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Originally Posted by yorkiesincommon  Is Sadie in heat or near that time? Sometimes a female will not be herself if she is coming into heat. I have an aggressive female who is almost 9 years old and she was not like that before the age of 4 but at that point I rescued 2 other females and she began the same type of behavior you are describing. She can be horrible and has bitten me badly and attack the others on occasion. Some dogs are a 1 dog home unless you have very good training skills. There are training procedures that can extinguish the behavior but I have only been able to significantly reduce the number of incidents. Each aggressive dog is different with some common threads. If you have small children in your home and she acts snappy or in any way aggressive to them, you need to get to the vet immediately and rule out health issues and address what the cause is and what can be done. I feel for you because I know how much you can love that baby and hate to see her turn like this. What I have found is that there are trigger situations, going out the door, eating, my attention or even sitting close to me. If your situation is similar try going to your public library and see if you can find some good books on training that covers aggressive behaviors. Make sure you soak that hand in some Dawn soap with warm water for 30 minutes and get to the doctor in the morning. Take care of yourself, bites can be really bad. I wish you good luck in working out this complex situation and I am so sorry it has presented itself. I know how horrible I feel about my sweet little Lacy turning into a little monster and know you must suffer some of the same feelings. Take care. Mary |
She is a spayed female so that's not the issue. She's a puppy mill dog my own stupid fault and prob had to fight for meals with her siblings. But she still needs to stop this.
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Originally Posted by shodanusmc Rach, sorry it happened, but it just shows with dogs, always expect the unexpected. Dogs all have different personalities. I take it Sadie is the Alpha. Maybe she needs a bit of training. Is she fixed? Age? Don't go getting overly excited yet. Plenty of time before the baby comes, and I know you will not be putting the dogs in the crib. Hopefully, others will pipe in. |
She is almost two and fixed. She's defin Alpha and my first baby. Came home at 7 weeks TOO YOUNG and Bentley came into her life at 10 months. They are love buddies and snuggle buddies, just one of those weird things. She's a treat fighter.
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Originally Posted by Britster I'm sorry to read about this. 
Now, we've had a few scuffles happen over at my dads house with the 3 dogs. Over a year ago, I was doing tricks with the two boys (and giving treats obviously) when Lilly, the JRT, came from about 10 feet away and just went AFTER Jackson. Now Jackson has never started a fight but he surely will finish one so he was fighting back... in the process of pulling them apart, Lilly latched onto my boob (yes my boob!) and I had a nice pretty scar there for 2 months. The second big fight was a few months ago when Buddy and Jackson leaped down for the same bully stick at the exact same time and just went at it... it was really surprising because those 2 had never done that before and they really love each other. Lilly, I could understand, because she's always a b*tch, ha. Jackson had a little scab on his ear from that fight.
But here's my question... how many other times has Sadie full on fought Bentley, ever like this? Dog aggression not does automatically equal human aggression... but if she's FOOD aggressive, then yes she very well could do this over a piece of food the baby drops. Not wanting to scare you. Can you take a bone from her, or a piece of food, without being bit normally? I'm unsure if she's more dog aggressive or food aggressive so if you could maybe explain more.
Either way, since she is so unpredictable, I would be proactive in only feeding her in a crate or another room. No treats with the two of them loose, things like this, etc. Resource guarding is a big issue that needs to be trained and kept under control. However if this was just a one time thing... dogs will be dogs and fights will happen! |
She goes after him the worst when he's hoarding a treat in his mouth. Sometimes she'll bark and snap at him without actually biting him in either play, or when he has a toy or food. She'll do it when he's getting picked up and she's not. But this was by far the longest lasting and worst fight ever. Normally i scream HEY HEY at her and they stop it. This time she was beyond my control.