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05-30-2009, 06:54 AM | #1 |
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| aggressiveness mocha is an only dog in my household (she's 2.5 years old) and thus she receives the utmost royal treatment. i have noticed her temperment around other dogs who i believe she turns her nose up and dogs who she gets along perfectly fine with. the problem is i don't know how to correct this behavior. i want to believe that she's socialized and gets along with dogs but if someone crosses into her "territory" without her okay or wants to pick her up, she becomes really aggressive. for example, i was holding her in my arms when my dad comes along and wants to pet her. (she and my dad loove to play together. she seeks him out first because she knows he will. in any other circumstance, she does not care for him). she became annoyed and snapped at him. i've NEVER seen this behavior before. sure she'll bark around people, but after a couple of minutes, she's okay. i joke that it's because she has only child syndrome and that's she spoiled silly, but in all seriousness, how do you correct this behavior before it gets out of hand?
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05-30-2009, 07:55 AM | #2 |
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| Hi. This looks like protecting behavior. When your Dad approaches her and you on the couch, if she even growls put her directly on the floor. Do not let her get back up. She must wait until you ask her back up. Keep doing this until she allows your Dad to approach and sit and pet her. Be very consistent, you don't want to send her mixed messages. Your Dad can also give her treats, when she is behaving. Do not tolerate barking, growling, nipping or biting in this or any situation. She's trying to be Alpha dog. You need to be more Alpha than her. Make rules for her, and correct anything you don't want to see repeated. Hope this helps ...
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05-30-2009, 09:18 AM | #3 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member | I have the same problems with Nolee. He is about the same age and also the only furchild! I am trying the advice the previous post says. Hope this will help us both! Good luck!
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05-30-2009, 05:30 PM | #4 | |
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05-30-2009, 05:30 PM | #5 |
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| maybe it's just the terrible twos. good luck to you too!
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06-01-2009, 08:31 AM | #6 |
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| When I hear that an owner is admitting that they "spoil" their dog rotten It makes me think that maybe you are somehow enforcing this behavior unwittingly Be careful ... are you scooping her up when she gets like this? or are you talking to her in order to get her to stop? These things will be treated like enforcements to a dog because they are getting more attention When she barks or growls at someone you need to get in front of her and forcefully say NO! ... Do not move until she stops If she is next to you on the couch and she lunges at someone NO! and Off the couch and away from you she goes Aggressive behavior must be delt with quickly and stopped entirely everytime
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06-01-2009, 09:46 AM | #7 | |
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i do not let this behavior go unnoticed and i have stopped her many times. she does stop when confronted and my reason for posting this thread was to see if there was another way..possibly a better technique than what i have already been doing.
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06-01-2009, 11:39 AM | #8 |
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| I didn't mean that you are doing this consciously ..... when we love our dogs this can be misconstrued by them to mean we are given approval for this kind of behavior and if she is doing this around You ... she maybe viewing you as a posession and protecting you Barking .... you must get her attention a can of coins yelling - NO! or UH! even a water pistol to get her to stop then you say No Bark! Growling ..... NO! and what ever activity or attention she is getting stops Nipping ..... samething but the behavior has to be stopped and dealt with everytime
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