Ragsysmum

I'd take him for a walk at bedtime so he empties more completely and then have him sleep on a dog bed beside yours so you can take him out quickly if he shows any signs of needing to go. Anything is better than getting up to a mess regularly and he will probably settle very quickly and sleep through the night.

Twice a day here too plus a snack midday and at bedtime. I think one meal is just too much for their tummies to have all the days food needs in one go and also feeding twice plus snacks gives my oldies more times in the day to look forward to and enjoy.

Could you try feeding breakfast earlier? Get up, go potty in garden, feed breakfast, let that settle whilst you have yours etc. then have the walk at 8am as normal. Could be the full tummy is causing pressure on the bladder after a while by which time you have left for work so eating earlier and walking as normal will give time for the pressure to make her need to go on the walk and she will then last till lunchtime. Just a thought.

With the kennel dogs here, they usually take off a good amount above the tip which makes healing easier. Years of expoerience of taking off just a bit, and then having to take a bit more, has resulted in amputating well above the injury site the first time with most experienced vets I think.

Had they done any damage to each other or anything else? If not why bother with the muzzles. All ours and fosters over the years have had the free run of the house, no muzzles, no crates and we have never had a problem. However, I do not let them run and play together outside without muzzles as they are generally too rough and excitable so accidents more likely to happen there.

We leave all our own new dogs and fosters with the run of the house except for the bathroom from the start. The first day with a new dog we follow wherever it goes, the second day we start with 'alone' training and outsde toiletting breaks every 1-2 hours. Then we just extend the time alone gradually and normally by the second week we can go out for a couple of hours with no problems. They are always well walked before being left so they are tired and have emptied out. Must admit though it is a while since we had an 'only' dog but then we did just the same but extended the alone training for longer if it looked liked there might be problems.

Never heard either of my current two bark at all yet. Flash has been here 8 months and Sam just 3 weeks. Could be because our terrier girl does enough barking for all three so the boys don't feel the need to bother.

Never crated any of ours nor foster hounds either and not had any problems. I'd leave him with the run of the house (downstairs at least) for short periods initially and see what he does. You need to ignore him a lot more so he isn't so dependent on you, do intensive 'alone training' and make sure he has emptied before you leave him.

A bioflow magnetic collar seems to really help some older dogs with arthritis.

I have one hound with only two teeth left, a previous hound had only 6 and next week I expect to have another completely toothless from kennels. All managed easily on moistened kibble mixed with a bit of canned meat/sardines etc, once their gums had hardened up a little. They also manage treats and chewsticks broken into kibble-sized bits so I really don't do any special feeding for toothless dogs at all.

A good chiropractor can work wonders for some hounds, but you do need someone who knows what they are doing!

Personally I always go out with mine and they get a treat as soon as they have done a wee or poop (whatever I know from past experience they need on any particular outing). They love treats so they get the jobs done very quickly to earn the treat whilst still outside (very handy if it is raining!). Giving a treat only when they come back in just teaches them to run out and in quickly and maybe forget what they were supposed to do out there.

I wouldn't let any of mine refuse to get up and move when I asked them to.....you never know if you might need them to move in a hurry for some reason. If she is likely to grumble if you make her move, I would clip a lead on and make her go out until she does a wee at least. After a couple of times she will get the message I am sure, and start to get up and go out for a last toilet break more quickly. No way I would be having to get up in the early hours to let mine out unless of course the dog was too old or sick to last the night.

He really doesn't sound like the sort of dog you asked for or were expecting. If he isn't and doesn't seem likely to fit in your household I would return him sooner rather than later. Dogs can act very differently in one home from how they do in another (as I and Silverfish well know)and your lad may quickly find a home where he settles better. There are plenty of lovely easy hounds in your country I am sure, as there are over here, and there will be one which will fit better into your situation. I have fostered and adopted many over the years and had little trouble with any of them even directly from the track kennels here, so I am sure things must be the same over there. At the kennels where I regularly help out, the dogs which are returned within a couple of weeks settle straight back into kennel life without any stress and can more easily be rehomed. Those which have lived in an unsuitable situation for weeks can often show behaviour on their return to kennels, which makes it harder to rehome them again.

Lucky for us it doesn't get that hot here in England but there is no way I would be taking my dogs out in that sort of heat. Once the temps are over 70* we only go out early morning and late evening for walks and the rest of the day they are inside in the cool except for quick toilet breaks out in the garden.

Just sounds like 6-8 hours is too long for her to last except overnight. She couldn't get outside where she knew she should go, so she just went as near to there as she could get when she couldn't wait any longer. Seems to me she's trying to be a good girl, to be honest.

Guess we have been lucky with ours in over 30 years with various dog breeds and fosters I have never had a 'humper' nor an indoor 'marker. Plenty of both sexes that marked outside though and boys that peed like girls and girls that hiked a leg. Maybe it's because I don't let my dogs get over-excited or hyped-up with rough play with me or each other.

No advice, but just very best wishes for it all to work out fine for you.

Well I certainly wouldn't let BF dictate how you treat the two dogs as far as outings etc. are concerned. I have three and often take them out individually or two and one so they all get used to being left home alone or with only one of the others. You never know when you may have to leave one at the vets or (as mine are older) when one will die and leave the other one or two as only dogs for a while.

None of my greys or fosters has ever sat freely from choice. I assume therefore it is not an easy or natural postion for them and so I never try to teach them to do it. Can't see the need really as long as they either stand still or lie down when I want them to be still and wait for something.

Unless there is some medical reason not to, I gradually build all my adopted and foster hounds up to walking three times a day, around 2 miles, 2 miles and 1 mile. They have all loved their walks around our local countryside and riverbank and along with meals, they are the highlight of their days.

He has probably noticed that this behaviour amuses you and is therefore encouraged to continue and extend it.

Sidewalks and paved pathways sound a bit boring. Maybe you could get her into the car and take her somewhere more interesting if there is anywhere near enough.

So sorry for your loss but you did the right thing letting her go. Too many people still keep their dogs struggling on when they should have been set free earlier. Take comfort knowing that she is happy and healthy again and knew she was loved.

Have you tried throwing a really favourite tasty treat into the back of the car whilst he watches you so he has to jump in to get it?