about to adopt.

Hi all ,
We are a family who are about to adopt a beautiful SBT this weekend.I knew when I saw him he was the one for us. We have owned a dog before in the past (2 years ago) but not a SBT.
Questions I was wondering if anyone could help me with is ..
Our lovely boy is 2 years old and we would like him to be one of the family and let him have freedom of the house is there a way to do this without him becoming worried , to try 5mins at a time?
Also is it best to crate train for been out of the house for hour ? as there will be times occasionally I will have to leave him?
Do any dogs stay in car while anyone pops to the shops?

he has being castrated and we just want to help him settle.
hope you dont think questions are too strange.
Jo

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Hi Ya Jo. welcome to the Forum from Flo and me

There are no daft questions so please just ask away and well done on the rescue

I rescued my girl and tried to keep her to one room to start with but she was having none of that and simply decided to jump the stair gates. In the end we let her settle wherever she wanted but not on our bed.

Crate training is fine but do you think you will need to ? I don't as my Flo dosen't chew anything. Very occassionaly I will leave my Flo in the car but not for longer than a couple of mins and obviously not when it's too hot or anything.

Hi there and thank you for the hi . I'm going to see how Donny does just wanted him to feel at home . Will let you know .I'm waiting for a phone call to have him this weekend . X

Welcome from Iza and me My girl stayed in her crate when a small puppy but now she's older i leave her out and all she does is watches out the window for me coming home aw.

Aw bless .Hi Iza and thank u .

Love the name Donny

We love Photos here Jo. If you get the chance to take some see if you can post a few for us to see. This link will tell you how:-
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Lovely thank u I will try post some as soon as he's settled .

Hi and welcome to the forum from Rocky and me

I would never leave my dog in the car on his own, not even for a minute.

We have a crate for Rocky which he goes in whenever he likes, the door is always left open for him. This did take some training though and for the first few months we used to close the door for him when we left him. We soon got used to leaving the door open though and he now just goes for a snooze on our bed when we have to both go out for a few hours during the day.

hia from me and sasha i hope all goes well and Donny settles in

Hiya from me and Vinnie, well done on the adoption

Hi from Oz and me, we rescued Oz 2 years ago, never crated him he just settled in straight away, tried not to let him upstairs but as he is so nosey he was desperate to see what he was missing out on. Now we let him and he is very calm

Hi from us, Jo, and lovely to hear you're taking a rescue

I personally don't worry about restricting space in the house, other than restricting any areas that you may intend to be off limits in the long term. We always allow our dogs to have a good snuffle round everywhere and feel comfortable with the whole house and garden, and it never seems to worry them at all.

Re the crate training, it might not be necessary. Crates can sometimes be stressful for rescues as they can carry a feeling of kennels again. Not all, but some. Rather than worrying about crate training, I'd give Donny a couple of days to settle, then start gradually training him to be left alone. Start with really, really short spells - literally just leave, wait a few seconds then come back in again, and don't make a fuss about either leaving or returning. Then build up to leaving for a minute, 5 minutes, etc. You might want to leave him with some treats scattered on the floor or something to create a positive association at the beginning.

I do leave mine in the car while I pop into a shop, but never if it's warm and I always lock the car. Dogs get stolen from unlocked cars. Again, though, teach him it's ok in short spells first.

Can't wait for pics!

Welcome from me and mia well done on adopting.

Thank u all . Having u all support will be great . Had a phone call tonight Donny will be here on Sunday ..we are so excited . Pictures will follow .

Yay... Let the fun begin

Hi from me and my two Mine have free roam of the house too but i generally find they follow me everywhere when Im at home.

Thank s and hi . We will see how he settles in. And how he goes .

What does everyone feed theirs ?
Allowing dog on bed ?

Cant wait for pics

Jo, here's a link to the Diet page:-
https://staffy-bull-terrier.niceboard.com/f29-staffordshire-bull-terrier-diet-nutrition

There is also a raw feed area there too. I feed my Flo 1/2 a Tin of Wainwrights per day topped up with Jameswellbeloved kibble & kibble only for breakfast. This seems to be just about right for her size.

I don't have Flo on the bed but only because it's like sleeping next to a steam train and she fidgets a lot But if you like a nice foot warmer, it might be worth having him with you.

Thank u I'll take a look he's arriving home at 2 pm tomorrow x

joannaxxx wrote:Thank s and hi . We will see how he settles in. And how he goes .

