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Originally Posted by FirstYorkie  Oh, sorry, I'll try to be more clear. I don't think that Mia is confused that the cat or her humans are "members of her pack". Therefore, I don't think that alpha-rolling her will be helpful. I have told Lolabella what I thought would be helpful above - ie teaching a "leave it" command.
I'm with you on leadership. The best article I've ever read on leadership is the NILIF Program by Deb McKean. I will post it below. |
I agree with this. I had fear and territorial aggression problems in my doxie. The NILF program did wonders. I also learned to change MY behavior. The way you communicate is a huge deal when training your dog. I learned that my behavior was actually enabling her aggression or rather feeding it. Now I touch her back (up towards her neck) and I can whisper commands in a deep low voice to her and you can bet she does exactly what I tell her. This is a huge deal if you knew how she was before. I had to chuckle when my in-laws came and complemented how well behaved she was. She wasn't always that way! LOL. Sorry, I digressed a little
. It is just very hard to overcome fear aggression and it's great I was able to control her behavior.