The greatest thing that Baxter taught me was that I’m a canine person. I always knew he wasn’t going to be my one-and-only dog. during this time between dogs, I’m taking some time to think and plan for the next addition to our family (in addition to being a canine person, I’m an organized, analytical, planful person).
One of the things I’m finding helpful is to think about what I’d like to do differently with our next canine and what I hope will stay the same.
I’d appreciate your input as well. What do you do when you’re thinking of getting a new dog? What changes have you made—for better or worse—with the dogs that have been part of your families?
What I’ll do the same with our next dog
Adopt our canine – We went the adoption route with Baxter and could not have found a much more ideal canine for us. I know that we can find the best canine for us again through adoption. I’m not picky about breed or sex. I want a big (not giant) canine with short hair. and she/he needs to certainly get along with our two-year-old daughter, Ellie. Adoption also makes sense for us because we are not searching for a puppy.
Choose an older canine – I still have no desire to go through the puppy stage. सायद कुनै दिन। but for now, I like the idea of adopting an older, but still young dog. Ideally, I’m searching for a canine around 3 years old. Still young enough to hopefully have good health and a long life with us.
Select for energy level – I have written before how low energy Baxter was. For us, it made him a very easy canine to live with. I know that I do not have enough energy to correctly care for a high energy dog.
I like to do two walks a day, mixed with some longer walks or off-leash hikes. But, like many of us, some days it’s hard to juggle walking the canine with everything else that I have to do (especially while single-parenting an independent-minded two-year-old). I need a canine who can adapt to the activities we’re doing on a given day.
What I’ll do differently with our next dog
Prioritize “good with children” – The big difference from the last time we adopted a dog, is that we now have a child. Ellie loves animals and is very well-behaved and gentle with them. but kids are still freaky to some dogs.
Bax was described as good with children, but it wasn’t a huge issue to us as we didn’t have little kids in our life when we adopted him. and after a few years of not being around children, Bax struggled in some cases with little kids (though he eventually became rock solid with Ellie). I am not expecting rock solid best away, but whatever canine we bring into our house needs to be very, very alright with Ellie.
See our post: Adopting a canine when you have kids
Train recall – Bax was not always the best at coming when we called him. He was pretty well-trained and very well-behaved. but if he wasn’t in the mood—and he was independent minded—or if his prey drive kicked in, we in some cases couldn’t make him come. Come is such a critical command. Something I will do differently with our next canine is do a better job of training recall.
Invest in good food – For many of our time with Baxter, we fed him kibble. At first, we started with a bargain brand, but when he seemed to be itchy, we upgraded to a better quality kibble. towards the end of his life when we were struggling with a mystery illness, we switched to a raw diet. I feel there are benefits to a raw diet, and it’s something I’d like to give to our next dog.
Skip the training class – this one is a maybe. We loved our trainer and felt that the classes we took helped us a lot with Bax. However, I took very comprehensive notes during our classes, and I also learned a lot with Bax. I feel like I ought to be able to replicate at least some of the training on my own. but class creates a level of commitment that I can’t replicate. and training is so essential for bonding. I’m not sure yet what I’m going to do. I feel like a lot will depend on the canine that we get. For other second time canine owners, do you do training classes with your subsequent dogs?
Use our outdoor canine run – Our original plan was to give Bax some freedom and fresh air on days when we weren’t at home by putting him in an outdoor canine run on our property. Bax vehemently vetoed that plan when he hated the canine run and continuously escaped. I still feel it’s a good place to spend the day, so I’m wishing to try again with our new dog.
Crate train – Bax was never crate trained, and we didn’t really miss it. (There was one separation anxiety-esque event in his earlyदिनहरू, तर फेरि यस्तो कहिल्यै यस्तो कहिले पनि यस्तो कहिले नभएको थियो।) उसको घर हरेक दिन घर बग्यो, र यसले ठीक काम गर्यो। तर म मेरो कुकुरलाई सम्बोधन गर्न सक्षम भएकोमा फाइदाहरू देख्न सक्छु, त्यसैले यो मैले विचार गरिरहेको छु।
प्रत्येक क्यानइन फरक छ। त्यसैले मलाई थाहा छ बाक्स्टरको साथ मेरो अनुभवले पूरै हाम्रो नयाँ कुकुरलाई हस्तान्तरण गर्दैन। तर म आशा गर्दै छु कि थोरै धेरै अधिक अनुभवी क्यानन मालिकको रूपमा, म अर्को कुकुरको लागि राम्रो घर प्रस्ताव गर्न सक्छु। र त्यो बिटको अलिकति, हामी हाम्रो परिवारको लागि सब भन्दा राम्रो क्यानरी पाउन सक्छौं।
तपाईसँग कुन मार्गनिर्देशन छ?
तपाईं आफ्नो अर्को कुकुरको साथ के गर्नुहुन्छ? तपाइँका सबै कुकुरहरूको लागि तपाईंले पनि त्यस्तै राख्नु भयो?
सम्बन्धित लेखहरू: मेरो परिवारको लागि सबै भन्दा राम्रो क्यानना छनौट गर्दै
कसरी उत्तम कुकुर छनौट गर्ने
जुलिया प्रिस्टन क्यानरियन व्यवहार र प्रशिक्षण, क्यानाडाको ओन्टारियोमा आफ्नो फार्ममा मनिल र प्रशिक्षणको बारेमा मट्टे र जीवन आफ्नो फार्मको बारेमा ontt लेख्छन्। उनीसँग एक मिठो, ल्याडको बाक्टर नाम गरिएको छ। उनी पनि 12 Acce एकडमा घरमा पनि एक ब्लगर हुन् जहाँ उनले आफ्नो देशको जीवन र dinever मर्मतको बारेमा लेखे।
The greatest thing that Baxter taught me was that I’m a canine person. I always knew he wasn’t going to be my one-and-only dog. during this time between dogs, I’m taking some time to think and plan for the next addition to our family (in addition to being a canine person, I’m an organized, analytical, planful person).
