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First, I am a dog person. I love dogs, and have spent so much time working with/rescuing and loving dogs since I was very young. DD who's 2 is the same way, and we currently have a Bernese mix and a German Shepherd.
I've posted before about Logan, our Shepherds "issues" He was a rescued dog, but we got him as a young puppy and raised him well. He's very, very submissive -- everyone that comes over absoutely loves him. He's a mush and will sit by you and beg to be pet until the sun goes down if you let him. He also adores other dogs, gets along well with cats etc.
So he sounds perfect right? I feel like an a$$ typing this
but he's impossible to live with. I am pregnant, have a toddler, and while I've put work into him doing all the things I know/have read how to do with a submissive dog, it's just not working!
He is nervous around my daughter, and if she goes to hug him he will growl/rumble [it's not really aggressive] under his breath. I can say with confidence he wouldn't bite her, but she can't even go near him without him feeling INCREDIBLY uncomfortable. The same goes for my husband or I: if we discipline him in ANY way he pees all over the floor and runs in circles with his ears down. He also just randomly pees in the house and when I try to let him go outside [without yelling even if I want to] he runs/pees everywhere yelping.
It's SO frustrating for me.
he will be sitting on the bed while I read perfectly happy, and all of the sudden I will move my position and his ears go back and he's peeing everywhere. He barely listens, and nothing, no training or behavioral modification is working!
it's so hard for me to love him when everyday I'm taking care of a toddler and having him pee/growl and just feel so nervous around all of us. I kind of want to adopt him to another home but I feel guilty about that.
What would you do?
I've posted before about Logan, our Shepherds "issues" He was a rescued dog, but we got him as a young puppy and raised him well. He's very, very submissive -- everyone that comes over absoutely loves him. He's a mush and will sit by you and beg to be pet until the sun goes down if you let him. He also adores other dogs, gets along well with cats etc.
So he sounds perfect right? I feel like an a$$ typing this

He is nervous around my daughter, and if she goes to hug him he will growl/rumble [it's not really aggressive] under his breath. I can say with confidence he wouldn't bite her, but she can't even go near him without him feeling INCREDIBLY uncomfortable. The same goes for my husband or I: if we discipline him in ANY way he pees all over the floor and runs in circles with his ears down. He also just randomly pees in the house and when I try to let him go outside [without yelling even if I want to] he runs/pees everywhere yelping.
It's SO frustrating for me.
he will be sitting on the bed while I read perfectly happy, and all of the sudden I will move my position and his ears go back and he's peeing everywhere. He barely listens, and nothing, no training or behavioral modification is working!
it's so hard for me to love him when everyday I'm taking care of a toddler and having him pee/growl and just feel so nervous around all of us. I kind of want to adopt him to another home but I feel guilty about that.
What would you do?