Okay lets see if I can get this to make sense. I just acquired an approximately 10 month old Vizsla from a women that rescued it from a family that purchased him as a puppy from a pet store. (Hope that made sense). She could not continue to take care of it and begged me to take him (she had him around two months.) I presently own a 15 month old Alaskan Malamute and live on 10 acres at the edge of the National forest. I do not have a fenced yard but have not had an issue with the Malamute wandering off since I am usually home all the time (usually work from home). I began socializing my malamute at a wonderful dog park in Vancouver Washington that is a fenced 8 acre area at 5 months of age and she gets to spend 60 to 90 minutes there at least 5 days a week. I know I am crazy, I drive to the dog park even though I have all this space out where I live. I have had the Vizsla three days and wanted to ask a few questions.
Up to this point my only experience with Vizsla's was talking to other owners at the dog park.
1. Right now this Vizsla refuses to leave my side, I swear he is attached at the hip any time I am in the house. Any chance he gets he tries to crawl in my lap. Heck if I go in the bathroom he whines at the door. Is this normal?
2. He is potty trained and seems to be a lot smarter than my Malamute (He understood the dog door right away.) He loves to get in bed under the covers and crawls way down by my feet when we go to bed. Is this okay? He is like a furnace. I wonder how he manages to get air down there.
3. Right now I am giving him two cups of high quality dog food a day (the Malamute gets 5 cups), he wolfs it right down. He seems to be around 40 lbs and I can see his ribs just a tiny bit when runs etc? Is this okay? Am I feeding too much?
4. Do I need to worry about the Vizsla wandering off from the area around the house? There are lots of deer etc.
5. At the dog park he loves to run (its beautiful to see) and always comes when I call, too bad my malamute does not (Malamutes are pretty independent)
I basically took him in as he needed a place to live. I think he just needs lots of love and a bit of training. If my situation is not proper for him I will happily work with a rescue group to find him a better home. Any thoughts?
Up to this point my only experience with Vizsla's was talking to other owners at the dog park.
1. Right now this Vizsla refuses to leave my side, I swear he is attached at the hip any time I am in the house. Any chance he gets he tries to crawl in my lap. Heck if I go in the bathroom he whines at the door. Is this normal?
2. He is potty trained and seems to be a lot smarter than my Malamute (He understood the dog door right away.) He loves to get in bed under the covers and crawls way down by my feet when we go to bed. Is this okay? He is like a furnace. I wonder how he manages to get air down there.
3. Right now I am giving him two cups of high quality dog food a day (the Malamute gets 5 cups), he wolfs it right down. He seems to be around 40 lbs and I can see his ribs just a tiny bit when runs etc? Is this okay? Am I feeding too much?
4. Do I need to worry about the Vizsla wandering off from the area around the house? There are lots of deer etc.
5. At the dog park he loves to run (its beautiful to see) and always comes when I call, too bad my malamute does not (Malamutes are pretty independent)
I basically took him in as he needed a place to live. I think he just needs lots of love and a bit of training. If my situation is not proper for him I will happily work with a rescue group to find him a better home. Any thoughts?