#about monkey

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So the dog park that I enjoy

Someone brought their little white poodle thing in the big dog side today and I could have died because her owner was so stupid and almost got her dog killed. Monkey kept staring at her and I would go remove him from her bubble and her owner (who was on the phone the whole time) would say "oh no, it's fine! She just wants to play" like listen lady, Monkey will kill her if I don't remove him please understand this At one point, the little dog was sprinting around with the other dogs and I managed to grab Monkey by his harness before he took off after her and he started doing his whining/jumping/wailing thing he does when we go coursing and I really had to get him to chill out. Our new consistent dog park friend asked about him while I had him between my legs standing there with the human group and I explained about him coursing and how he wants to actually legit kill the little white fluff because she looks like The Bunny™. Her owner was the only one who looked appalled by it (fucking finally got it through her head though), still didn't remove her, then ANOTHER little white dog came in so we just left

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Due to the jealous nature of my boys, they have succeeded in teaching each other how to correctly play fetch

Monkey would never release the ball and Reg would never bring the ball all the way to me, just drop it halfway back. However Reg would chase Monkey during his “keep away” game and Monkey would pick the dropped ball up (“keep away” would ensue), so now they both bring the ball all the way back and hand it over when I ask because they don't want the other ever touching their ball

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I really think this was the last straw with Monkey. I came home and he had bent his crate, managed to get the crate door open, knocked the bedroom curtain down, completely destroyed some of Reg’s toys I had put up on the dresser, dumped water all over the floor, ripped the FUCKING CARPET UP and barked the whole time I was gone, which was only 3 hours.

I understand he probably has separation anxiety because he’s phenomenal when Reg is with him, but Reg goes out with me so much due to being my SDiT and I just don’t know what to do. I thought we were finally doing better, but now we’re having more bad days than good and I’m without a job, so I can’t afford to keep replacing the shit he destroys. His breeder will take him back at any point if I need her to and I will probably get my money back if I ask because I’ve only had him 3 months, so maybe that’s the best thing for him. I just don’t think I’m the right home for him due to my own spiked anxiety lately causing my anger issues to be through the roof, which is bad for training a shy dog. We go coursing next weekend with her, but I kinda feel like that’s super short notice to make a decision even though it’s been in my head for weeks now? Otherwise it’ll be a long drive to SC from east TN

I don’t know what to fucking do

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It's going to be so weird being without Monk tonight. I'm normally fighting over my place in bed with him and by morning he's laying with his spine against mine, nearly shoving me off the bed

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@sazamz that was along the lines I was thinking as well. I'm just stressing because there's a new baby in their house now and they've been rehoming some of their retired dogs to cut down on stress for the baby and I hate to throw him back into that mess for them to rehome again (even though he'd be fine there, he loves babies). He's such a sweet boy and I love him, but I really don't think we click like we could/would have when he was a puppy @pipersteg That's what I'm afraid of. When he stayed with me at first, he did so well and adjusted quickly and was the same when he stayed with my friend for a couple weeks while I got moved into my apartment. He and Reg clashed heads a bit after being away from each other for those couples weeks, but we got over it and relearned manners and he did great there for a little while but now he's just not. It's not even like he gradually has gotten worse, he full on just crashed into full-blown separation anxiety. Its been almost three weeks since we moved so I don't get why it would start affecting him now if that's even the issue?

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Monkey got PJs today in the mail from his breeder's friend and they have sock monkeys on them! I'm so excited to put them on him omg

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Some updates on the boys. Monkey is still staying with a friend but we finished Beginner OB last night! He has grown much more confident and we didn't have to sit out at all this week for a break :) His "sit" and "down" are so much more solid and his "stay" is getting there. He wags his tail when around loud noises and approaches people on his own accord now, which is exciting! Reg just has to be trouble all the time. I took him to work yesterday because he was limping on the front right when I got up. Turns out he cut his foot on something in the yard and I didn't notice, so no hikes for a while. We cleaned it and glued it shut because it wasn't deep or anything. The issue now, however, it while he was at the vet, I noticed his testicles were really red like he'd been licking at them more than normal. I've been really bad about brushing his belly out and he's not had a bath in a month or so, so the fine hair around his balls had matted and was pulling on the skin and it's created a hot spot from him licking at it too. The mats were shaved off and now I have to put betagen spray on it 2-3 times a day. The vet did give him a short term steroid shot to hopefully knock the redness down