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01-04-2008, 11:52 PM | #1 |
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| My babies are anti-social! What to do? I just joined today, so sorry if this is a re-post... can't find the search... I have a horrible secret to share... My oldest is mean, she's not well socialized, I tried, but she doesn't like anything/one... I'm afraid to let her go leashless, she taught my little guy her social skills and now she's had pups and I don't want them to follow in her footsteps... I just want to be able to not worry about her getting into trouble if I let her go leashless at the beach or dog park... (ours is enclosed and ONLY for small dogs)... she's so bad that at puppy kindergarten she was put on time out... she's a total napolean and thank goodness that nothing bad has ever happened... just excess growling and barking... ----------------------------------------------------------- okay, found the search... and saw the OC GTG thread... please,please help so that I can go to a puppy party! Last edited by Iluvmy4yorkies; 01-04-2008 at 11:54 PM. |
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01-09-2008, 05:04 PM | #2 |
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| I'm not sure what to do about your oldest, but make sure you socialize the pups. Ask your friends to come over and play with the pups and try to make every human and dog interaction a positive one!! Hopefully the pups don't take after their mom! Good Luck! |
01-09-2008, 05:32 PM | #3 |
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| Welcome to YT!! Hopefully you've found some answers thru searching now. Positive human interaction with multiple people is one of the best ways to socialize an animal. Do you have someone who can give your oldest favorite treats or toys?
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01-09-2008, 05:41 PM | #4 |
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| I wanted to say welcome to YT.
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01-09-2008, 05:45 PM | #5 |
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| I would suggest Doggie boot camp for your older anti-social. she needs to learn how to be part of a pack, and she need to learn that she is not the leader of your pack! This might be a good case for Ceasar! If that is not possible, look for a local trainer that does board and train programs.
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01-09-2008, 05:48 PM | #6 |
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| I totally agree with you on training. Its the best thing we ever did for our furbabies.
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01-09-2008, 07:38 PM | #7 |
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| Winston too is anti-social...and I know it's my fault for not properly socializing him to others. I hear Doggy Day Care has done wonders, I've given that much thought. Winston will totally ignore people, he's shy...a wall flower...not mean or vicious at all. Hope you are able to get yours some help, good luck.
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01-10-2008, 02:52 PM | #8 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member | Nolee is anit-social to other dogs. Some people. I have him in training and this seems to help, but after that he will not be around many dogs. He does not like big, loud crowds of people. I'm guessing I will have to keep him home also. Not sure what is going to happen!
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01-11-2008, 01:14 PM | #9 |
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| I dont know what to say but i have a YORKSHIRE TERRERIST tede-bare is so sweet when know one is around you . take him on a walk he almost rips off the ankles of who ever passes him. at the vet we pass him off. when i leave hes like butter the the doctors arms. as soon as she brings him back to me he turns and tryes to bite her........ we've tryed the pack thing and trainers and having people. my brother came for the holidays. it took 5 hours for him just to stop barking. hes so frazzled, he looks like he just came out of a frankstin movie. then when hes done barking and growling we try treats nothing works.when He make up his mind the person is o.k. while sitting. he'll sniff and lick. as soon as the person gets up he freeks out or if the company gets in the bed at night he hops from room to room in the a.m. kissing every one. then hes fine after that..but then every now and again. he starts barking at them. he had a bath by the groomer she handed him back after a nice calm bath as soon as he got in my arms he went on the attack after her. the vet and doctor want to start training on this doggy prozac. Im so afraid I have not done it. so any way I do understand how hard it is to have a dog thats like a baby. you want to share them and them to be happy. i hope things go better for you.
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01-11-2008, 01:22 PM | #10 |
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| I agree with training for the older one. Everyone has there ways but you need to learn new behaviors and what you can do to change so that the dog changes. As far as the little ones get them out and about. Take them with you places let people and pets interact. After they have all there shots of course. There are so many places now days you can take dogs, parks, eat lunch with them places that allow that. Take them to a shopping trip for dog food or toys. Get them signed up for classes. At some daycares they don't have people that know how to deal with the unrulely behavior and they get time out. Not learn to correct the mistakes. Talk to the owners of the daycare maybe they will work with your pet specially when they are there and see what is happening. I have always got my babies out when we come home and they meet friends and neighbors and are very social. Even to the big dogs like Great Danes, nothing is to big for these tiny furbabies.
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01-11-2008, 02:37 PM | #11 |
Inactive Account Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: British Columbia, Canada
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| My 14 year old flat-coated retreiver that we rescued from the SPCA, she had been there for 6 months due to her not being a puppy and also because she was (and is still) "aggresive". This caused soooooo much trouble because we couldn't do the normal fun things with her like going to a friend's house and letting the dogs play together etc. The neighbour hood bully was and is afraid of her. But anyway, we ended up getting fed up and decided to take action! We asked a friend that had a dog of similar size and strength, put them on leashes and brought them outside. My dog (sam) was instantly rigid and she definatly wanted to fight where all the other dog wanted to do was play. we put a muzzle on her (as she is a big and not-so-delicate dog) we then let the other dog close to her and after a couple of minutes went for a walk. after awhile she calmed down a bit so we took off the muzzle (if you just have a small dog you probably would not use a muzzle) and gave her some treats. After a couple "sessions" she was good with that dog but unfortunatly it does take her a bit to settle down around new dogs. But about 2 years ago i was sitting in the house when i noticed another dog in our yard (no idea how it got there ) but she ran u[p to greet it and they ran around playing so maybe it was just her seeing the other dog(s) as a threat to me? Anyway, Good luck with your dog! |
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