What does Barney need?

Bulk buying his daily behaviour and pain medication-

Numark online pharmacy-

Pet drugs online-

Total for 3 months of medication

548.39

Barney's History

Barney was going to be euthinised for biting his family members and showing aggression towards strangers. There has been no abuse, or big scary event that caused him to start showing this much aggression and after trying everything in their power, they had run out of options. They reached out in Facebook with one last desperate attempt in the hope of finding someone who could help.

I drove 10 hours to collect Barney and bring him back to my home to try and use my skills and experience as a dog trainer and experienced foster to help him.

He couldn't have a leash put on him without trying to bite. He couldn't be groomed or even touched anywhere and he couldn't be approached without him showing a massive threat display. His worst moments were when he would aggressively and obsessively resourse gaurd patches of dirt and grass. He would dig for hours, hurting his paws and nose in the process.

The only explanation was that he was in pain and needed medical attention before any behaviour modification plans would help.

We were offered rescue backing by a spaniel rescue and he was transferred into their name. Sadly this rescue continued to disappoint us, and multiple times turned downs requests for treatment for Barney. Even though they had never met him and didn't show any interest in trying to understand him, his behaviour issues or his personality.

Two beautiful humans stepped forward and offered Barney another foster home. He wasn't doing well in our busy home with other foster dogs, and showed a strong preference for their slower paced house. While he was with them we saw amazing progress in so many areas! With careful and positive training he began to relax. He could be cuddled and handled. He would give a paw to let them check his paw pads! He would play tug and let himself be gently groomed. He was happy to have his harness and leash put on to go out and explore the world

But even with all this progress, without proper vet care Barney was still showing huge aggressive threat displays, especially around digging, moving from comfy spots, and towards strange humans. This got so bad that he was lunging and snapping at people in the street and becoming aggressive around door ways.

It was decided that the safest place for him was to come back to my home to better manage his aggression and to try and get him the vet care he needs.

During all of this, it continued to be a fight to get the rescue to let him be seen by a vet. Eventually they agreed to pay for him to be sedated to check his anal glands and take a blood test. They refused a sedated groom, to remove his severe matting, x-rays to check his hips and spine for early arthritis, and they also refused pain medication for him.

The rescue then decided that they wanted to move Barney to ANOTHER foster. To a strange house with strange people that didn't know him or his triggers. For obvious reasons I offered to adopt him rather than put him and other humans at risk by moving him again.

So how is Barney now?

I have funded Barney getting a sedated groom and to be on the pain medication and behaviour medication reccomened by the vets.

These things have made a remarkable diffirence in his behaviour! He has had fewer aggression out bursts, and when he has, they have been shorter and less intense.

He is eating better and has been seeking out opportunities to play and cuddle! He is able to enjoy longer walks and display normal dog behaviour such as running, sniffing and chasing without triggering an aggression episode.

He still resourse guards holes and digging, and will become aggressive about certain areas, but even on just a few weeks on pain medication we are starting to see improvement!

We hope, with time and a continued behaviour modification plan, Barney will be able to be a normal spaniel and find his forever home