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02-09-2010, 03:27 PM | #1 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: PSL, FL, USA
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| Aggression with her bully stick, HELP CoCo did not have an issue with the treat before about a week ago. All of a sudden she would growl if Daisy came near her while chewing her stick so I would immediately tell CoCo a firm "NO" and remove the stick. Well today when I tried to take it (as she was growling at Daisy again) she bite my finger. I gave a loud "OUCH" then firm "NO" and took the stick away. Is this normal behavior with a treat? I am at the brink of not ever giving them to her again. This makes me sad b/c it was a great outlet for her chewing. Daisy does not seem to have the need for chewing things, she just does not really care about having one or not, it is just the thought of her baing near CoCo is what sets her off. |
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02-09-2010, 04:19 PM | #3 |
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| I thought my little diva was the only one. It's her prized possession and heaven forbid anyone come between her and her bully. We've stopped letting her have it when she goes out---because everyone becomes the enemy! |
02-09-2010, 04:26 PM | #4 |
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| I feel terrible to not allow her to have them anymore but I will not allow her to show aggression like this. We have done the Himalayan Chews and she likes them maybe I will go back to just using them. If she shows aggression towards those than I will have to keep anything like this from her. I just fear if she can do this with a stick then she may eventually become aggressive with her food. |
02-09-2010, 05:43 PM | #5 |
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| I would only allow her to chew them with you holding the stick in your hand, allowing her to chew it that way. It's one thing to give a warning growl to another dog, but it's another thing to bite OR growl at your human. That treat is not hers, it's yours, and you are the hand who feeds her so that's shouldn't be acceptable. I always made very clear beginning with Jackson as a young pup that I can do whatever to him and he shouldn't care. As a young pup, I would mix his food around with my own hands so my scent was on it, I would also put my hand occasionally in his bowl when eating food to teach him not to care, same thing with bones... he's never once growled, bit, or shown any aggression towards me or anyone else. I would suggest also making her work for her bully stick... don't just give it to her for free. Make her sit in a calm manner first, then give her the bully stick.
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02-09-2010, 05:44 PM | #6 |
Thor's Human Donating Member | It's resource guarding, and it's extremely common. You can train them out of it, but it's a lot of work. If you want to get started, I would recommend teaching her to "Drop It" with something she values less, and work your way up to bully sticks. Brit's advice is good too. |
02-09-2010, 06:08 PM | #7 | |
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02-09-2010, 07:20 PM | #8 |
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| Sasha is the same way with bully sticks. Usually, I'm able to get one away from her with a small piece of cheese as I found out that she cares more about the cheese than the bully stick. However, the last time she had a bully stick, I was distracted and hadn't noticed that she had broken it into 3 pieces. I immediately got a piece of cheese and offered it to her only this time, I think she knew what I was up to. She really wanted the cheese but she also really wanted the pieces of the bully stick. She grabbed 2 of the pieces in her mouth and then snatched the piece of cheese right out of my hand and unfortunately nicked my finger in the process. I was able to get 1 piece away from her. Needless to say, I do not give her bully sticks anymore. Any other type of treat she's fine and she's not food aggressive either. I can stick my hand in her bowl any day. For some reason, there just must be something about bully sticks. |
02-10-2010, 04:07 AM | #9 |
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| See, that is just it, I do make her work for her food and her treats. I never give her food or treat without her sitting and being calm. That goes for both dogs. I guess that is why I am so shocked. I have studied up on training and knew to make sure she worked for stuff. I can move my hands around in her food an move the dish and she if perfectly fine with that. I guess her stick means that much more to her. I have been working on the drop it daily and she is good with toys and she can stay away from her stuff that I lay on the floor in front of her while saying no, she won't touch it until I tell her it is OK. THis includes her bully stick. UGH, I guess I will just have to judge her and get her into puppy classes soon. Thanks guys, I am seeing a lot have had to be rid of the stiks for this reason. I just hope one day I can let her have them again. |
02-12-2010, 08:23 AM | #11 |
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| Good suggestion on reading mine by terry rynn. I am ok with resource guarding as long as it is safe to do so. I never let our one dog run around with a bully stick. She gets kenneled and the door shut until she is done chewing and then I let her out and take and put up the bully sitck. It is the only thing that she guards and as it is not in her nature to be a bully or aggressive she allowed to want to keep them to herself, like I do not want to share my choclate. We just set it up so no one gets hurt and there is an end to it on terms we both under stand. Now if it was food she was guarding it would depend on if it was me or another dog she was guarding from. ME she be sitting by me eating one treat at a time. Another dog I would let her handle it as she is allowed to tell another dog to leave her alone while eating as long as things did not get ugly. If so we all justeat in seprate spaces. I do not want my dogs cross feeding as I put things in one bowl as meds I do not in another so not ok. Why is it we do not allow our dogs the rigth to say a safe no?? JL
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