Comments on: Bringing Home A Rescue Dog

By: Pippa Mattinson

Pippa Mattinson — Fri, 13 Sep 2024 14:20:12 +0000

In reply to Claire Baney-Tucker. Hi Claire, sorry to hear your new girl has separation anxiety. Three months is quite recent, and it may take a while longer before she feels more relaxed in your home. It also might be that she has always been prone to separation anxiety. Try to find a baseline that she can cope with and build up from there. Starting with just a few seconds at a time, rather than minutes. And do get your vet to refer you to a good behaviorist if you are struggling as separation anxiety can be quite challenging to treat.

By: Claire Baney-Tucker

Claire Baney-Tucker — Fri, 13 Sep 2024 12:10:36 +0000

My last rescue, from a kill shelter in Georgia, settled in right away. My current girl has been with me for three months and has tremendous separation anxiety. Tried a few minutes at a time with rewards. Might you know of any calming treats, CBD or others? Thanks!

By: Steve Robertson

Steve Robertson — Wed, 14 Oct 2020 15:06:36 +0000

Hi do you have any Labradors I could Rehome thanks yeah from Steve

By: michelle

michelle — Sun, 12 Aug 2018 14:47:34 +0000

we rescued a yellow lab mix 5 years ago and recently rescued two red labs that were traumatized. they are mother- daughter. the daughter is 1.5 years old, mom is 3. the daughter is fearful and skittish especially around our teenaged daughter. the oldest, original lab has been a gentleman to the new girls. it has been 2 months and I can not imagine our home without the 3 of them. we’re trying to be patient with them still and assume they weren’t trained before. it’s beed tough, to be sure. we need as much training and patience as they do. my priority right now is helping the youngest red lab to stop barking at our teenager. any suggestions?

By: Tammy Jacobson

Tammy Jacobson — Fri, 20 Oct 2017 23:35:07 +0000

I rescued a four month old they say She is a lab mix but she does not want to come in the house at all at first she would come and go as I did and I would let her in and out when she wanted but at night she stopped coming in so I would give her a treat she got used to that and now she simply won’t come in. I don’t know what to do because I can’t leave her in the backyard because we have coyotes and foxes that ran our fence line and I’m afraid they will kill her can you help me in anyway why thank you and have a very blessed Week.

By: Ken

Ken — Thu, 25 Aug 2016 13:22:53 +0000

You know something…I turned 60 this year …I never ever had a dog until I turned 57…
I never had an attachment to dogs at all…until… under my wife insistence we bought Monty …a lab retriever when he was 8 weeks old…

Do yourself a favour … rescue a lab…. or get a lab… treat them with a great deal of love and you be smiling every day….

By: Ken

Ken — Thu, 25 Aug 2016 13:00:05 +0000

In reply to Phil.

Hey Phil…..We have one big dog…a lab retriever…and he is the honarary third member of the family being my lovely wife me and him…he comes and goes in and out of the house all the time and sleeps on the bed at night. I like the fact that you are prepared to spend time with pups to get them used to sleeping outside… well done.

By: Ken

Ken — Thu, 25 Aug 2016 12:44:52 +0000

Hi Pippa
Whoever took the photo of the beautiful lab at the train station with the lead in his mouth and the suitcase must have been inspired…. How can you not be touched or not be inspired to take in a lab wayfarer to be rescued. We have a 3 year old LR and have been thinking about getting a rescue lab.

By: Phil

Phil — Fri, 19 Aug 2016 20:31:45 +0000

I’m a big proponent of keeping my dogs outside especially big ones like Labradors. There is no problem with doing that is there? I feel they belong outside which keeps the messes down and they seem happy of course they would prefer to sleep in bed with me, but i usually help them adjust when they are puppies by sleeping with them a few nights outside when they are still young. Phil

By: Racheal Borders

Racheal Borders — Fri, 19 Aug 2016 13:57:49 +0000

We just adopted a chocolate Labrador who found us and climbed into our backyard (over our 6 foot fence). We searched for his owners but no one has reported him missing. He’s a beautiful, sweet, well-trained boy! We love our Jack very much already and he has made a very easy transition into our lives. He’s good with our bossy little dogs (a male Chinese crested and a female dachshund-jack russell mix). He is very much a field/working dog, so we are looking for ways to keep him busy (that don’t involve him “helping” me to round up our chickens. Any suggestions for our mysterious fella?