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09-11-2006, 11:15 AM | #1 |
Slave to My Rug-Rats Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Long Island
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| OMG..so many problems - Turning to books I have 2 monsters, that I have created... Roxy is almost 2 years old. She is shy and submissive (much better from last year though, which is a plus ). She has HIGH anxiety though and fear biting with her "PHYSCO" episodes. And then she is also AS CALM AS CAN BE, nothing bothered by anthing. TJ will be 2 at the end of January. He is OVER confident and is starting to become VERY aggressive. He always wants to play...chase me with whatever he can grab in his mouth. He will drop it, but he is teasing you, b/c once you go for it, he quickly grabs it. He wants everything that Roxy has. He will attack her over 'certain' things, to the point that she doesn't even want to look at it (she knows which things he will attack her for and which things she can get away with, which isn't much). She will go under the bed, in a corner or if I put her 'up' somewhere, where TJ can't get her, she is fine. I feel bad for Roxy, b/c he is making her worse, she is missing out of things b/c he is soooo aggressive towards her. And then there are times that he turns into an angle and he lets her attack him and when Roxy was at the hospital having LP surgery he was absolutely miserable. He wouldn't eat or poop for almost 4 days. There are other instances with them but too long to list quickly... So, something has to be done before it is too late. I am going to first try and get control of certain things (before I seek any professional help). I have the clickers at home and I am going to start with some basics. Then I just bought the following books and I hope they will help me out too! 1. MINE! A GUIDE TO RESOURCE GUARDING IN DOGS 2. FIGHT! A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO THE TREATMENT OF DOG-DOG AGGRESSION 3. CLICK TO CALM: HEALING THE AGGRESSIVE DOG 4. OUTWITTING DOGS 5. DOGS ARE FROM NEPTUNE WOW, I have alot of reading to do....Anyway, if anyone has read any of these books and have some advice to offer me I would appreciate it. I am also interested to know if someone has any negative feedback about any of those books. I wouldn't want to follow something written if it really wasn't a good idea! Thanks... |
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09-11-2006, 12:07 PM | #2 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Chicago Suburbs
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| Mine! and Dogs are from Neptune are on my bookshelf waiting to be read as well. I am not familiar with the other books. I skimmed Mine! as soon as it came and it is a great book. Short and sweet and it gives some practical advice. You have your hands full and I think a lot of these things are typical Yorkie traits and we have to do our best to deal with them. That doesn't excuse their behavior - I just think a lot of us go through the same things. I know Loki does some of the resource guarding and is sometimes reactive. When you find a trainer - make sure it is a positive trainer! A good trainer can read their body language and give you some insight into *why* they might be doing those things so you can try to avoid those situations and start to modify behavior.
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09-11-2006, 12:16 PM | #3 |
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| Try www.clickersolutions.com it has a problem section with some good tips.
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09-11-2006, 12:45 PM | #4 |
Slave to My Rug-Rats Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Long Island
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| Thanks! My 2 monster are at both ends, so that makes it hard to train with them together. I have the clicker and the starter book, I also have the book clicks for Joy. I am going to start back to the basics and try to train them at separate times. TJ is VERY good at SIT. He is also EXTREMELY SMART (littler bugger) and he is highly motivated by treats, so I know that it won't be long before I can get him to do some more basic commands. He also is very fearful of the coins in the can. But I am trying to ONLY use that for excessive barking. He BARKS AT EVERYTHING (coffe maker, tape measure, etc..) Roxy being timid, it is hard to get her focused. She geys 'antisy' and will start to 'circle' and hide, etc...So she will take longer. I kinda can get her to do things, but I have to say it over and over, and then she kinda just plops down somewhere (under a chair). It is very fustrating...there's TJ 'sitting' and waiting for a glance all the while I am repeating sit, sit, sit to Roxy and she is just freaking out! I want to see what I can accomplish before I bring in a trainer. And YES it will be a positive trainer, I only believe in POSITIVE training. |
09-11-2006, 01:12 PM | #5 |
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| What is with the barking at everything anyway? There are times I like Loki to bark, like if a stranger is at the door. There are also times it's OK to bark, like when the timer goes off on the stove. But he will also bark at goofy things too (like you said, the tape measure, silly stuff) and he will just go CRAZY and is hard to calm down. We are working on it so I feel your pain on that one!!! Maybe your girl will respond to a really yummy treat? And maybe don't ask her to sit right away but just to look at you? I think the trainer said to work on something that's easy for the dog so they don't feel like they "failed" and don't get too frustrated. And work with her in very, very short sessions. We also got in trouble for repeating commands so try saying the command and then waiting about 30 seconds before saying it again. Have you tried luring with food? That works well too and then translates into a hand signal. There are many commands that Loki won't respond to the verbal if he's very distracted but he'll do with the hand signal 99% of the time. We took 4 or 5 training classes so if you get stuck let me know - we might have learned something in class that will help.
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09-11-2006, 01:28 PM | #6 |
Slave to My Rug-Rats Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Long Island
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| Thanks! I will try slowly with Roxy. She does REALLY well with: "Give Mommy a Kiss" She doesn't always make contact with my lips, but she comes forward like she is going/trying to kiss me. And then TJ comes and slams into my face for kisses and jams his tongue in / on... I'll let ya know how I make out (no pun insteaded ) |
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