Quote:
Originally Posted by Suze225  Hi all!!
I need your advice. I have 3 dogs......Kiah, is my 8 year old Rhodesian Ridgeback, Kahn is my 4 year old Rottweilier, and Bella is my 10 month old yorkie. Kahn and Kiah are strictly outdoor dogs. Bella is my indoor pal.
Well as of late....within the last 4 months or so, Kahn, has been showing SEVERE aggression over food and toys. (NEVER had such a behavior in him EVER,he has always been my mold mild mannered boy.) He has attacked Kiah 3 times over food, and it gets kind of ugly. He hasn't drawn blood on her, but I know has come close.
I have been almost scared and embarassed to type this, but right after Christmas he bit Bella over a bone. She tried to take his bone and he snipped at her trying to get it back. He caught her in the nose, she bled and bled, but finally stopped and was back to normal within a day or two. Vet said she was fine. He snarled at her again today over a toy. I have made the decision to kennel him in his kennel when Bella is in the back yard for potty and play.
I really don't know what to do. He has always been such a teddy bear and is fantastic with kids.....but I am starting to wonder......what if he turns on my 3 year old grandson? Or bites Bella again, and kills her. She is 4 pounds he is pushing 50 or 60. He could hurt her very easily. I am heart broken over this, but unsure of what anyone else would do?? He is my baby too, but I can't have an aggressive dog........I just can't. Not one that is this big. I can't imagine what triggered this behavior, in 4 years he has been PERFECT!!!!
Advice please!!
Sue |
Sue i don't want to assume you've not taken your Rottie to obedience and training classes, but if you have, you now have to get back to them, and if you've used a trainer before, c all and talk with them about the relatively recent aggression issues.
As an earlier posted said, you can't trust your Rottie around your Yorkie and it's probably not to good to trust around the RR.
For now, your Rottie must be fed separately from the other two. Exercised separately, and probably crated at night, or the other two are crated. Also you better check that "you" can still take the food bowl from him. As well as he should give you a bone on command. Yes and I do mean a real meaty yummy bone. He should be able to drop on command anything that he has in his mouth, including a beloved toy.
It is time to reassert your dominance/Alpha position over the rottie.
Somthing has changed in your household dynamics, or in his own health. You would know best what that could be.
This behaviour IMO will not go away on its' own.