I recently adopted my dog, Gambit, from an animal shelter. They found him with his mum and litter mates when he was around 12 weeks old. He is now supposedly around 7-9 months old. When I first brought him home, he would cower and hide from everyone and any noises. I'd sit under the table with him and pet him, with the hopes of calming him down. He would hardly eat during the first week, then on the second week I had some issues come up and he had to stay at my aunt's, now he spastically pees, is very rambunctious, and freaks out if I or my aunt get out of his sight.
I got a kennel for him, and he seems to take that better than having free range, but he still has all these other issues and I'm worried for him. Also, I kept his name the same as the shelter, but he doesn't seem to know it? That's very concerning to me because, he's almost a year old and yet he didn't get enough human interaction to learn his name? I also have to relocate him again. He's coming to live with me at school as an ESA. I'm scared all this moving is gonna mess with him.
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I think he will be fine, he will still be with you and you will be there to help him adjust to his new environment. As far as the peeing goes, puppies outgrow their bladder rather quickly and sometimes when they get to excited they will pee accidentally. The key thing to remember is anytime they have been asleep the very first thing they will do when they get up is pee, so if you take them outside every time they will get into that habit and as they grow older will be able to hold it for longer periods of time so you won't have to take them out as often.
You will have to get him on some kind of a schedule. A stressed dog does better with few changes in his life. You could play soft music and get him a toy that he can keep with him all the time.
Your puppy has had so many changes in his life and he just does not know how to deal with them. He is confused and now he had someone to love and love him and all of a sudden - that person was gone.
You seem concerned about his name and human interaction before you adopted him but these facilities have a lot of pets to take care of and may not have time to spend more than a few minutes a day with each one. The attendants may never call his name but he will learn it from you so be patient with him about this also.
Abused Dog has a few problems.
Step 1
He will always be a shy dog he has been through a lot be patient.
Step 2
Moving him around will not mess him up.
Step 3
As long as he receives love and care eventually he will become to trust you, and your aunt.
Step 4
The main thing is he has been rescued once he starts to trust humans again this peeing behaviour will go away.
Step 5
Train him as you would any other dog,but it takes a lot of patience.
Step 6
I had two very abused dog's come into my care quite a few years back.
Step 7
They jumped at everything,they were scared to eat.
Step 8
As time went on it all passed ,but they were always still more nervous, but not as much as when I first received them.
Step 9
They had to learn to trust people again.
Step 10
They both lived to very old ages 18 and 20.
consider starting agility training with this dog when you get settled in. They enjoy it and it builds confidence quickly. Best of luck.
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