Fire fact that collar namely the water from high levels protect himself by growling, snapping or biting. Acute onset of behavioral issue Sudden behavioral changes are most likely due to a medical change, whether it is a urinary tract infection, loss of eyesight, hearing loss, joint pain, worms, or other disease. If your dog has acute onset of a behavioral issue, you owe it to your dog to have a complete medical exam and blood screen to try to determine the cause. older dogs are given up due to a lapse house training, aggression or other unacceptable behavior without fully exploring the reason for the change behavior. How can you give up on a loyal family member of 10+ years without fully exploring the reason for the lapse behavior??! Also, any change a dog's routine can be very stressful and might result a relapse of behavior. Go back to basics while at the same time reassuring your dog that he is still safe and not going to be abandoned. If you have a challenge with your dog that you want help with, please contact us at behavior_helplinoha.org. We can provide referrals and resources that are available to help you keep your pet. WHEN THE DECISION IS MADE NOT TO KEEP THE PET If you have exhausted the alternatives listed above, or feel that these are not applicable to you and therefore have made the decision to give up your pet please remember that this is your responsibility and 't except anyone to come up with the solution you have to do it. Live up to the role of concerned caregiver. Do the right thing by the animal. If that means finding him her a new home, do carefully and with much thought. Before you make that decision remember that it is YOUR decision and that your pet has no say it. Think one last time what you can do to maintain your friend and companion your home. While FOHA might be able to help your particular case, we cannot possibly assist with all the requests we get for help. Listed below are steps to consider when FOHA is not able to help. Contact the group person from whom you obtained your pet. If you signed adoption contract, you be required to return the pet to that group person. If your pet is a purebred, find a breed rescue group your area by searching the internet or checking the local phonebook. If you are thinking about surrendering to a local shelter, ask that the shelter can contact you before he she is euthanized you can re-claim them. While some animals are lucky enough to be adopted from shelters, 't delude yourself: are killed within days because there are too few adopters for the thousands of worthy animals hoping for a good home. Owner turn-ins are often the first to die some government funded shelters often within 24 hours with the rationale that if the owner does not want them why would anyone Prior to surrendering a pet, spay or neuter your pet. If you were thinking that your pet might make a good breeding animal, STOP! Why breed when there are obviously too pets this world to place homes as it is! Why make more unwanted animals a world where even great pets can't find a home? You want someone to adopt your animal as a COMPANION, not because it might make a good or profitable breeding animal. You are much more apt to find a responsible, permanent home by placing already sterilized pet. Get it done: it's the least you can do, and the best thing you can do. There are unscrupulous backyard breeders who look are unaltered pets. They convince you that they