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10-09-2008, 06:50 PM | #1 |
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| Advice Please!!! My boyfriend and I decided to take in this 2 month old puppy over the summer when we found out that if the puppies didnt have homes within a short period of time they would be shot. So we ended up with Xavi (Sha-vee) he's a german shepard mixed with a mountain curr and is about 5 months old or so now. For the first two months of his life he was living in a barn where he was not trained what-so-ever and was left there with food water and mom and that was pretty much it. Now, we are having problems with him. He refuses to listen to me but will listen to my boyfriend occasionally. He knows the word no but chooses to be independent and insists on showing his teeth and snapping forward at us (but not biting us) when told no. He goes outside at least 3 - 4 times during the hours of 12am-5am which is becoming extreamly difficult. Last night he whined all night long for 3 hours straight which is unusual for him he never does that. He's pooping/peeing in the house, kennel (which is going on three nights in a row), and on our bed and will be let outside to go potty and will come back in and pee in the house a min later. He chews up anything and everything from paper, to shoes, to the legs of the table even though he has massive amounts of toys and chew toys. Oliver cannot come over to play with Xavi because he play too rough so I cant even bring my dog over to the place where I am staying. SO my mom takes care of Oliver for the most part. I just dont know what to do. My mother thinks that Xavi is meant to be a farm dog and should live in a farm and not our condo and we should find someone to take him who lives on a farm. But my boyfriend insists that the dog is perfectly fine the way he is. So any advice on how to change this behavior or any advice on what to do with the dog?
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10-11-2008, 02:47 PM | #2 |
Senior Yorkie Talker | Oh honey! It sounds like you have a dominant dog there. The peeing/pooping on your bed is marking it as his territory. Do you free feed/ free water him? Maybe if you take away his food at say 8:00 and his water shortly thereafter take him on a super long walk before bed. But I'm more concerned about the snapping at you and growling. I wouldn't let him near ANY kids b/c a snap at you would be face biting range on a little one, not to mention any little doggies (sorry Oliver). I don't have any great advice on the snapping, but I know if he bites a little one there probably won't be any more discussions on where he should live b/c I know where I live if he bit a small child he'd be euthanized or shot by the police. And I've seen enough children bit in the face to know how traumatizing that is for a child (I'm an ER nurse). Maybe a Gentle Leader head collar? Mine hate them but they definetely don't act aggressively with them on though. You have a tough job ahead of you. Good luck.
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10-11-2008, 04:54 PM | #3 |
Donating YT 30K Club Member | I would definatley get some professional training help. He is too big a dog to let get away with aggressive behavior. I have a11 year old pom who is aggressive and bit me yesterday when I was cutting her nails. I wish I had gotten help years ago. Good luck
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10-12-2008, 10:08 AM | #4 | |
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Thank you for your advice. We give him food in the morning and he typically eats it all almost right away and thats all he gets for the day but its plenty enough for him sometimes he doesnt though and if he doesnt we leave it there. But we do leave water out for him always. But i think i will tell my boyfriend to def. try the walking thing. I do refuse to let him around children because my boyfriend left him off of his leash at a party at his house and he ended up jumping and knocking down one of the kids. Granted he just licked the kid but the child was scared to death. Maybe we will try to head collar too, thats a good idea because then he wouldnt eat his leash like he always does. Thanks again.
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10-12-2008, 10:10 AM | #5 |
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| thats a good idea too, but expensive for my boyfriend and i being college students and just moving into a condo. But i will bring that up with him as well to see if he can spare some cash to get the dog better trained.
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10-12-2008, 10:51 AM | #6 |
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| We had problems with our weimarener like this. Honestly it sounds like he needs exercise. How many times a day do you walk him and for how long? Dogs need exercise outside of their runs and fences. As for the shwoing teeth what really helped us with his dominence was making him submit to us. He has bitten both of us a few times and this helped immensly. I saw it on Dog whisperer, I'm not a trainer at all so you may want to ask a professional. but what I did (he didn't listen to me only my husband) was growl back at him and hover over him and he would lay down and roll over and show me his stomach. The times that he didn't do this I would take hold of his jaw (to have control of his head) and stare at him until he looked away. I know it seems inhumane but its not. It's a bit extreme though and was hard for me to do at first but he needs to know your in control not him. And I would greatly suggest some sort of training. we used the gentle leader head collar for his training and he is the mose loving dog now. its amazing the change we saw in him. I wish you all the luck
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10-12-2008, 12:36 PM | #7 | |
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About the showing the teeth thing and growling. Lol I actually did growl back at him one time and he just kind of looked at me like whatever lady. haha. He will NOT submit to me and will occasionally submit to felipe. Lately because he wont when i am angry with him I will take him gently and put him on the ground and roll him on his back to show that I am more dominant than he is. After that he will usually try to bite at me and I will grab his snout like you do and then he just whines and whines and whines and struggles to get out of it even though im just shutting his mouth so he doesnt bite me. The first time I did this because felipe told me to I cried my eyes out for like 5 mins cause I dont want to have to do that. But I will try to get him training and try that collar. Thanks for the advice!!
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