Your Adult Adopted/Rescue Dogs - When did they accept you?

[mojozen]

Hey everyone,
I just got reminded of an incident that happened in my early days with Mojo...

I had a helluva time when he first came home with me. He refused to see me as his alpha. I couldn't get him to walk on a leash - although he knew how - he would ignore me when I called him, he would actually spend a lot of his time avoiding me at first.

But i kept working with him - consistant NILIF training, and petting him when I could.

Then one morning about a month or two after I had him, I woke up to find every single one of his toys strewn across my bed, with his then favorite laid gently across my chest. I never felt him get up on the bed or felt him blanket me. Although that was the ONLY occurence of that happening (him giving me all of his toys while i slept), he just started to accept me and WANT to be with me as much as possible.

Did anyone else have an odd occurence like that? Or even better how long did it take some of you to gain the acceptance of your adult rescue/adopted dogs?

 

[jess2416]

I dont have a adult rescue but I just thought I would say that is the sweetest story I have ever heard...

 

[mojozen]

I dont have a adult rescue but I just thought I would say that is the sweetest story I have ever heard...

THanks. I swear he's an alien... in a little fur suit. He just sometimes doesn't act like what a stereotypical dog would act like ... *shakes head*

 

[rottnpagan]

Well, Java was about 6 when we got her... she bonded VERY fast to me, but didn't have any obedience lessons at all previously I think. It took her a while to get that *I* was the boss. About 4-5 months of constant NILIF, and reinforcement.

Titus... when we got him he was 18 mos and full of himself. He was soooo wound up that he'd reach out when tearing around the house and grab. What do dogs have to grab with? Well, their mouths. Full of nice sharp teeth. He got my husband about 4 inches below 'the boys', ifyaknowwhadImean. We put a QUICK stop to that. >< It was so bad at one point that I questioned my sanity, and we were almost ready to give up on him and return him. We didn't obviously, and he's a pretty good dog now. (Has seperation issues, major ones, but we deal.)

 

[Fran27]

Boris does the grabbing thing sometimes too when he's totally wound up So far he's destroyed two of my husband's shirts, and given me quite a few bruises... I have NO idea how to stop it. I usually say 'NO' and turn away, which usually works, but he will still do it again the next time...

 

[mojozen]

Mojo's pretty mouthy too. Generally he's gentle - he will grab my hands to guide me someplace... but when he's playing he's not so gentle. So we're trying to teach him to NOT do that.

 

[jess2416]

Chloe is sometimes mouthy when she is playing with her duck but when I turn to ignore her for a second she runs up to me with the it in her mouth and drops it at my feet

 

[brock23]

I let Otto on my bed the first night and now I wish I had a time machine to un-bond him a little bit. That boy is glued to my leg.

 

[rottnpagan]

Boris does the grabbing thing sometimes too when he's totally wound up So far he's destroyed two of my husband's shirts, and given me quite a few bruises... I have NO idea how to stop it. I usually say 'NO' and turn away, which usually works, but he will still do it again the next time...

Well, when he'd get too wound up, we'd put him in another room (usually just on the patio deck) until he settled down, or would put a leash on him until he settled down. Good behaviour=freedom, bad behaviour=leash/restriction.

 

[bubbatd]

What a sweet Mojo !!!! Read " My angels wear fur " .... he was chosed for you and you for him !!!

 

[mojozen]

What a sweet Mojo !!!! Read " My angels wear fur " .... he was chosed for you and you for him !!!

Actually he just chose me period. As soon as he started to lick my fingers through the bars of his cage I belonged to him.

 

[gaddylovesdogs]

May didn't take too long to bond to us. She was pretty timid for a little while, but I could tell she liked us. She warmed up quickly enough and is no longer scared of everyone and everything

Tippy was already warmed up to us completely when we got her LOL

 

[tessa_s212]

Well, Marq isn't a rescue.. but he's my only dog that I haven't had since a puppy. I KNEW we were finally bonded when one day I came home from school I my mom told me he whined at the door I left from for two hours, and when he finally left the door my mom couldn't find him for quite some time. No amount of calling would make him come out from where ever he was. Turns out he was laying on my bed in my bedroom and wouldn't leave it until I came home.

 

[bubbatd]

You'll love the book !!! You were led to Mojo !! And he was waiting !!

 

[Selkhet]

I have a pit/sharpei mix that was a stray and I took her in. She's a sweet gal, but she kinda blew me off for the first couple of days. She decided my son's bed was her bed, and she began sleeping on it the very first night. I knew she had decided to stay when I came home from work one day about a week later, and she was so excited to see me that she wiggled all around and laid on her back at my feet with her jowles a-floppin in that classic pitt smile.

 

[makenzie71]

Took about a day for him to figure out I wasn't going to beat him...and we're still working on getting him to figure out I'm not going to abandon him.

 

[dustynjetta]

When we went to see Jetta it was love at first site for both of us. She adapted so well, and was so loving. We were very lucky. Since she was an older dog we were a little hessitent but she changed that the min we saw each other.
Huggers
Ann

 

[Gempress]

Zeus was 8 months old, so he was a teenager. When I went to see him at the humane society, I sat down on a chair. He walked up to me, sat down, rested his head on my lap and looked me right in the eye. There was such a pleading look on his face "Please, take me with you. I promise I'll do my best." He was my dog from that point on. Zeus acted as if he had been mine since the day he was born.

 

[Caroleg]

Hey everyone,
I had a helluva time when he first came home with me. He refused to see me as his alpha.

I've heard another story like that before. It's so sweet. I think somebody was sick and sleeping on the sofa, only to wake up to find her dog's toys neatly placed all around her.

I bought my older dog from an importer. He was almost 2 yo at the time. Boy was he a butt head! I used the prong collar on him practically every day. I don't remember exactly when he figured out I was boss, but now he's a sweetie and I only use the prong collar when we have very special training I need to get across into his lovable little head.

 

[Renee750il]

That is a sweet, wonderful story about Mojo!

Well, Bimmer climbed into the car with me and rode for 2 1/2 hours with his little head stretched across the console so he could lay it on my leg.

Bear (GSDX Akita), like Jetta, was an adult - probably five years old or so at adoption. When I met Bear at the shelter he walked up to me, stood on his hind legs, put one big paw on my shoulder and looked me square in the eye. We belonged to each other from that moment on . . .