About Noot

We're in a jam with him, because we've taken him to avoid him being euthanized. He was surrendered before us to the shelter for a bite on a teenager trying to kennel him. They evaluated him and didn't think he was actually aggressive, so he was adopted out to us. He, unfortunately, turned out to be way too much for my roommate's mother, who wanted him and is retired and not very experienced with dogs. He hurt her jumping up and biting her arms while they were playing, and it scared her. It only needed a bandage and some soap and water, but he's a lot of dog and he's too rowdy for her so she wants to return him. We took him in for the meanwhile, hoping to find a solution because he did poorly in a shelter environment. (he lost 11 lbs in the 2 months he was there) Unfortunately, because he had a bite history before us, I was informed by the shelter that returning him for another bite will likely result in him being put down. I'm not a dog expert, but I've had dogs before, and we've seen zero aggression from this dog. We've taken food from his mouth, shown him cats, strangers, we have another big dog, bathed him, handled his feet and mouth, kennelled him, corrected behavior, pushed him over while playing, etc and nothing. We honestly think it's just that he just turned 2 and doesn't realize how big he is. He needs someone physically capable of wrangling a 60lb dog, and also experienced enough with dogs to handle one that needs clear limits and boundaries drawn about being too rowdy or mouthing people. He's a huge baby, very sweet and people oriented, loves other dogs and needs encouragement to gain confidence at first. Just wants to be where you are and belong to some people. Likes to carry around his toys, lean against you for reassurance and lay on the couch with his head in your lap. Wish we could keep him, honestly, but we rent and already have a big dog. He deserves better than being put down for being young and roughhousing. The Good: Quiet, doesn't bark often outside of play. Loves people, even strangers. Affectionate eats anything, veg included (current fav is marshmallows) very attentive, looks to people for direction learns quick, easy to train loves other dogs, especially big dogs he can wrestle with loves his kennel and will go in painlessly for bed, esp if he gets a chew to keep him busy housebroken (if it's nasty outside you may have to convince him but he'll go) young and excited to do whatever you're doing great in the car soft mouthed no resource guarding over food or toys, will return them when asked takes correction well just a big baby The Bad: needs leash training, not reactive but doesn't know how to heel and could probably benefit from a gentle leader. He's still a little new to being outdoors and gets distracted and nervous sometimes. separation anxiety. having another dog around helps tremendously, but he will follow you around constantly. leaving him entirely alone upsets him a lot. We think he'll get less nervous with time to settle in and realize he isn't gonna get moved again. afraid of the dark, needs a light outdoors to use the bathroom and doesn't like to go in dark rooms alone likes to shred things when he's lonely or bored (he usually finds some paper or an amazon box to destroy, but he did take a bite out of a woven coaster and try to walk off with a tupperware lid he found) He seems to listen when told 'no' about an object and doesn't go for that one again, he just needs kennelled when unsupervised until he knows what is and isn't fair game to chew. (he has some heavy duty toys that can come with him) probably no kids. he isn't reactive, but he'll definitely knock them down. he does well with our cats who aren't afraid of dogs, but if a cat runs away, he follows, so cats who aren't used to dogs may be a bad idea. snores like a chainsaw, sometimes even when he's awake. Mouthy when he plays. We're pretty sure this is how the bites happened. He likes to take your arm or hand in his mouth when you initiate physically during play. He also does it when he's afraid and doesn't want to do something, but he's never bitten me and giving him a second to calm down usually fixes it in my experience. (example, I tried to bathe him and pulling him toward the tub got him resisting and mouthing my arm while I held his collar. I gave him a second to calm down with the door shut, then nudged him into the tub from behind instead of pulling him, and he did fine. positive reinforcement works great for him) nosy as hell, snoops through everything. open drawers, boxes, under couches, etc. not sure why, just bored easily i guess?? clumsy and regularly crashes on our hardwood floors, trips up stairs, or walks into doors

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