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Alfie Golden Retriever |
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Alfie's owners
were going away on holiday so Alfie came to stay with us for a week. He
is a five year old entire male, who certainly loved being with all the ladies
in our pack. He started of at my house with the five quieter dogs plus
Chloe retriever who had also come for her holiday. He got on extremely
well with the dogs in my house so we started socialising him with the dogs
at Geoff's house. It wasn't long before he was getting along with all
of the dogs. Considering it was his first time in encountering so many
dogs in one pack he coped surprising well.
I took him for a walk with Tessie Shepherd and Tala Shepherd and he fell instantly in Love with Tessie. He spent most of the walk being corrected for trying to hump her whilst on the lead. Thankfully half an hour into the walk the message finally got through and we continued for the rest of the week with no humping incidents.
Alfie is a lovely if somewhat lively boy who can be quite demanding at times. He is very strong so when he was walked with the other six dogs he had to wear a head collar to prevent him from charging off down the street. It took him a while to get used to it as I don't think he is used to being told what he can and cannot do. but after a couple of days he got the hang of it.
He was a joy to look after and it was interesting in watching the behaviour of the other dogs with an entire male around. For the first couple of days it was noticeable that the atmosphere within the pack had changed with an introduction of an entire male, but as Alfie did not show any signs of dominance to the other males in the pack everything soon settled down and he was readily accepted.
I took him for a walk with Tessie Shepherd and Tala Shepherd and he fell instantly in Love with Tessie. He spent most of the walk being corrected for trying to hump her whilst on the lead. Thankfully half an hour into the walk the message finally got through and we continued for the rest of the week with no humping incidents.
Alfie is a lovely if somewhat lively boy who can be quite demanding at times. He is very strong so when he was walked with the other six dogs he had to wear a head collar to prevent him from charging off down the street. It took him a while to get used to it as I don't think he is used to being told what he can and cannot do. but after a couple of days he got the hang of it.
He was a joy to look after and it was interesting in watching the behaviour of the other dogs with an entire male around. For the first couple of days it was noticeable that the atmosphere within the pack had changed with an introduction of an entire male, but as Alfie did not show any signs of dominance to the other males in the pack everything soon settled down and he was readily accepted.