One of the things I’m finding helpful is to think about what I’d like to do differently with our next canine and what I hope will stay the same.
I’d appreciate your input as well. What do you do when you’re thinking of getting a new dog? What changes have you made—for better or worse—with the dogs that have been part of your families?
What I’ll do the same with our next dog
Adopt our canine – We went the adoption route with Baxter and could not have found a much more ideal canine for us. I know that we can find the best canine for us again through adoption. I’m not picky about breed or sex. I want a big (not giant) canine with short hair. and she/he needs to certainly get along with our two-year-old daughter, Ellie. Adoption also makes sense for us because we are not searching for a puppy.
Choose an older canine – I still have no desire to go through the puppy stage. सायद कुनै दिन। but for now, I like the idea of adopting an older, but still young dog. Ideally, I’m searching for a canine around 3 years old. Still young enough to hopefully have good health and a long life with us.
Select for energy level – I have written before how low energy Baxter was. For us, it made him a very easy canine to live with. I know that I do not have enough energy to correctly care for a high energy dog.
I like to do two walks a day, mixed with some longer walks or off-leash hikes. But, like many of us, some days it’s hard to juggle walking the canine with everything else that I have to do (especially while single-parenting an independent-minded two-year-old). I need a canine who can adapt to the activities we’re doing on a given day.
What I’ll do differently with our next dog
Prioritize “good with children” – The big difference from the last time we adopted a dog, is that we now have a child. Ellie loves animals and is very well-behaved and gentle with them. but kids are still freaky to some dogs.
Bax was described as good with children, but it wasn’t a huge issue to us as we didn’t have little kids in our life when we adopted him. and after a few years of not being around children, Bax struggled in some cases with little kids (though he eventually became rock solid with Ellie). I am not expecting rock solid best away, but whatever canine we bring into our house needs to be very, very alright with Ellie.
See our post: Adopting a canine when you have kids
Train recall – Bax was not always the best at coming when we called him. He was pretty well-trained and very well-behaved. but if he wasn’t in the mood—and he was independent minded—or if his prey drive kicked in, we in some cases couldn’t make him come. Come is such a critical command. Something I will do differently with our next canine is do a better job of training recall.
Invest in good food – For many of our time with Baxter, we fed him kibble. At first, we started with a bargain brand, but when he seemed to be itchy, we upgraded to a better quality kibble. towards the end of his life when we were struggling with a mystery illness, we switched to a raw diet. I feel there are benefits to a raw diet, and it’s something I’d like to give to our next dog.
Skip the training class – this one is a maybe. We loved our trainer and felt that the classes we took helped us a lot with Bax. However, I took very comprehensive notes during our classes, and I also learned a lot with Bax. I feel like I ought to be able to replicate at least some of the training on my own. but class creates a level of commitment that I can’t replicate. and training is so essential for bonding. I’m not sure yet what I’m going to do. I feel like a lot will depend on the canine that we get. For other second time canine owners, do you do training classes with your subsequent dogs?
Use our outdoor canine run – Our original plan was to give Bax some freedom and fresh air on days when we weren’t at home by putting him in an outdoor canine run on our property. Bax vehemently vetoed that plan when he hated the canine run and continuously escaped. I still feel it’s a good place to spend the day, so I’m wishing to try again with our new dog.
Crate train – Bax was never crate trained, and we didn’t really miss it. (There was one separation anxiety-esque event in his earlyदिनहरू, तर फेरि यस्तो कहिल्यै यस्तो कहिले पनि यस्तो कहिले नभएको थियो।) उसको घर हरेक दिन घर बग्यो, र यसले ठीक काम गर्यो। तर म मेरो कुकुरलाई सम्बोधन गर्न सक्षम भएकोमा फाइदाहरू देख्न सक्छु, त्यसैले यो मैले विचार गरिरहेको छु।
प्रत्येक क्यानइन फरक छ। त्यसैले मलाई थाहा छ बाक्स्टरको साथ मेरो अनुभवले पूरै हाम्रो नयाँ कुकुरलाई हस्तान्तरण गर्दैन। तर म आशा गर्दै छु कि थोरै धेरै अधिक अनुभवी क्यानन मालिकको रूपमा, म अर्को कुकुरको लागि राम्रो घर प्रस्ताव गर्न सक्छु। र त्यो बिटको अलिकति, हामी हाम्रो परिवारको लागि सब भन्दा राम्रो क्यानरी पाउन सक्छौं।
तपाईसँग कुन मार्गनिर्देशन छ?
तपाईं आफ्नो अर्को कुकुरको साथ के गर्नुहुन्छ? तपाइँका सबै कुकुरहरूको लागि तपाईंले पनि त्यस्तै राख्नु भयो?
सम्बन्धित लेखहरू: मेरो परिवारको लागि सबै भन्दा राम्रो क्यानना छनौट गर्दै
कसरी उत्तम कुकुर छनौट गर्ने
जुलिया प्रिस्टन क्यानरियन व्यवहार र प्रशिक्षण, क्यानाडाको ओन्टारियोमा आफ्नो फार्ममा मनिल र प्रशिक्षणको बारेमा मट्टे र जीवन आफ्नो फार्मको बारेमा ontt लेख्छन्। उनीसँग एक मिठो, ल्याडको बाक्टर नाम गरिएको छ। उनी पनि 12 Acce एकडमा घरमा पनि एक ब्लगर हुन् जहाँ उनले आफ्नो देशको जीवन र dinever मर्मतको बारेमा लेखे।
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