What does everyone feed theirs ?
Allowing dog on bed ?

i feed working dog food due to there activity levels, there are some great food choices here http://staffy-bull-terrier.com/dry_food
and as for bed....its an empty bed without a dog. mine sleep with me and its great this time of year! nice and toasty. last two lasses ive been with have also had dogs so two people and three dogs all in one bed...bit cramped lol

joannaxxx wrote:

What does everyone feed theirs ?
Allowing dog on bed ?

I feed raw. We started for a couple of specific reasons but wouldn't now change, even though I'm veggie and hate handling raw meat!

And a dog sleeping on a bed ? Poor dog, should be IN bed! Bob always slept under the duvet, no matter how hot it was in the summer, and Chaos always starts there although he does sometimes emerge panting!

i know its wrong but mia was badly treated as a pup i let her sleep beside me she sleeps at my feet depends what your preference is i guess.

Today's the day my boy comes home ..

... just another day then, nothing exciting or anything...

Liz p ???

I actually put loads of smiley faces and hearts on my message but they didn't show up .... We've all been up since 7 am too excited too sleep.

WELL??? is he there???

I think we're as excited as you

Did you put the smilie faces on from the drop down above here ^^

Hi all Donny arrived home later at about 6 pm . He adored the children and licked our youngest to death lol much to her delight she's 8 . He slept at the bottom or should I say about our bed and was a little confused as to where he was . Such a character . I took him out for walk about 7.30pm last night and he does pull like a train for first 15 mins all very exciting new place new smells .
He needs his nails trimming is it hard to do ?

Pics will hopefully follow x

aww so happy he is home with you ,i would let your vet do his nails the first time,i'm sure he will show you the best way,tbh once their done and he walks on the pavement as well as grass walks they wear down themselves

Yipee! Sounds like everyone had a fantastic evening. Can't wait for the pics.

Yes, I'd let the vet or a vet nurse do them first time. If you go too short it's very painful.

Hi and welcome to the forum from me and the zoo xx

Hi and welcome from us and Suki

If the nails are really looking long then let the vet nurse do them but as mentioned above, a mix of walking will keep them short naturally

Unfortunately we had a very bad incident yesterday and was on phone all night to rescue who came to get Donny this morning .sad

Oh no!!! What happened, or is it too hard to say?

Very sorry to hear this

Oh no Jo, so sorry to hear

Basically to not have a long story we had to stop him from attacking our 15 year old daughter . It was awful and very sad . Shaken

Oh jeez, so sorry. Did they give you any history?

O dear that's really sad but glad you caught this early, don't give up on another adoption though and hop Donny gets the right home for him

We asked about Donnys back ground and all they knew was that he had been surrendered by a russian couple who had two children . The foster home he was in had two small daogs in residence and had children visit through the day . It was night time he changed I've never seen a dog go from playful to full aggression before it was so scary our daughter wasnt even in room with him when he started .She was absolutely terrified . Took us till 1 am to speak with the lady we had gone through to rescue him and she said he was showing too much aggression to stay . She arrived yesterday and on talking she thinks Donny might have been abused and is sending him for tests to see if he is having brain storms through been hit. Its all very sad and for now it has completely put us off re-homing a dog . thank you all for your kind words and I wish you all and very merry Christmas and new year xx

Thanks for the update Jo, just sorry this one didn't work out for you

Please don't give up my Oz was rescued and a lot of people here have also. I have a friend who fosters for RSPCA and the dogs she has had have all been really super

I am sorry to hear about Donny but by the sounds of it you made the right call.

I hope you find a suitable dog for the family.

Cheers

Sara n Ozzy wrote:Please don't give up my Oz was rescued and a lot of people here have also. I have a friend who fosters for RSPCA and the dogs she has had have all been really super

Here here! Chaos is a rescue, an ex-poundie, and you simply couldn't get a better dog.

I know you'll be feeling raw right now, but don't let it put you off dogs completely. Situations as you had with Donny are the exception rather than the rule.

Thank you x

Yes I agree, please try not to let this situation put you off adopting in the future, there may well have been something in Donnys past that caused him to behave this way. Rocky is also from a rescue centre as is as good as gold with all children.

The Staffordshire Bull Terrier has the name Nanny Dog because of their affection for children, I'm sure the right dog for your family is out there somewhere.