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03-15-2008, 08:01 AM | #1 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Canada
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| aggression Max is becoming vert aggressive,when he gets something his not supossed to have like,klennex,paper,socks,etc. He does not chew on shoes but when we go to put them on he grabbes then and snaps and grawls,and when we do get them he will bite.If he knows his comming too he does not ,its lonly when hes not comming what do we do.What is the best way to disipline him with out slapping him some say slap his but but we did that twice and felt bad after what else can we do? |
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03-15-2008, 08:30 AM | #2 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Nova Scotia
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| Ziggy used to do this and would get quite nasty when we tried to take things away. After a few times of him biting us we realized that the only thing to do is offer a trade. Now we get a treat and say "come" and as we offer it to him he lets go of the thing that he's not allowed to have. Works every time with no chasing, cornering, wrestling or biting (him, not me).
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03-15-2008, 08:43 AM | #3 |
YT Addict Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Ohio
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| Ollie doesnt get aggressive but anything he knows he should not have ---when he wants to play --he will take and the chase is on---this is a fav game with him. AND we also do the trade-especially if it is my glasses, my husbands wallet!!! We tell him to DROP IT and show him a treat--it works everytime and the little smarty pants will sometimes take anything and run to the pantry and drop it over and over when he wants a treat. Most of the time if it is just a sock so we chase him all over the house!!!! |
03-15-2008, 01:18 PM | #4 |
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| aggression Rusty gets very aggressive over a piece of chicken with a bone, a rat, a baby bird, a feather, a walnut....things he should not have. He tries to bite whoever tries to take the thing away. I have no bits of advice because we have not conquered that problem. Offering him treats in trade will not help as he turns up his nose at the treats. He is after all, a dog, and we have to treat him like a dog. The last thing was a walnut that he got aggressive over. I won that battle by talking like the walnut was a ball and pretending I wanted to play fetch with the ball. When Rusty realized that the walnut was nothing to fight over but a toy to fetch, he let me have it and throw it and we played with the walnut. Anything he finds outside or in is something that he foraged for and he will not give it up easily the first time. We have to be very careful to not let him see our worriedness about him. If it is something we want to take, I think he considers that we want to take it and he will growl, snap and bite at us...to keep it. We have just learned to be careful when he gets like that. Other than that, he is the sweetest, laid back little boy you ever saw.
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03-15-2008, 01:26 PM | #5 |
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| Trading for treats is a great idea. You don't want your dog to keep repeating bad behavior, so try to change it as soon as you can. If commercial treats don't work, use a small piece of hot dog or cooked chicken. My dogs favorite treats are Zukes mini naturals in the chicken flavor. They are very small and softer than a dog biscuit which means you can offer them more often. I agree that physical force is not the answer -- distract them instead. Good luck
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03-15-2008, 01:33 PM | #6 |
Banning Thread Dictator Donating Member | Eddie turned into a toy hoarder when we got Jack, and he would become violent when Jack even looked at "his" toys. A behaviorist suggested many things, increased exercise first and foremost. But she also suggested leashing him during supervised toy time. When supervised toy time was over, I gathered up all the toys and put them away. Once I took charge, Eddie saw less of a need to be aggressive. Your situation sounds different, but maybe leashing would help. You shouldn't tolerate any aggression. I also like the idea of distracting him with a trade.
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03-15-2008, 03:44 PM | #7 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Trinity, North Carolina
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| My advice I will give. Don't slap him. Violence never helps anything. You have to think like a dog and outsmart him. It could be that he is snapping at shoes because he is lonely..if so, exercise him and outsmart him. He is smart enough to know that you put on shoes before you leave home. That's why he bites the shoes, to make you stay. Maybe put your good shoes in the car etc (anywhere outside) and your older shoes in their place in the house. Then, everyone leave the house without shoes, so that he comes to understand you do NOT always put on the shoes before leaving, so it is fruitless to bite the shoes.. See if that will work..............let us know if it does. This sounds like separation anxiety.
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