she isn't getting enough exercise , is she on her own all day ?

Don’t feel bad about it. These things happen and it’s better for the dog (and you) if you rehome now rather than let this situation go on much longer. Have you spoken to the breeder to see if they can help rehome? They may have a waiting list or know someone looking. Don’t let the dog go to just anyone though as it may end up in a worse situation. I know your probably desperate but approach the rehoming charities about taking the dog in if there’s no help from the breeder.

Yes, please re-home the poor dog.

Prepare for a bashing OP.

A one year old dog needs more than 30 minutes of exercise a day.

I don't blame you for not wanting such a badly behaved difficult dog. But will anybody else want it.

If you re-home, don't get another dog. Sounds like you are offering very little exercise or stimulation. This is a puppy, it won't want to sleep most of the time like your older dog.

This is the first piece of advice I was given with my new puppy - he was very attention seeking and very food fixated.

Im not saying don’t rehome, that might be the best for everyone, but in the meantime you have to find ways of tiring her out. Longer walks, more training (short 15 mins intense training with high value rewards) and more sniffing type activities (I was advised to hide cheese in the garden and have my pup go hunt for it).

You're not training her properly OP. It's full on when they're little.

You would be probably better suited to an older dog that's starting to wind down to suit any laziness in the household.

When you decide to take on an animal, you make a commitment to care for it for life. She's not an object that you can just dump off on someone else when you get fed up!

If the dog has problems, then it's down to poor training and care. It's not her fault.

Did you get your previous dog as a puppy or older? What training have you done with the puppy, all the things you describe should be easily fixed with proper training.

Poor, poor dog.

She sounds likeca “puppy farm” or puppy mill dog, where they are left without human contact at a vulnerable age .

Have you spent time training her?
My current Whippet used to be a “Poo monster” if it was raining hard for the first year

I’d find an insolent poo 💩 glaring up at me on the floor ( thankfully cleanable)
I just have to go out with her in the garden when it’s bucketing down to make sure she poos outside.
The Yapping when you are eating is a simple training issue.

She sounds lonely and frustrated-
Dogs love attention- and good exercise.

Re home via a good rescue and get a fabric dog instead.

Totally 💯 right.
Training starts from day one. Everything we do with our dogs is “ Training “.

It’s not been trained properly!
Not the dog’s fault - She was likely a puppy farm dog and never handled properly
She is totally untrained, sounds bored and unhappy.

Sounds just like our rescue dog, we adopted her at 6 months old. it just takes time and patience.

The bed command we taught her is “bed” which means go on your bed and signals that it’s not play time anymore.

The dogs behaviour is down to the owner, and it’s not a badly behaved difficult dog at all, it is an untrained, under stimulated, under exercised puppy, and that’s all down to the OP. Poor poor little thing.

You’re the problem not the dog

And just who’s fault is that? 🙄
Poor dog, it needs regular exercise, consistent training and plenty of brain games.
It isn’t that poor animal’s fault, no puppy comes ready programmed like a robot Ffs!

What a sad post.

You have described in detail, a very young and underestimulated dog, desperate for some fulfilment. ANY dog between 0 - 2 is hard work, there is no " low energy" way of being a good and responsible guardian of any breed, and those first two years are crucial.

Please rehome him and give him a chance with someone that has empathy and understanding towards these behaviours. To describe him as horrible suggests you don't love him, and if that's the case then he deserves someone who will.

Even though they're the same breed they have different personalities just like people
The dog seems bored not mentally stimulated enough
Think of toileting as potty training including the reward for a poo outside
You're the boss not the dog and you need to communicate that
Dog down at first sign of pestering for food
Consistency and patience are key

Rehome if that's what you need to do x

If you don't want to put the effort in, then rehome, as it's not fair on the dog
My dog is not one of my DC, but I care for him as if he was