Rudy 2

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Original: Rudy was adopted last August from the SPCA, where he came as a stray. Rudy is housebroken but had has never had free run of the house when left alone. He can walk on a leash, but needs work and would do well with another obedience class. Rudy loves other dogs and kids. He likes cats but wants to play with them all the time. Rudy thinks dogs are supposed to sleep on the furniture. He rides well in a car. Rudy is very submissive with absolutely no aggressive tendencies.
Rudy has separation anxiety. He is crate trained and is fine in the crate when someone is nearby. But as soon as you leave, he barks incessantly, which is why he is being surrendered. His owner lives in an apartment and the neighbors are complaining. In a house, it probably would not be as much of a problem. Rudy is on Clomicalm, which is only slightly effective. He was also on Ace Promazine (sp?). His owner works at a vet hospital and has been taking Rudy to work with her. But, as soon as she walks away, he starts to bark.
Poor guy, Rudy also has hip dysplasia. We have differing opinions on how bad his hips are. Apparently one vet said he needs surgery, another said to wait until his hips are bothering him. He is on Cosequin for his joints. His hips don’t seem to be bothering Rudy at this time. Hip Dysplasia has a wide range of severity. Some dogs with HD may never show any symptoms. If the dog is kept well exercised and not permitted to get overweight, he may never have any symptoms other than some occasional soreness.
Rudy would be a great dog with a stay at home parent or one adult who does not work full time.

UPDATE: Rudy has found a forever home living on a farm with a new family. His mom works from home so he has lots of company.

UPDATE: Rudy has been the biggest sweetheart on the planet. He was listed for adoption as having separation anxiety, which caused incessant barking. He has had absolutely no separation anxiety since he has been here. I am home a lot of the time and when I have to go out he is in the front pasture with our other 3 dogs. All of them are so fond of Rudy, it’s like they know he needed us.

Rudy also has hip displaysia. He is currently off all drugs (he was a bit dopey when we got him) except the normal flea and heartworm stuff everyone gets. I will give him an occasional Rimadyl if he’s had a long day rough housing with the other dogs. He’s on an exercise program to help strengthen his hips and it seems to be helping a bit.

Rudy has been a true delight. He is not great with cats but it’s a large place with room for everyone so I keep him segregated from them. He hasn’t figured out what horses are yet so I am waiting until he’s a little more settled here to try much interaction with them. I may have to scold him if he puts himself in a position where they could accidently step on him or hurt him and I don’t want to scold him until he’s been here a while and is comfortable knowing this is forever home and that I would never scold him unless he were in danger.

He also has not had one accident in the house (he evidently had some submissive urination previously) and when I say it’s bedtime he walks himself right into his crate. I couldn’t ask for a bigger sweetheart and I thank all of you everyday who helped make this possible. If I can manage to keep him clean for more than 5 minutes I will send pictures.

With great thanks and fondness to all of you who make this organization possible,