i have a 5 month old male puppy who we just recently found a home for.?

Question

his is from a litter of mix reed puppies that my mix breed terrier had in october. we drove from kansas to texas with him and his sister whom we are keeping. the car ride was fine, they both where calm during the trip and acctully slept most of the way. potty breaks where easy. we arrived and the new owner met us at the car. both dogs freaked out, peed uncontrollaly and barked and nipped at the new owner, now they had both met this person in december and at that tiume showed no aggrevation. the frmale has calmed down and will now crawl on the new owners lap and beg fir attention. the male will still avoid this new person and will sometime ite and other times allow himself to be pet. we are taking the male back but i am not sure if we will be ale to place in a home. there was a case with one other litter mate where a couple took two puppies but a few days later brought one female back and claimed she had bite and injured their land lord, we had no proof.

we waved it off as the couple deciding two was too many, ut after this week, i wonder. we did place that puppy ina good home and know that she has adjusted wonderfully with not problrms. the mother is very well minded and obidant dog but the father is unknown. are there and suggestions as what to do, i hate to put down what is normally a very loving and caring dog, but we have no more room for pets in our family.

the spaying have beschedualed, i intened to breed the mother once becuase she was a gooddog, but accidents happen. teh moth and her daugther will spayed next week

Answer 1

The male was terrified, and is a fear biter. Fear biters can be rehabed, but do need a LOT of careful socialization.
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Answer 2

I don't believe there is anything wrong with the puppies, they simply had an anxiety attack.
I would imagine that at 5 months, the puppies had accepted you as their owner and didn't want to be given away. At 5 months, the dog is in 'toodler' stage and anxiety attacks can occur, as can fear of new surroundings including people.
Terriers can be very territorial, and also 'nip' much more readily than other dog breeds. Females can adjust much more readily than males, which can try to dominate or assert their authority. It sounds like that was happening with the male puppy.
Maybe the new owner didn't give the puppy the time and attention it needed to adjust, maybe the puppy had a really tough time adjusting and got somewhat depressed and aggressive, it does happen. Maybe they tried to discipline it while it was timid and defensive, which resulted in the puppy biting. A natural thing, especially for terriers. All puppies bite, they need to be taught appropriate behaviour.
These problems may have been avoided if you had placed the puppies at a younger age. It's never a good idea to let your dog mate with a stray, as you just don't know the personality traits the other dog has. Some behaviour is genetic. I congratulate you for your decision to get the dog spayed.
In short, your puppy simply had an anxiety attack (hence the peeing and barking and biting) as they sensed they were about to be left behind. One adjusted, the other pined for you. In December, there was no need to this anxiety as the person came to your house as just another visitor.
I would not put the dog to sleep, there is nothing wrong with it. Find it a loving home, let the people know about what happened so they are informed and can give the dog the extra attention it needs. Choose a family without small children, then everything should work out fine. Advertise at vets, local papers or shopping mall. Even nursing homes, some permit dogs.
Good luck, I'm sure your dog will find a loving home.

Answer 3

Why exactly r u considering putting the puppy down? It's normal for puppies to bite/ nip- it's how they learn and explore, just like human babies put everything in their mouths (they just dont have teeth yet!) It sounds more to me like they r just adjusting to a new person- animals get scared just like people do, and puppies don't show aggression like dogs do, they aren't developed enough for that yet. And especially if the male sometimes lets the person pet him, that doesn't sound like the dog or the person is bad. I'm sure the new owner is perfectly capable, and there r lots of people willing to give a cute little puppy a new home, especially if u advertise it for free or next to nothing- worst case, take it to a no-kill shelter like the ASPCA. They have a very high placement rate, it doesn't cost anything, and they will determine whether the dog has a problem and give it all it's necessary shots and care.

Answer 4

there is sure reason in the back of difficulty in a difficulty like this. an more desirable canines ought to easily harm or kill a smaller canines in a play difficulty via complete twist of destiny, I as quickly as had a 30 pound mutt that theory it would be relaxing to play with a mastiff untill the mastiff picked him up via the neck and threw him, requiring stitches and giving Muggsy a stiff neck for a week or so. relatively, there is no motives the canines can not coexist. step one is to in no way, ever leave the canines on my own with one yet another, a minimum of till the pup learns what's anticipated of him, and if my pit mixture is any indication, this may well be some years. proceed the damaging reinforcement whilst the pup starts to bit throughout play, it could or will possibly no longer artwork, they're a thick skulled breed especially circumstances. i might advise employing a collection or prong collar to allow you to straight away spectacular the pup's habit. some would say they are merciless, yet canines can not understand words and "time-outs" that folk use as punishment, in a %. difficulty, the different canines might spectacular yet another canines via biting him till he found out his place, a type of collars is the same theory, yet of course no longer as painful or unfavourable. All that being mentioned, some canines choose homes the place they are the only canines. If the failings you are trying do no longer artwork, you ought to evaluate that possibly your abode isn't the final for the pup. You made a dedication to Whitey to offer him a secure loving abode first, and as much because it would harm, you would be able to ought to discover yet another abode on your new canines.

Answer 5

Have you thought about spaying or neutering your animals? If you don't have any more room for puppies, maybe you should do the responsible thing and stop the breeding of animals you have no place for.

Answer 6

Just a little excitement they are puppies i wouldnt be to worried about it

Answer 7

be sure that you STOP BREEDING and take that puppy back ASAP BEFORE your dog gets dumped and hiy by a car or IT BECOMES A STRAY