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12-03-2008, 07:46 AM | #1 |
Twinkle & Wicket's Mum Donating Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Kent, England
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| Twinkle nipped my friend! Any ideas why? Twinkle is incredibly sweet natured around everyone.....except one of my friends! She comes round after work a couple of times a week and when she does, Twinkle goes nuts!!! She dives all over her sniffing her and licking, and barks at her (which is really weird coz she's not much of a barker). I'm pretty sure it's all playfu - her tail is wagging and it doesn't seem aggressive but she's becoming increasingly nippy. She's nearly six months now and has done this to my friend from day one. Anyway this afternoon she leapt up at my friend as she sat on the sofa and bit her hand! She didn't draw blood but it was pretty hard. My friend said 'NO' firmly and put her on the ground, but Twinkle was still diving all around and barking her head off! As I've said, she doesn't react like this to anyone else. Over the last couple of months we've tried a couple of different things: my friend has tried giving her a treat when she arrives so that she associates her arrival with something pleasant, and has also tried simply ignoring her and the behaviour like you would with a naughty child.********* I'm just wondering whether there's anything else we can try or is it just a case of perservering with these techniques? Do you reckon she can smell the scent of my friend's dog and that's what's making her a bit crazy? (I dont even know if that's possible - just a thought. We're not socializing them yet as she has an un-neutered Shihtzu and I don't want to risk any 'accidents') Sorry about the long post, I hope it all made sense! Any ideas would be great! Thankyou xxx xxx
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12-03-2008, 08:43 AM | #2 |
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| I don't have any advice but I wanted to bump this for you so hopefully someone will suggest something. I hope you can put a stop it soon though.
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12-03-2008, 09:03 AM | #3 |
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| Maybe she just doesn't like her. Not trying to be rude , honest But I think dogs have their own personality including who they like and don't. I think it can be overcome and I think the methods you are trying are good ones, especially the treats , but I really think they have feelings about some people just like our human babies do. My Sydney is always fine going to the vet. She likes everyone there, except one girl . Even after months of getting to know her , she still doesn't like this one girl. She has never done anything to Syd ( Like a shot or grooming or even being in the room with her) she has never been anything but nice ,but Syd just doesn't seem to like her. Or maybe it's the opposite and she just really likes her and wants to play and gets worked up and hyper because she wants to play and is feeling like she isn't getting enough attention , so she acts out to get it away from you and onto her ??? I don't know really , just some ideas.
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12-03-2008, 09:05 AM | #4 |
Twinkle & Wicket's Mum Donating Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Kent, England
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| Thanks hun it's just so strange, i can't think why she only reacts to this one friend that way. I don't want to have to tell her to stop coming round! xxx
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12-03-2008, 09:10 AM | #5 |
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| Does your friend have a cat? The reason I ask is because Buddy reacts like that to a neighbor. He's loving to everyone but when this neighbor approaches he goes bonker's. We tried to figure it out and he told me he has cat's perhaps Buddy smells the cat's on him. I think that's what it was. It's also true. They pick and choose who they like. There is something about your friend, scent of some kind you baby does not like. Sorry about that. |
12-03-2008, 09:10 AM | #6 | |
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12-03-2008, 09:14 AM | #7 | |
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12-03-2008, 09:01 PM | #8 |
Thor's Human Donating Member | Maybe you need to correct your puppy before she gets to the point of biting. At that point she might be so excited that it's difficult for her to stop. Maybe before this friend comes into your house, make her sit and stay (the dog, not the friend ). If your puppy jumps on your friend, give her a time out. If she barks, give her a time out. Demand perfect behavior. |
12-03-2008, 09:51 PM | #9 |
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| Yes she smells your friends dog and she may feel she needs to protect you or it may be an issue of showing your friend she is in charge. If both dogs are breeding dogs then it becomes an issue with territory. good luck I am having aggressive issues with my pregant 2 yr old, she had only been aggressive prior to this point when someone was too close to her and me at the same time and she was telling them to back off. Now it is aimed at any one who gets too close to her. There is no warning signs either. |
12-03-2008, 11:23 PM | #10 | |
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