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09-22-2013, 07:49 AM | #1 |
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| Yorkie dominant/aggression over our other bigger dog? We adopted our Yorkie (female) from the Humane Society 2 weeks ago. She is 2 years old and is really sweet to me and my wife and our kids. We have a sweet old German Shepard/Terrior mix 14 year old mutt (female), who was also adopted but 14 years ago from Humane Society too. Here is the issue, The dogs were introduced at the Humane Society along with the kids everyone got along great. Now that we have been home for about 2 weeks occasionally the Yorkie will stand next to our old dog and suddenly go after her aggressively, usually this happens when our old dog is getting attention, is playing or barking at someone walking by. She does not growl or show teeth just attacks her by her neck without warning (just gives our old dog that 2 second stare down then goes after her collar area, no blood has ever been drawn by either dog) It seems that our Yorkie is telling her who the dominant one is going to be? Our old dog has never been aggressive towards the Yorkie or any other dog for that matter! So that is the only reason that I think that the Yorkie is trying to set the status on who is the dominant one? Other wise the dogs will walk together fine, share treats together, sleep by each other etc. Now my main question is when the Yorkie attacks my old dog how should I correct her with out doing damage to the relationship?, Use a water spray bottle, jar filled with coins and shake when she gets aggressive, or just yell "NO" with a stern voice then pet both dogs calmly to relax situation. Any help is appreciated. Thanks, yorkie runner. |
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09-23-2013, 12:54 PM | #2 |
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| Sorry I don't have an answer for you, but bumping this up hoping you'll get some answers.
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09-23-2013, 01:58 PM | #3 |
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| I wish I had some good answers for you but from my experience aggressive behavior like that is hard to break. It is very possible the aggression will get worse so watch them carefully. The best advise I have would be for you to talk to a dog trainer. How big is the yorkie and your other dog? I have had a couple of aggressive females over the years and the only thing that worked for me was to keep the aggressive ones separated. The coins in the can works sometimes but you can't always be standing there with a can in your hand. Also I would not leave them alone together when you are not home.
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09-23-2013, 04:35 PM | #4 |
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09-23-2013, 05:10 PM | #5 |
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| We have a very similar situation. Since our Lucy, a wheaten terrier has gotten quite infirm with age/ blindness- our Abby, 2 yr yorkie , has started to take attacks at Lucy, she does the same -snapping at her face, neck and front legs. We resorted to the water spray, it stops it quickly. We do crate them when we leave. It seems to be some sort of controlling on Abby's part- If Ziva (4yr yorkie)gets too close to the situation Abby will snap at her too. We have not been able to figure the exact cause... |
09-23-2013, 05:15 PM | #6 |
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| I actually have no personal experience but I do remember reading that when dogs get older and infirm you have to watch the others in the pack as they might attack the older dog. I remember one member posting about having to separate their Yorkies because they would attack the senior dog which was a Yorkie in this case.
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09-23-2013, 05:24 PM | #7 |
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| This is from another dog forum about a somewhat similar situation and the bottom is a link to another article With dogs kept loose in a pack situation...this isn't uncommon. Even highly trained working dogs (sled dogs) start turning on the oldest after a time. That's how retirement ages are decided for sled runners...not so much by their physical limitations but when the rest of the pack starts considering them obsolete. Because a pack does not survive/work well when dogs age out...it's not the other dogs being "mean" but their own survival instincts kicking in. Domestic dogs kept in pack situations revert back to pack mentality...their instincts become stronger than their training. Dogs kept outside and then away from household rules and humans all night are considered a pack and not really a bunch of pets. At least not to the dogs. Unless they're being worked by humans a good portion of every day following specific protocol and commands...the pack instinct takes over. Your older dog may have slowed down just enough for the other dogs to notice...but not enough for you to really notice yet. There may be a health issue not seen yet...there may not. Even a dog's scent changes as they age, other dogs will notice. Being in a pack means the younger dogs will start lobbying for pack positions and will use the low man on the totem pole to practice their bids for alpha on. Low man always gets the most unprovoked knocks...that's nature at work. Any changes in the dynamics or maturity of the pack will affect the low man even if the low man hasn't done anything to "deserve" it. This is when the humans have to take over and start managing the pack. Either change their entire daily routines and get them back on obediance schedules...ie re-establish yourself as leader and then lay the ground rules....or you have to separate the old dog and start keeping it protected. Because one attack means another will definitely happen. There were signs leading up to it...which is usually the time to remove the older dog from the pack for it's own safety. The oldest dog was very lucky that it wasn;t harmed so far. Old dog needs to become a house pet...and when outside it needs to be supervised/kept from roaming free with the rest. Because packs can act sneaky...everything will seem fine and they will all turn at once as soon as they can. And the old dog might not survive the next one. Getting rid of the instigator won't work because a new one will take it's place unless their daily routines change. Dog Behavior Problems - Aggression - Sibling Rivalry - Diagnosis | VCA Animal Hospitals
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