Looking after friends dog

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Long story short - agreed to look after a friends dog as he can't keep it at his place full time.

Fecking thing is pissing me off. The thing never chills out - it's always jumping up at me or the missus and never sits down. Whenever I open a door it's just standing there waiting to play/jump at me. It's an Akita - 7 months. So medium/big but still playful and stupid and needy. Plus it's on heat.

Not sure what advice I'm asking for - just feel I need to rant, last night it was left unattended and it destroyed everything it could get in the hallway and shat pissed. fair enough since it was new years and unattended, but still annoying

p.s. Live in a 1 bed flat, no garden.
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[Lord Percy]

Erm why agree to look after a dog when you live in a place hardly suitable for it, and then hate it and leave it to shit and piss everywhere. Sounds more like a case of you committing animal cruelty to me. If your mate doesn't want it full time, and you don't want it either, give it to the RSPCA or something.

[Rogerborg]

That dog needs to go somewhere where it's welcome and can be given the attention and training that it needs.

I'm sure you already know this.
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[Wonko The Sane]

If it's jumping up, just turn your back on it and say in a low voice 'no' or 'down'

eventually you'll get through to it.

you're giving no attention to behaviour you don't want.
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[N cee thirty]

Either look after it or give it to someone who will, Not the hounds fault you and said friend have no time for it.
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[covent.gardens]

How long are you supposed to be looking after it for. If it's more than a few weeks I don't think its going to work

[tbourner]

7 month old Akita in a 1 bed flat! Good luck with that.
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[P.addy]

Akita, 1 bed flat, no garden. How often are you walking that beast?

It is a dog I've always wanted... a lot of effort to look after, but loyal as hell.

[J4mes]

How many times are you walking it and what kind of training are you doing with it?

You wanna knacker the fucking thing out, physically and mentally otherwise it is going to go batshit mental and wreck your flat/life.

I feel you have probably made a serious error.

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It's only a week - this morning I took it out for a walk and then got my bike and cycled around the local park a bit to give it a nice run - and take it out when I go to the shops etc.

It's only for a week - But a sleep deprived hungover me couldn't deal with it this morning haha. (thb the poor thing probably shit itself at midnight with fireworks etc)

The thing is I really like the look and the idea of having this breed myself, but am aware that it's really not the right match for me - even if I did live somewhere bigger.
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[-Matt-]

Walk the hell out of it until it calms down

Going to be a long week

[tbourner]

[gavcarter]

if its not yours and your not overly bothered about it go to pets at home and buy the calming tablets or drops (cant remember name). They are basically mild tranqs your supposed to give them before long car journeys or on bonfire night to chill em out. We had to give our jack russell them years ago at fireworks night because she would literally piss all over the house and bark / yelp all night - no amount of "fussing" or petting would distract her from it, tranqs were great she layed on her bed watching tv and came over for the odd pet and buggered off back to bed haha

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[Clanger]

You can get that spray Feliway for cats, there must be a dog equivalent...ask at the local pet shop or vets and see if you can get something (a plug-in, or spray) to calm the dog down.

It's a very young dog in a strange situation, it's gonna have teething problems. A week won't be enough time to iron them out. Imagine how you'd feel aged 7, suddenly being at the mercy of some stranger and his strange place...not understanding what happened. Now give a little empathy to that poor pooch.
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[tbourner]

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You've got the equivalent of an inquisitive kid full of energy.
As others have suggested for the dogs and your sake, if you can't or don't want to put the time in (and the owner obviously isn't that bothered), it might be best to see if someone that can and does will look after the dog.

There's is absolutely loads of stuff about training dogs online - generally Caesar Milan is looked down on and current thinking doesn't like dominating/punishment, so may be best to avoid people advocating such.

Oh and of course, New Year's Eve with fireworks and the like may not be great.

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Hey guys just to let ppl know.


I still have this bloody dog. However I got into a routine pretty quick and am fully in love with the bitch!

Owner basically can't take her back and I can't keep her forever (as much as I would like too).

If anyone is interested in owning the friendliest Japanese akita ever, PM me if serious. Looking for a new home for her. I would be lying by saying that getting rid of her wouldn't hurt haha.

She is a girl, just over a year old and not been spayed.

https://abload.de/img/img_20140517_1348485bs12.jpg

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[notbike]

IIRC Cartman's dog training program is super effective to sort out dog behaviour. pic related


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[Rogerborg]

Pride and joy... very reluctant sale... first to see will buy... NO TIME WASTERS.
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[Quornholio]

Best thing you can do is get it spayed before it goes.

Otherwise it'll end up with arsehole's who will breed it to death.
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