****Courtesy Post**** Please SHARE to help. It’s with a heavy heart that we have decided to offer our sweet boy, Finn, up for adoption through your organization. We have had Finn, a medium (48 lbs) mixed breed dog (primarily black Lab and pit), since he was 8 weeks old. He turned 7 on Thanksgiving this year. Finn has always been an affectionate and energetic pup but with a streak of anxiousness. As he’s gotten older, the anxiousness is getting worse. We have worked with a trainer twice in the past and have also been working with our vet at Charlotte Street Animal Hospital to do whatever we can to minimize his anxiousness. For the past 6 months he has been on Prozac and we have also changed his food per the vet’s recommendation. The prozac has helped with general anxiety, but there is still a source in our home — our 18 month old daughter. Generally Finn is quite good around children, but young children that do not understand boundaries and cannot read a dog’s signals are not his cup of tea. At Labor Day, he snapped at our friend’s daughter (2 yrs old) that came near his bed to get her toy. Fortunately, it didn’t do more than startle her and give her a small red scratch on her forehead. Last week, he snapped at our daughter when she startled him awake. This time, he broke skin and narrowly missed her eye. Our trainer says the best option is to keep him totally separate from her until she understands giving him space. Our vet suggested rehoming as she knows we plan to have more children. HIs GREAT qualities include: up to date on all shots neutered walks extremely well on a leash (we do a 2-3 mile walk every day) very obedient — I can leave a piece of meat on the floor and he won’t touch it until I tap at it with my foot, indicating he can have it. This also means he never noses counters/tables, etc. He doesn’t beg for food. He is also very good with observing boundaries. He knows he is not allowed in our daughter’s room and will stand in the doorway until he is invited in. He doesn’t jump up on people He doesn’t jump up on window sills, doors, or furniture (in fact, he doesn’t get on furniture at all) He is very affectionate and snuggly — but gets very anxious with any one other than family being in his face/hugging him We haven’t had a fenced in yard for over a year and he’s never once left what he knows to be the boundaries of our property (though, of course, we are outside with him) He doesn’t dig, chew, bite. He’s never destroyed anything, he doesn’t dig in the trash. Loves to play fetch with a tennis ball — this is one thing our 8 year old nephew loves to do with him. He does well in the car, has never been sick, doesn’t panic. He is completely housebroken He does well being alone — we can leave the house for long periods of time without worry. He is our ideal dog in every way, and we’ve worked very hard to train him, but it simply isn’t going to work with our new family dynamic. We would love him to go to a home with older children or a home without children. He should also be the only pet — he does like to chase our neighbor’s cats and he’s been attacked several times by off leash dogs and so it very anxious (and may become aggressive) around other dogs. We would also be willing to make a donation to Project HALO. We’re hoping to get a courtesy post and get him into your system for adoption while we keep him at home. For the time being, we are keeping him separated from our daughter (he is behind the baby gate in a large section of the house) when only one of us is home. If we are both home and can keep track of both our daughter and Finn, he is allowed to roam the house. It’s something we can do, but we feel the best long term situation would be to rehome him. Jen Woodward 704-796-3815 or jenwoodward@gmail
Posted on: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 20:43:49 +0000
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