My husband and I recently (yesterday) adopted a 3 yr old doggo. We have a 13 year old lab dalmatian mix as well, Maddi. The new pup, Max, is a lab/poodle mix (or so the humane society says). He looks to be more of a lab/Irish wolfhound. Our senior dog is very well behaved. She is still as hyper as a puppy and listens well to commands. We are hoping he learns from her. Max (new pup) is very large (65 lbs) but underweight by about 15 lbs. He is very nervous. He has hookworms which we are treating and heartworms which we are treating as well. The vet told us we can not allow his heart rate to elevate much for about 6 months which is easy enough while he is inside. We let him out back and monitor while he is back there (we use a shovel to dispose of his feces as to not transfer his hookworms to our senior dog). After a decent amount of outside time Max refuses to come inside. He sits and puts all his weight down and will not budge. We try high reward treats, praise and leash. The only way to get him inside is to pick him up and carry him, which I can not do myself. I need advice as to how to start training for him to come inside on command, or at least on a leash. We were told he came from an animal cruelty case – but no specific details. He was previously adopted out from the same humane society but brought back after a few days because he would not come inside or play with toys. He is scared of both of us but is starting to come around and let us pet/love on him. We believe he was previously an outside dog. He gets very nervous when we are working to get him inside. Which is elevating his heart rate. Any advice is appreciated. I'm not a professional….but, I have had dogs my entire life and they all have been very well trained though I have gotten all as a puppy. Just to add, we are trying the in and out method with a high reward treats in the inside and he still won't come in through the threshold. TIA!.
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