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congrats to your newest addition! I had a pit mix who I brought into my family when he was about 6 weeks old. we found out we were the 3rd “owner” for him and couldn’t ever figure out how he survived being taken away from his mom so young. But we showed him nothing but love and he ended up having horrible seperation anxiety as well. i couldn’t even crate him because I would come home after an hour or 2 and his snout and paws would be bloody from him trying to escape. he is going on 2 now, and just a few months ago he started getting over the anxiety. i have heard a few ppl say some out grow it, but some say training will help them get over it
congrats to your newest addition! I had a pit mix who I brought into my family when he was about 6 weeks old. we found out we were the 3rd “owner” for him and couldn’t ever figure out how he survived being taken away from his mom so young. But we showed him nothing but love and he ended up having horrible seperation anxiety as well. i couldn’t even crate him because I would come home after an hour or 2 and his snout and paws would be bloody from him trying to escape. he is going on 2 now, and just a few months ago he started getting over the anxiety. i have heard a few ppl say some out grow it, but some say training will help them get over it
Hey Katie, I’m like you, I can NOT believe the bad rap these dogs have gotten! Our rescued pit mix is the best behaved dog we’ve had (and the biggest baby! 🙂 Anyway, to your question, have you tried a water bottle that has a nozzle that hangs inside the crate? That would eliminate the wet bedding. We found that a Kong filled with peanutbutter or Kong Stuffn and frozen gives them something to do while they are in the crate, just be sure you get one of the large ones. Let me know how it goes! Good luck!
Thank you 🙂 Yeah he’s starting to get a little better. We leave him in a crate when we leave or else he gets very upset from missing us that he jumps up on the door and windows trying to get out. We found this out the hard way when we came home to the molding on the door torn off and the window pane scratched up. When left in his crate he cries for a bit and then calms down (we recorded him one day to see how long it goes on for). Only a couple of minutes. But I think in that time too is when he flips his water bowl. We give him a lot of love and kisses when we come home and in the morning. Was there any other special training you’d do with your dog to help him out?
I did look up getting him a water bottle, but I found the ones I looked at got bad reviews and said they leaked anyway and it was hard for the dog to suck the water out. Have you tried this? If so, what kind? Maybe I’m missing something. I need to figure something out though, poor guy is so thirsty when we get home b/c I think he’s flipping it over very soon after we leave leaving him with nothing for the day 🙁 Thanks for the advice.
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