lyndym
Well-Known Member
I have a blog going for my buns, but thought I'd reach out more publicly for help in bonding them. I am losing hope that my two will ever be able to live together, so any help will be appreciated!
For those of you that don't know, Rory joined Doc and I back in February. This was after Doc had been a bachelor for a few months following the passing of my girl Dora, so he's been successfully bonded in the past. D&D were great together and never had an issue with their bond once they were both fixed. Over the 7 months that Rory has been with us, we've gone from complete hostility to short small pen dates to longer neutral territory dates to extended large pen time and back to immediate hostility. Everything started progressing smoothly FINALLY over the summer, with them snuggling and grooming and everything, but now we're back to square one with Rory going in for a hostile nip right away. Just a week ago they were spending hours together, and today we just sat on the couch with me petting them and she'll go in for the random attack without Doc provoking her at all. I've tried everything - car rides and washing machine stressing, I let all dating over the past few months progress slowly and carefully and take them back a step if an incident occurs.. I even moved this summer, so their territory was completely reset! (Just a coincidence, I didn't move just to help bonding!)
Please chime in with any advice, and please feel free to ask me for more details! This is definitely just the cliff notes version of everything we've gone through together! I keep getting my hopes up for them, but they always take a dozen steps backwards in an instant, and I feel really discouraged. Thanks in advance!
For those of you that don't know, Rory joined Doc and I back in February. This was after Doc had been a bachelor for a few months following the passing of my girl Dora, so he's been successfully bonded in the past. D&D were great together and never had an issue with their bond once they were both fixed. Over the 7 months that Rory has been with us, we've gone from complete hostility to short small pen dates to longer neutral territory dates to extended large pen time and back to immediate hostility. Everything started progressing smoothly FINALLY over the summer, with them snuggling and grooming and everything, but now we're back to square one with Rory going in for a hostile nip right away. Just a week ago they were spending hours together, and today we just sat on the couch with me petting them and she'll go in for the random attack without Doc provoking her at all. I've tried everything - car rides and washing machine stressing, I let all dating over the past few months progress slowly and carefully and take them back a step if an incident occurs.. I even moved this summer, so their territory was completely reset! (Just a coincidence, I didn't move just to help bonding!)
Please chime in with any advice, and please feel free to ask me for more details! This is definitely just the cliff notes version of everything we've gone through together! I keep getting my hopes up for them, but they always take a dozen steps backwards in an instant, and I feel really discouraged. Thanks in advance!