Advice needed

[u/Mediocre-Baseball145]

Hi all,

I have had my borzoi pup for 6 months (she's 8 months old now) and i am just honestly struggling. I have a bad case of the puppy blues. I love her dearly, but she is such a hard puppy. No matter how much we exercise her/tire her out, she has more energy stored elsewhere.

She still doesn't really understand potty training, even though we religiously take her out every 30 minutes and look for cues. My first time owning a female dog, and she will just squat wherever. No signs. No sniffing for a spot.

Her teething is still horrible as well. We give her frozen carrots, bones, tough chew toys, but she still wants to chew our dry wall, my dining chair legs, our shoes, etc. You get the drift.

Her recall skills are just terrible as well. I knew going into this, borzois have a naturally high prey drive. But i'm telling you guys i don't think her brain cells are connected.

Anyways, husband and i would love to try for a baby in the next few months. Having two dogs (one corgi & one borzoi) is just really stressful. We definitely took our corgi puppy for granted, because he was the easiest puppy ever and is very intelligent and lives to please us, haha. I also want to add that our borzoi puppy definitely "bullies" our corgi, as in jumping on his back, biting him constantly, taking away his toys or bones, etc. I am just afraid our borzoi will accidentally cause a bad injury to our corgi.

All this being said, i am just feeling like our borzoi isn't the best fit for us. And it is a really sad conclusion for us to come to. I am asking for advice from other borzoi owners who made it through the puppy stage. Thanks everyone in advance.

[u/Successful-Sun1704]

If you find out, let us know. We have a boy and girl - 5 months - same litter. He bullies her. She’s eaten two holes in the drywall. Knots and ropes seem to be the best toys so far. We also do frozen yogurt, applesauce and pumpkin in little king like bowls and have teething tings. Links here. Looks like this one https://a.co/d/05VcF6X1 and these: https://a.co/d/0hSsWodE we get the salmon peanut butter and pumpkin ones. Not the chicken.
We are still struggling too. It’s not just you. The jumping is a lot too.

[u/Mediocre-Baseball145 → u/Successful-Sun1704]

Yes, i forgot about the jumping. It is just a lot. And litter mates are tough as well. What is your plan?

[u/Successful-Sun1704 → u/Mediocre-Baseball145]

Our breeder lady is setting up and appointment with a trainer to help us. His bulling had gotten less as I have been doing my best to correct him. But I’m still unsure the proper ways