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Epsilon · 06-04-2008, 06:52 AM

Wow, I'm really sorry about this. I would be so worried.

When you break up the fight do you do anything to him? Or do you just put him in a crate/bathroom/etc? When my mini schnauzer would play a little too rough or be dominating to my yorkie, we would not only break it up, but we would dominate HER. We would put her on her back, grab her beard, and look her in the eyes with our face really close to her face. We would look at her very sternly and would not look away until she did first. We wanted it to be very clear that she was NOT a boss in the house. We were the only bosses and she had no business dominating anyone. Probably until she was 1 yr old we would have what my husband calls RAD's (random acts of domination) where would would do this randomly as a way to show OUR dominance. A Petco trainer told us to do this. It worked.

OH, and definitely get a second opinion!! She may just be some anti-breeding person.

06-04-2008, 06:52 AM	#7
Epsilon Donating YT Addict Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 477	Wow, I'm really sorry about this. I would be so worried. When you break up the fight do you do anything to him? Or do you just put him in a crate/bathroom/etc? When my mini schnauzer would play a little too rough or be dominating to my yorkie, we would not only break it up, but we would dominate HER. We would put her on her back, grab her beard, and look her in the eyes with our face really close to her face. We would look at her very sternly and would not look away until she did first. We wanted it to be very clear that she was NOT a boss in the house. We were the only bosses and she had no business dominating anyone. Probably until she was 1 yr old we would have what my husband calls RAD's (random acts of domination) where would would do this randomly as a way to show OUR dominance. A Petco trainer told us to do this. It worked. OH, and definitely get a second opinion!! She may just be some anti-breeding person. __________________ Leanna and Epsilon http://llofte.wordpress.com/ Last edited by Epsilon; 06-04-2008 at 06:53 AM.