How to look after this anxious hound
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Born: 2017
Race: Mixed
Nationality: Italian
Weight: 20kg
Eats:
– Brit Care weight loss/Acana/Frolic soft (soft dry food): 1 cup
– Can also eat 1 packet of wet food with dry food if he is being picky

Daily Routine

• Between 6 and 8am: Walk
• 830am: Breakfast (dry food)
• Between 3 and 5pm: Walk
• 530pm: Dinner (dry food)
• Between 9 and 1030pm: Night time pee

Commands

Saying this is an excited, slightly high whisper is the best way to make him responsive.

• Sit (point downwards or click your fingers)
• Spin (after sitting, rotate your finger clockwise)
• Twirl (after sitting, rotate your finger anticlockwise)
• Down (flat hand lowered to the floor)
• Roll (after down, rotate your hand)
• Wait (hand up, flat palm)
• Suche/Search/Go get it (after wait, to retrieve a treat)
• Up (onto your chest, double tap it as you say it)
• Up (Point to a log/bench/wall as you say it)

Guidelines

• Not allowed on the bed (up to you if you want to enforce)
• No jumping up without being told
• Should sit and wait before being fed
• Wet food can be used but should be limited
• Should be pulled off of other dogs and leave area if he attempts to mount multiple times

What to do when...

• He has ticks – Once you have stopped screaming and calling him, “disgusting”, there is a tick remover in the zipped pocket of the treat pouch; grip it and twist, if you get legs and head then you are better than I am at removing them
• He will not walk – Sometimes he may stop for no reason or try to pull in a different direction. As long as he is wearing the orange harness then just continue to pull him until he starts to walk with you (do not worry if you have to pull quite hard!)
• He does not eat – Soaking his food in cold/warm water for a while can help sometimes. He also struggles to eat if there is a lot of movement so you may find he will eat when you sit down to eat. This is perfectly ok and it is ok to leave his food out if he does not eat it right away
• He vomits – Firstly, sorry! Second, do not worry unless it has happened more than 2 or 3 times.

Fears

• Bald, larger men 🤷‍♀️
• Loud noises
• Noisy packaging
• Large objects moving
• Vacuum cleaners

Notable

• Does shed quite a lot of hair
• Might not want to walk sometimes or leave owner; pulling the harness is perfectly ok in that case