I grew up with a German short-haired pointer, same pattern. Unfortunately he got knocked by a car once too many times. Got home and my dad was in tears when he told me. Everytime I see one it brings back memories. Werid, always the first to greet ya home from school, followed me everywhere.
We had a dog from rescue doing the same thing. we had an old clock radio that we put in the boot room with the dog, where his night bed was, put on talk radio, turned it down low enough so we could not hear it at night but he could hear it and didn't feel alone. We used the sleep button starting at an hour for a week, then 30 mins the next week, then 15 minutes on the third week and didn't need it there after
Me & Rosie the woof have been chillin out today whilst the girlfriend is out. I had to make do with the chair.
Tried the radio trick last night - I asked Alexa to play Talk-Sport for an hour, I shut the dog in the kitchen, and went to bed. The dog howled, whined and banged the kitchen doors for about ten minutes, then decided to live with it. When I went downstairs at 8am this morning, the feckin' radio was still playing, but the dog seemed happy enough.
This is Iggy (Ignatius). He’s a pedigree working Cocker pup and is as mischievous as a barrel load of monkeys. We've only had him for two days and it’s literally laugh a minute. This morning’s antics include dragging coal and bits of burned wood out of the fire grate as I was cleaning it then eating what he found, which shortly afterwards he vomited back up onto the floor. He’d had a bit of goat’s milk with his brekkie, so it looked like Oreo ice cream. He obviously thought it looked delicious too, as the filthy little beast immediately ate the lot up again. Then, for good measure, he had a pee next to it (last pic).
Roast Cocker Spaniel for dinner, with, as @Expat Jack suggested, a side of hot dogs? This is how I find him every time I turn my back when a fire is lit. It’s pointless using the fire guard as he stands on his hind legs and leans on it and due to all the goats’ milk he drinks he’s getting heavy and strong now, which could result in him pushing it over and both him and it falling into the fire. He’s also incredibly crafty as he sits a safe distance away at first but then edges towards the fire a bit more. I tell him “No” (as it’s both too hot and he eats the burnt wood and pieces of coal), so he stops, but disobeys me in a really crafty way by shuffling his bum half an inch closer, then looks over his shoulder to check if I’ve noticed and waits until I turn my head away again before doing another little shuffle. I’ll try and make a video next time he does it @Expat Jack : to answer your question in the pics thread - he’s a pedigree working Cocker. 9 weeks old today. He’s been pretty much my shadow since he came home last week and I’m absolutely over the moon with him as he’s not only a beautiful looking and affectionate dog but he’s also very bright and a bit of a character. The only downside is that after howling from 11pm until 2am on Friday night he ended up sleeping in the bedroom in a crate with us and he now won’t sleep anywhere else at night (plus he can open the downstairs door and climb the stairs now anyway).
Thanks. He’s a corker of a cocker. Multiple FT CHs on both sides. If his current energy levels are anything to go by I’ll be going out with him on my ebike and he can run alongside me! When we visited the breeder the other two pups ignored us but he was really inquisitive, climbing on us, licking our faces etc and he’s been pretty much non stop like that since. He’s learning commands quickly though, and he can already sit, wait (kind of), drop and stop, so he’s not completely hyper and scatty. We’ve only had him for exactly a week today and it already feels like he’s been part of our family forever and we can’t imagine the house without him now
He looks a cracker Zhed But take it easy with the exercise. Too much can damage the bone growth plates. Oh..and don't let him tackle going down a flight of stairs under his own steam until at least 6 months old. A puppies skeletal development takes time. Too much early on and he could suffer later in life. That said, ours go 'down' and run off lead with the others from 8 weeks old (I'm choosy where though), but I pick them up and carry them frequently (even though they want to keep going). Found one of these to be really handy ......https://smile.amazon.co.uk/SlowTon-...?keywords=puppy+carrier&qid=1581584177&sr=8-6
Here is mine now a 3 year old Bullmastiff that we rescued when he was 8 months old He is the gentlest, sweetest natured dog i have ever come across DSCF5464.jpg by Rick Midgley, on Flickr
