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11-28-2005, 01:25 PM | #1 |
Slave to My Rug-Rats Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Long Island
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| Mr. Cranky I need some advice with TJ. He is starting to become a little crank pot . If you try to touch him or move him when he is sleeping or resting or grooming Troy's hair, or if Troy won't let him come to be with me, TJ does a little growl. It's a growl like he is saying " Don't Tocuh Me!!!" or " Leave Me the F*@k Alone!!!" or " Let Me Go!!!" At first I thought it was funny, but he does it to me too, if I try to touch or move him when he is sleeping. And now he is snapping too. He doesn't bite or hurt you in any way, but he is definatley doing a growl/snap thing. I don't like this at all and it is NOT acceptable. Does anyone have any suggestions??? THANKS |
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11-28-2005, 01:42 PM | #2 |
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| Sudden personality changes There are probably tons of reasons why your baby may be snapping, not the least of which is they have decided to be the boss. I have read many postings on correcting aggressive behavior, and I am sure if you do a search you will find a boatload of helpful postings. It takes patience and repetition, just like all the training. I can't help you any more than point you in that direction, as I have not had to personally deal with this. However, I was reading an old post last night and the person writing found out that their dog had been injured by a neighbor without their knowledge around the same time that the dog went through a radical personality change. Is it possible your little friend had an injury or an illness of some type? The injury I am referring to was spinal in nature, and the pain had made the dog aggressive. Good luck!
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11-28-2005, 01:51 PM | #3 |
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| I don't think your T.J. is cranky, something is bothering him. Have you had your vet look him over? An xray to check his joints/hips, etc? We had a Brussels Griffon as a pup do exactly what your T.J. is doing. Come to find out he had major hip problems. If your vet finds him healthy then it might be a training issue. I hope everything works out.
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11-28-2005, 06:17 PM | #4 |
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| I don't think he is injured in anyway. (I could be wrong) He doesn't do this all the time, it is mostly at night after he has wound down and wants to rest or sleep. He will be on my chest and I will go to touch him and I startle him and he does it, I start to talk nice and softly to him and then he is fine. He really seems to be saying, I am fine where I am, can you just leave me alone! He does it to Troy when Troy is being a 'bugger' himself and is holding TJ back from coming to be by me. TJ seems to get really frustrated that Troy won't let him pass to come sit by me so TJ does the growl/snap thing, or we will be lying in bed and TJ likes to sit on Troy head and lick his hair, over and over and over. Well, when Troy has had enough of the licking and he goes to move TJ he does it. Other than those times he doesn't do it. So, I am leaning towards it being an aggressive behavioral thing. I am going to try and not startle him and make him alert to when I am going to move him when he is sleeping and I told Troy he has to stop antaganizing (sp) TJ so that he doesn't promote that growl from him. Thanks for the advice, I am going to do a search and see what else I can come up with. Last edited by TLC; 11-28-2005 at 06:20 PM. Reason: wrong word |
11-28-2005, 06:48 PM | #5 |
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| It may be due to Troy's "bugging" him. I remember reading on YT about aggressive playing and someone cautioned that you should not play aggressively with them as it can make them aggressive. I'm sure if you search, you can find lots of info on it. I know the training books say you should not play tug of war with them, because they growl and act aggresively - and when you let go, they win - which makes them think they are dominant over you. It takes time for the aggression to develop, but it can from a simple game of tug of war.
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11-29-2005, 12:23 AM | #6 | |
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11-29-2005, 06:46 PM | #7 |
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| One of my other dogs did the same thing. She was the sweetest, most gentle, playful little dog in the world. BUT - when she was lying on the davenport or bed and resting or sleeping, you had better not try to move her. She was comfortable and loved where she was at - and did not want to be moved --period!!! And she was going to fight to stay there. Of course, I could tell her to knock it off and move her anyway, but everyone else was even afraid to try it. Can you imagine me trying to make my bed in the morning??? World War III. Anyway - I'd just let her be - if at all possible, which was most of the time. I didn't consider it much of a problem. She was just comfortable and wanted to stay that way. No worse than trying to get some kids out of bed. Carol Jean |
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