Luke

Here's to one year with Cooper!! We adopted him on 8/30/18 and it's been an adventure to say the least. We have always had dogs, but they've always been 1 yr or younger. Mr Coop was almost 4 when we got him and had been thru so much with that right leg accident. We went thru ups and downs with house soiling and peeing. I swear, he was mad at us when we left him, so he left us a present upon our return home for almost 4 months . He shredded his fair share of comforters as well, and had some male territorial marking issues with our male cat. Anyway, we figured out ways to deal with it ourselves and figured out that we just need to close doors upstairs or we might come home to a disaster. He also had some belly issues the first few months and was in the ER for bloody stool. They said possible IBS, so we switched him to Pro Plan for sensitive stomach and he's been fine ever since. Lots of trial and error. We did hire a trainer and it was ok, but really didn't solve the house soiling issues. One suggestion from the trainer that worked was his philosophy on working his brain to exhaustion. We use e-collars now and wow do those work! Cooper literally is pinned to our side and walks off leash with no problems! We have had almost zero issues for about 3 months now and this boy is just the most lovable guy!!! Those eyes are so filled with love and he just adores our great dane mix.. they are best buds!! 3 legs hasn't stopped this boy at all and he's a strong as ever.. nothing stops him! I think his transition period just took longed for him and that's ok.. the main thing is, we figured it out! Thank you so much for all you do, I'm so glad this guy is part of our family now! I've attached a picture of him and those eyes.. it's the way he looks at us every day... and that tail is non stop!! hahaha!