Arlo is a 4-year-old intact male Cockapoo. We have had him since he was a puppy. Arlo is a nervous canine and as he grew to become an grownup he grew to become reactive to strangers, kids, and typically different dogs. He takes Fluoxetine for his anxiousness.
Once Arlo has bought used to somebody he’s very lovable. He is nice with me and my husband and he loves his canine walker and he loves his canine boarder, nevertheless, if he doesn’t know somebody and so they come into the home or method him when out and about, he’ll bark and growl.
We have had events primarily prior to now the place he has nipped me or my husband and as soon as the place he bit my Mum as she was touching him on his mattress.
Arlo could be very playful and loving and usually very well-behaved. We are capable of go away him in the home for a number of hours and he sleeps independently downstairs with no points.
Arlo loves video games and enjoying with balls. Arlo is mostly very content material so long as he has had an excellent walk and when he isn’t enjoying he likes someplace quiet to nap which he does rather a lot.
Despite engaged on his behaviour he has by no means actually gotten used to being in a busy, noisy family with kids (now youngsters) and a Grandma who has dementia. We handle his points however it’s changing into harder as a result of household causes and though my two kids are actually good with him he’ll growl or lunge at them if he’s drained or guarding one thing.
Although we love him we’re lastly accepting our home was not the proper surroundings for him and his behavioural points are an excessive amount of of a danger for our household. Arlo could be suited to a peaceable adult-only home the place somebody has time and endurance with him.
Arlo permits his canine Groomer to chop his hair and so on. however he received’t enable the Vet to look at him. On events the place that is obligatory, he has wanted to be sedated.
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