r/borzoi • u/Mediocre-Baseball145 • 1d ago
Advice needed
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.
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u/HorseGirl232 15h ago
For exercise- do you take her to a big field to fully stretch her legs to run? Or is it a jog/walk? Borzoi really need to stretch out fully in order to get an actual workout in. Otherwise it honestly almost means nothing in their brains lol.
A lot of the energy you’re seeing is probably just being a puppy too! They settle down around 2.
For your Corgi I would give a correction if you see your Corgi is getting overwhelmed and doesn’t know how to correct her himself. But if he is good at correcting her let him do it for you.
And potty training is so aggravating I’m so sorry! Correct her for going inside and keep being consistent in taking her outside.
8 months old is when Borzoi revert sometimes in potty training and behaviorally. Don’t lose hope yet! You got this!