I have 2 monsters, that I have created...
Roxy is almost 2 years old. She is shy and submissive (much better from last year though, which is a plus
). She has HIGH anxiety though
and fear biting with her "PHYSCO" episodes. And then she is also AS CALM AS CAN BE, nothing bothered by anthing.
TJ will be 2 at the end of January. He is OVER confident and is starting to become VERY aggressive. He always wants to play...chase me with whatever he can grab in his mouth. He will drop it, but he is teasing you, b/c once you go for it, he quickly grabs it. He wants everything that Roxy has. He will attack her over 'certain' things, to the point that she doesn't even want to look at it (she knows which things he will attack her for and which things she can get away with, which isn't much). She will go under the bed, in a corner or if I put her 'up' somewhere, where TJ can't get her, she is fine. I feel bad for Roxy, b/c he is making her worse, she is missing out of things b/c he is soooo aggressive towards her. And then there are times that he turns into an angle and he lets her attack him and when Roxy was at the hospital having LP surgery he was absolutely miserable. He wouldn't eat or poop for almost 4 days.
There are other instances with them but too long to list quickly...
So, something has to be done before it is too late. I am going to first try and get control of certain things (before I seek any professional help). I have the clickers at home and I am going to start with some basics. Then I just bought the following books and I hope they will help me out too!
1. MINE! A GUIDE TO RESOURCE GUARDING IN DOGS
2. FIGHT! A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO THE TREATMENT OF DOG-DOG AGGRESSION
3. CLICK TO CALM: HEALING THE AGGRESSIVE DOG
4. OUTWITTING DOGS
5. DOGS ARE FROM NEPTUNE
WOW, I have alot of reading to do....Anyway, if anyone has read any of these books and have some advice to offer me I would appreciate it. I am also interested to know if someone has any negative feedback about any of those books. I wouldn't want to follow something written if it really wasn't a good idea! Thanks...