Adopted a dog 2 weeks ago, need help!

[MaggieRoseLee]

Originally Posted by jennifernikki

I know this thread is old & i'm sorry I never did respond. I didnt have computer access for awhile. ANyway, just wanted to give an update.
Finley has become such a wonderful pup. He has learned to LOVE my kids. We have him in obedience training & my girls come with. And when we train at home, they are 100% involved. They even help me feed him (even my 1 yr old). They put the bowl down, tell him sit, & free. He listens to them 100% of the time. He wants to be everywhere we are, even the kids. He's a wonderful addition to our home. It just needed a little time & patience. So thank you everyone for all the advice. I was really scared we had made a mistake, but again, all we/he needed was a little time.

Didnt know this was such a heated thread. wow.

Thanks for the update and wonderful that it all turned out so well!

[codmaster]

Yea, that is much more like all of our dogs and how they acted with our son. VERY good with him all the way from an infant in a child seat swing all the way up to teenager stage. Kid could do and take anything from him without anything except sometimes a look! of WHY?

[Jeven's Tyde]

What a wonderful update! Though I wasn't here when the thread started, I'm enjoying reading threads like this.

Codmaster... Just wanted to say that I'm with you on the subject with kids. I have a 1.5 yr old, and an 8 wk old pup. The pup will grow much faster than my son, and while I absolutely don't plan on letting my son "brutalize" our dog, I kind of expect there to be some tolerance between them, and I do believe it goes both ways. So far so good with that. Jeven is very tolerable of the puppy, which surprises me as he has been a bit animal apprehensive, and still is every now and then. He goes to the pup sometimes and balls up his fist and holds it out for the pup to nibble on, and in return, Tyde doesn't nibble that hard with him. He's using this "soft bite" thing I keep seeing references to, and more licks than anything. Where as with my daughter, who's 19, he likes to really chomp down on her. Jeven doesn't poke and prod him though... but he did take an old weathered stick about the size of a pencil but longer and bop him on the head with it... (the stick broke instantly). Tyde didn't do anything but look at my husband who shouted "AHHH!" at my son. Then he went back to following my son around.

I think they're going to do just fine growing up together.


I love reading old posts... and sorry for bringing this back to the top, but kind of not sorry at the same time... LOL... as it might help some other new owners out there that might be having the same issues.

[codmaster]

Originally Posted by Jeven's Tyde

What a wonderful update! Though I wasn't here when the thread started, I'm enjoying reading threads like this.

Codmaster... Just wanted to say that I'm with you on the subject with kids. I have a 1.5 yr old, and an 8 wk old pup. The pup will grow much faster than my son, and while I absolutely don't plan on letting my son "brutalize" our dog, I kind of expect there to be some tolerance between them, and I do believe it goes both ways. So far so good with that. Jeven is very tolerable of the puppy, which surprises me as he has been a bit animal apprehensive, and still is every now and then. He goes to the pup sometimes and balls up his fist and holds it out for the pup to nibble on, and in return, Tyde doesn't nibble that hard with him. He's using this "soft bite" thing I keep seeing references to, and more licks than anything. Where as with my daughter, who's 19, he likes to really chomp down on her. Jeven doesn't poke and prod him though... but he did take an old weathered stick about the size of a pencil but longer and bop him on the head with it... (the stick broke instantly). Tyde didn't do anything but look at my husband who shouted "AHHH!" at my son. Then he went back to following my son around.
I think they're going to do just fine growing up together.
I love reading old posts... and sorry for bringing this back to the top, but kind of not sorry at the same time... LOL... as it might help some other new owners out there that might be having the same issues.

Our two GSD's that we had when our son was a little guy did just perfectly with him. we have pictures of all three of them in the crate we used then and also some pics of him in his baby swing "sharing" his baby cookies with the dogs. He held them in his little hand and would swing back and forth and the dog would sit in front of him and take a lick at the cookie as it swung back and forth to the dog. Eventually the dog would then take the cookie from his fingers as gentle as could be without any trauma to him. Although ken would get a very puzzled look on his face when the cookie ended up in the dogs mouth!!! Funny as heck!

The dogs would also lay on the floor and our son would crawl on the dog over and over again until they tired of the game and would get up (after he finished getting over them) and move to the other side of the room. Then our determined son would just crawl over to her and start all over again! really fun to watch the older female dog and our new little puppy and our son grow up together!!

Good luck! And use your camera!