how do imported dogs usually act - Page 3

When I brought Zala home last year she was 3 yrs old.  She had spent her entire life in a kennel not a house.  WHen she flew in I had a severely broken arm so I was nto able to train her at all. She was leary when we took her out of her crate but willing went for a walk to potty and walked to the truck with us.  SHe jumped up into the truck and back into her crate for the ride home.  She spent 2 weeks with my trainer while he made sure she was as well trained as we had been told.  He spoke the language she understood - Croatian - so she was very comfortable with him and in his kennel.  By the time she came home with me she had interacted with one of my other dogs, gotten comfortable with the new language she was hearing and I knew enough Croatian to communicate with her. 

While the dog may not know the language you are speaking they can tell a lot by the tone of your voice, by talking calmly and not screaming or raising your voice you can get through to the dog.  No matter what language they all understand a scratch on the belly of pat on the head.

Now a year later she is very attached to me, infact she was st the kennel for 2 weeks while in season.  When I picked he up she was turned out into a play area to potty, there is a 6 foot wooden fence around it and when she heard my voice on the other side of the fence she cleared to fence ran to me at sat in front of me.  

I imported my Male from Germany he was 11 weeks old.  He did not eat much for the first three weeks, and looked very depressed.  My husband and I were watching a movie "Inglorious Bastards" and he was laying next to my husband on the couch.  When they started to speak German in the movie, he popped his little up and looked around like he was saying "Hey I know what their saying".  I never thought about it but poor little guy didn't know a thing we were saying to him.  LOL

 Oh, I've had those "Satan" dogs that the cargo handlers won't help load. It took me 3 days to get a collar on one of them. That particular one was just a POS headcase. The other kind of nasty dogs no one wants to deal with are the kind I prefer;-)

In contrast to Felloffher's experience, I had been told everything by the people I got my one dog from. I was warned no less than 5 times that she has a civil side and told not to correct her too hard at first. I already knew what she did and didn't know (she knew more than she let on, lol) but she simply wouldn't obey me because I didn't have her respect yet, which I admire. She wasn't ill behaved, but she wasn't about to concede or acknowledge my authority just yet. 

She had never been in a house-didn't even want to come in- acted like it was a trap. She finally believed me that I wanted her in the house and she was not going to be beaten for coming inside, and then she was all over the counters, tables, etc. ZERO house manners. She has never dared get on the furniture though, ironically. The other things just took time to work on and once in a while she still forgets and jumps up on a counter but besides that, you'd never know she was never a house dog. She's calmer than my dog who didn't see a crate until he was 2 and was always always always a house dog exclusively. She also is more appreciative (for lack of a better word) of small privileges than my other spoiled brats who think they just have it coming. ;-)

I'm looking to import a female puppy, anyone care to mention the kennels you bought from?



Thanks

Jen,

 I can relate with the dog not being used to the house. The first time I let mine come in the house she took a big dump on the living room floor. House breaking a 4 year old dog isn't something I want to do again.

Frogman,

 I bought my dog from Aritar Bastet Kennels in Czech. My experience with them was very good and I wouldn't hesitate recommending them to anyone.

thanks a lot, I'll check them out.


Frogman