Cheri

I am serious, if that is our best option. I had pm'ed Connie that I would be willing to take the puppy, even if it meant only as a foster til I could find it a GOOD home, and I'm frequently used as a networker for ppl giving away/adopting dogs. It seems that everyone I know wants to give me dogs.

I would love a puppy... Sadie, not so much.

I wouldn't post it publicly if Duane hadn't already said via PM that he'd help.



Well, probably not.

Maybe not.


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..... anybody know of a GSD rescue group (or any rescue group) that might be able to help, maybe have some contacts in the way of a transport network? ..... Elizabeth ..... Would love to hear if you have any ideas.

I didn't want to de-rail .....

Sorry...didn't actually mean criminal....but it really upsets me when folks talk about correcting pups...especially one that is trying so hard to follow it's leader & is not only getting pushed away but also corrected for it.

Sorry Elizabeth...but I really feel strongly about this & I don't understand it...because from what you have previously posted about your other dogs..if you have been truthful, you have not done this to them...why would do it to this 'lost' pup?!!!

Duane is closer & will most likely be a more feasible connection to make. Don't know how boarder laws will figure into all this.

Up until a pup is 12-14 wks old and starts gaining in independence it's quite natural for the VAST majority of them to follow like that. They still want the comfort of the litter mates. It's also "THE ABSOLUTE BEST TIME" to work on imprinting the recall. I was using that 50+ yrs ago without even know what the hell I was doing.
I'd go for a walk. The pup goes for a walk. Pup gets distracted, you hide behind a tree/whatever. The pup gets nervous because it cant see you so you step out and with great joy and emotion "Puppy Come"! Praise and reward the hell out of it when it gets to you.
Of course as a kid it was just "Hey" when the pup got distracted and they come running.
There is a small window for this but it can be amazing.

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I'd go for a walk. The pup goes for a walk.

This is normal.

Ok ok wow... I really need to watch how I say things... We don't have internet at our house so I just now got to see things here.

First I didn't punish the pup for following me. I have had for some amount of time at least 50 pups since we got our first dog when I was 12. I DO NOT punish pups (prong, e-collar, collar correction, or other till older, 3-6 months depending on the pup and problem - training not until command is known.

The pup was crying NON STOP HIGH PITCH for 2 days straight and would grasp the nearest humans leg with both paws and bite. It also struck me as odd that he didn't act like pups that were just from the mother. It is EXTREMELY likely that people brought him home at 3-4 weeks. Hispanics don't think there is anything wrong with bringing a very young pup home at that age. If the pup ( now I'v named him Marco) was out of the crate he was 100% of the time latched on to a leg still crying. If he was in the crate he was SCREAMING and biting at the crate. When I "corrected" him (by using my hand and pushing him away at the neck a few times) he walked 4 ft away and looked at me than started chasing Quisquis and getting interested in other things.

Until that time he had not wanted to play with us or do ANYTHING else. I put the food in the crate so he did eat.
He has happily followed us since and played and gone to sleep outside of the crate. He also has a great hold on his bowels! Supper cute and still with a bit of an attitude but seems like a normal pup.

Bunny and her brothers and sisters were more of a challenge than he has been. And just because I wasn't planing on keeping a pup doesn't mean I would treat it any different. The last pup,4-5 months, had mange and was full of ticks and flees. I think she had lived down the street cause I woke up and found her in my house under my bed. She now has a family and is completely over her mange. She stayed with me for about 2 months. In that case I didn't look for her home because it was obvious that they didn't deserve her if she had one.

Anyway please don't take EVERYthing I write so seriously. I have never been good at writing and don't have time to look always and see if I am getting the message across right. When I say "correction" it means puppy correction which probably doesn't even count as a correction in the book. The difference was night and day like he wanted to know where he was in the pack. He has still been vocal but not even half as much and he follows everyone around everywhere and is not a timid puppy!

If there seems to puzzle pieces missing in this count it is because there is not enough time and so many more details, so ask if you want to know and I will tell.

I sent a PM concerning relocation to Connie.

Elizabeth;

What are the chances of finding a forever home for this puppy? How long do you think it will take? Are the homes that your fosters go to typically very good homes? I need to know what your approach to rehoming is; taking time to find the right home, or rehoming as quickly as possible? You can answer via pm if you are more comfortable doing that.

"I gave him a few firm corrections when he was following me around and he finally stopped"
is what people were reacting to.

This was a very big issue in people wanting him to have a home where he would not be corrected for constant trotting after the human.

This is something everyone wants, never something to correct for. So that's where that came from, as I said in my PM, and why you got the answers you got.



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The puppy is in the U.S., in Texas, so good news.

Elizabeth is going to wait for a week for papers and Craigs List, for someone looking for him.

All that being said, I think for all of us the best option would be to give her a chance first. We'd all do whatever we needed to do, but it would save Connie from a month of brown rice if Elizabeth is able to find a suitable home.