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I cannot even begin to describe how utterly exhausted I am right now. Lord Oscar has gotten comfortable with the idea of living here with us, which is a good thing. However, it also means he's starting to act up a lot more. He's gotten so aggressive with poor Josie I finally had to segregate them. I used a folding banquet table on its side to divide the upstairs hallway. Now, during the day, Josie will have the run of the guest room, part of the hallway and the bathroom with her litter box in it. Oscar will be able to go in the bedroom, the other half of the hallway and here in the bonus room, if I decide to leave the door open for him. At night, when Oscar is in his crate, we will move the table and Josie will have full run of the house. I hate that we've had to do this, but we didn't have any other choice. The way Oscar went after Josie this afternoon left no doubt in my mind that, given the chance, he will seriously hurt her, which is not something I'm willing to risk. We're going ahead with a block of private obedience lessons. His first class is tomorrow afternoon. His aggression towards other animals (he's even trying to get at the parakeet now) is definitely first on the list of issues we have to address. It's very, very difficult for me to even say this, but, if we can't correct it, I don't know if he's going to be able to stay with us. It wouldn't be fair to Josie to have her live out her days in fear and confined to the guest room. And never mind the bleeding ulcer it would give me. It's only been 36 hours since he joined us so I'm desperately clinging to the hope that we're going to be able to resolve this in time. Let's just hope it doesn't take too long. |
I agree with Kelly, they should of screen this dog to see if he showed signs of aggressivness. This is probably why the other people returned him. I am sure they tried their best too to get him to settle down, but he is 5yrs old, his behavior is set. The fact he seems to know nothing on climbing stairs, etc tells me he probably was kept in a cage his 5yrs, he is the doggie of a ferral (wild cat), and those you just can not tame. I wish you luck, but really feel you will have to return him, you did your best, but like you said, it isn't fair to Josie,your other pets (fish/bird) and it isn't fair for you either. |
Hello Moo ! It's been a looooooong time since I stopped by your page - a million reasons why I haven't been about much and I haven't even looked at Live Journal in what seems like an eon ! I am presently trying to catch up with your blog archives - just read about Zoe and may I send belated condolences. I am not ashamed to say that I bawled my head off at your account of her passing (brought back memories for me of when I had my little princess Enya put to sleep - like you I had her privately cremated and her ashes are always beside me here on the desk). Will see if I can get myself into gear and update my Live Journal. I have a new PC now, so hopefully I can resurrect all the things I lost (my previous PC rolled over and expired last year !) Hope all is well with you and Mr Moo and look forward to getting up to speed with your amazing adventures ! Best regards from the UK. Ginger |
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You are giving him every chance at having a good future. Unfortunately whatever damasge was done to him may not be repairable. You are NOT at fault. It is possible that OHS should not have adopted him out. It makes me wonder if they did any behavior screening/evaluation.