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Caged Dog - What Can I Do?

  
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Chingu

Born to chase- squirrels		 
 
Barked: Fri Jul 3, '09 3:25pm PST 
I understand the not wanting to pass judgement, but the thing is this isn't the first dog they've done this too.

I know I don't know what happened to the other dog, but for the first few weeks he was treated the same way and just disappeared. I tried asking about it but no one knew for sure, but a lot of people thoguht the dog probably died. But that dog was always left outside always left in a dirty cage.

Maybe this dog is aggressive but he strikes me as very submissive. Whenever people approach he kind of cowers and stands with his tail tucked between his legs. Because I've been leaving treats in his bowl when he sees me he'll come over and let me pet him through the cage and he seems very sweet. Now maybe he's a different dog out of that cage but I doubt it.

I definitely want to approach this as politely as possible so I'll do my best but if I risk offending them so be it. Sometimes I wonder if its just ignorance on their part.

As I said the concept of pet ownership and having a pet as a companion is relatively new here and its almost unheard of to have a dog bigger than about 10lbs live inside. I know people think I'm insane for letting Chingu live in my apartment with me, and everyone in town knows me as the crazy foreign lady who always walks her dog.

In the beginning people thought I had more than one dog because they didn't think it was possible a person would walk her dog twice a day for long periods of time. So my hope is maybe if they'll let me walk the dog or something and see that it can be trained to follow simple commands they'll see it wouldn't be difficult to allow him inside at least some of the time.

Its just a frustrating situation because I know there isn't much to be done about it, but I see a lot of animal abuse here and sometimes its just really hard.
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Sherpa Tanuk- of Everest

Team Werewolf		 
 
Barked: Fri Jul 3, '09 8:36pm PST 
I used to live in Japan, so I know how you feel about this. The Japanese are only slightly better in their pet care. They do care for their animals and walk them, they're allowed in most public places, but they rarely have animals inside. Unless you live in the country, most homes don't have yards either, so dogs live on porches and patios. I'm positively convinced that indoor cats are unheard of as well, skinny outdoor cats with grubby eyes being the norm.

I think the "beautiful dog, reminds me of my old one" approach is best and might actually work. I'm sure they'll disagree he's beautiful, Asians never seem to agree when you're complementing something, but I think they might roll with it. Good luck! way to go

P.S. What does your dog's body look like when he's reacting to another dog? Is he bouncy and his tail wagging, or is he puffed up and tense looking? Try and watch and see if his body language will tell you if he's dog aggressive.
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Chingu

Born to chase- squirrels		 
 
Barked: Sat Jul 4, '09 7:37pm PST 
When my dog sees another dog he perks up and makes a lunge to rush over and greet the dog.

There have been a couple of times where we've rounded a corner and come nose to nose with a dog and both times it was the other dog that snarled and made a lunge for him (luckily dogs were on a chain so I could just pull him back). He didn't make a peep until after the other dog started barking and I pulled him back, so if we come upon a dog as a suprise he usually doesn't start barking until he realizes I wont let him get any closer.

To me he doesn't seem to be puffed up and aggressive, but because I can't communicate with most other dog owners and half the time the dogs we see are strays I'm just too nervous to get close. I already know people don't like me walking my dog on the mountain foot paths and I don't want to give anyone an excuse (such as attacking another dog) to ban us.

I know I make the problem worse because I tighten the lead when we see another dog and I'm sure he can sense my anxiety, but he just always lunges for the dog and starts barking. Its the same bark he has for squirrels when I wont let him chase them. So I always tighten the lead in preperation for his lunge and I have to literally drag him away because he just ignores any and all commands I give him.

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