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The AB's I have met ( only a couple) have been great temperament dogs ..and they were owned by macho types ..and came from who knows where :) they were ok with kids and other dogs ..and were not human aggressive whenever I saw them :) A friend sent me a pic of his niece .. she is a little kid, with some intellectual problems .. the photo is of her and his bull breed dog playing on a roundabout thingy in a park somewhere ...Gorgeous photo , and AFAIK, this dog is also used for hunting purposes ,and is entire .

A goofy boxer boy will indeed benefit (as will you) from some specialised advice, I think :) To start with, maybe click on THIS ? That might give you some ideas .. It's great that you are working at managing his behaviour !

If he is wobbly after a seizure only, then , to me , it doesn't sound like wobbler syndrome?

Ouch .. poor dog ....

Put up a camera/voice activated recorder ..so there is evidence for/against? Have someone in an unknown car pull up nearby and listen for a while ?

Sounds very much NOT what I have been taught ..perhaps the girl has not much experience ?

doggy door sounds perfect :) can you then use baby gates or barriers to confine him to whichever room the dog door opens into ? That way he can please himself, and have somewhere indoors and sheltered , as well as his toys, treat balls etc outside to entertain himself . Well Done ! :)

I've finally had a good browse of these --- Love what you've captured :) :)

:) I'd call that amusing himself !

THis is my thinking as well ... two of our dogs will lie near the back gate , where they can see the other dogs, the road, the animals ... this is done both when we're home , and if we are away .....it is their 'TV' .. a spot where they can bark/watch and snooze without missing anything.

yes.

CC- they were/are! A walk late morning ... visitors at lunchtime , with litle kids who delighted in throwing squeaky toys around...., then a walk to a park with the visitors .

Looking out the window is a good thing :) He needs to occupy himself somehow .. so he watches things happening .

These two girls are also guests where I'm staying , and today was a busy one for them ..so they crashed on the couch :)

those poor people .

My Mitchell chose me .. by breaking out of the kennels where he was housed during assessment for a pet therapy program ... finding my car in the carpark, and somehow squeezing in thru a part opened window .I found him sitting in the driver's seat when I went to go home that day ... and we were together for the rest of his life.

that's a lovely update, erny :)

That sounds sensible .....

Mitchell was mine ... I just knew when I first saw him ..and got that arrow-thru the heart- type feeling ;) he was an adult at that time .... and we were inseparable for the next 10 or so years ....

Thanks :)

Hmmm..it is always a hard decision , to gently end a life . My view is always one of the fact we have power to take away the anxiety, the aggression , the worry . We can ensure the animal does not fall into the wrong hands and suffer more , and we can ensure that owners/carers are safe and not having concerns over severe behaviour/health problems. You have done a lot for this boy , and I can understand your anxiety now ... I wish you all the best .

Lucky dogs :) I agree - the more exercise, the fitter the dog, and the more exercise is needed to 'tire' them ;) Think of kids ... working hard at lessons , or having to be on best behaviour somewhere will result in a tired kid ..whereas zooming around with friends won't ;) teach her tricks/obedience/house manners , etc in a couple of short sessions each day ..and see if that makes her more settled :)

I only discovered it last night :) working my way thru !!

It will be extremely difficult to rehome a fence scaler of this magnitude I think. Wat does the rescue organisation suggest ??

True :)