I too have an aggression issue. I need suggestions.............my husband's granddaughter (13) came over today and will be here until tomorrow. I did the right thing and had her give him a couple treats when she first got here so he knows she's not a threat. He's fine as long as she's sitting down (he laid his head on her lap while she petted him. Then when he was sitting with me on the loveseat and she was on the couch, he was growling at her and wanted to jump over there but I would not let him. As soon as she got up and started to walk around, he jumped up on her back legs trying to bite her. He's done this with other people too. So I am leaving his harness and leash on him. We've been telling him "no" every time he jumps up on the back of her legs but he keeps trying to bite her. She's a very soft spoken girl and is afraid of Toby now. And she just looks at him and doesn't talk to him. I'm sure he senses that she's afraid of him and he knows he can dominate her.
I'm assuming it's a dominating thing but how can we break him of this? I don't want to put him on a leash every time we have company (which isn't very often.)
Now I feel like I need to watch is every move while she's here.
Suggestions?
Speed forward about 4 hours.............the granddaughter approaches the back of the loveseat to show me a picture and Toby growled at her and started to lunge towards her. Good thing he is on a leash. How do I correct this unacceptable behaviour? |