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12-11-2012, 11:24 AM | #1 |
www.yorkierescue.com Donating Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Las Vegas & Orange County
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| Apparently Lily is my bodyguard I knew when I first started fostering her that her original family said she favors one person. Well that person is now me. She's ok with Uni being in my lap, but the worst is when we are sleeping, she has to guard me from Uni, won't let Uni near me. Good thing Uni is so easy going, she just goes over to her daddy and lays down. But if there's any mommy/daddy time, she goes nuts and keeps shoving her little nose inbetween us. We put her on the floor and she kept jumping up and down on the side of the bed barking. Other times, if bf pats my arms or shoulders or something Lily starts barking. It's not that she doesn't like him, in fact he's one of the few people she's not scared of. She gives him kisses in the morning too. She just wants to "protect" me. What should I do to try to train her out of this behavior? I admit I did baby her so far (she's been with us a little over a week now), trying to gain her trust. She's getting better but still doesn't come when you call her. Only if you have food. Also she barks at everything! And if not barking then growling. And it's so hard to get her to stop. With Uni it was so easy to get her to stop barking. But not with Lily. She barks more at the house. Doesn't help that there's major construction going on behind us. But at work, we have lots of loud noises too. Trains going by, our air compressor, wrenches dropping, etc but she doesn't bark as much at work. I don't understand. She's the most difficult foster I've had so far as far as training. Any suggestions?
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12-11-2012, 11:37 AM | #2 |
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| lola will do this in bed and snap at cedric in protective mode...i tell her that is not acceptable and move her to the bottom of the bed. i made her stay down at the bottom for at least a few minutes and then i would let her come back up but i removed her as soon as she went into protective mode. she sleeps at my head or in between me and dh's pillows. i did this three times and it has not happened since.
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12-11-2012, 11:39 AM | #3 |
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| She won't stay at the foot of the bed unless she wants to. She doesn't know the stay or down command. So far all she knows is sit and only does it if it's time to eat.
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12-11-2012, 12:02 PM | #4 |
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| OMG she sounds just like Jada!!...I have no advice because I am horrible at training. Jada just mostly protects me if anyone comes into the house and at times if she is on my lap and Bogie tries to get inbetween us. Take her out in public or away from "her house" and she is a perfect angel. Good luck and I know you can do it...me I am hopeless
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12-11-2012, 12:10 PM | #5 |
YT 2000 Club Donating Member | Sorry to say this, but wait a bit... she will bark at your work too, once she figures out it is "her space" too. Okay now you need to really mean this, deep down within, what I've come to learn from the great trainers, is when they say "down" or "out" there is no equivocation - they believe the dog "should" do it and just don't even think about a no response from the dog when they issue a command. That trainer confidence helps a whole lot, and one I am still learning to exhibit. So protective dog. With hubby if she is barkng at him on the bed or on the couch. No hesitation or lack of commitment from you. Say NO - firmly but mean it to the depth of your toes - that behaviour is anathema to you. It is not so much how LOUD you speak, but the conviction behind your tones. The No - is accompanied by segregation - into her crate - into her xpen - or into the other room. Somehow for me, from the very beginning with my pups, I believed the STOP command was so very essential - and I believed this to the depths of my soul. To keep them safe, to keep us safe. So I did start training from the time the pups were eight weeks old to always obey the stop command. Anywhere, anytime, no matter what else is going on. I countenanced no dis-obedience on this. This means when I issued this command, I ALWAYS corrected if disobeyed, and I ALWAYS rewarded for prompt obedience. I have been known with pups to take 45 minutes to walk up a hill, and at various times issuing a stop command, if they didn't obey, and moved on, they were corrected and we walked someway "down the hill" and started again. I didn't lose patience (often The other command I believe in for our home life, is "out" and or "go". That means when I want you out of the kitchen for what-ever reason you go out and stay out until I say you can come in again. With the exception of Razzle who gosh darn him, still challenges this command, every dog has got this with-in two weeks. And yes that means at dinner time, if they venture a paw in and I correct them and they don't back out, I get up and if necessary physically move them out. With this command, I issue in a normal voice no stress - but total confidence that this is what I want them to do, and guess what they are doing it! Razzle does it, and about 3 minutes later tries to sneak back in.....
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12-11-2012, 01:10 PM | #6 |
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| I think I may just have to get another crate for her at home. She has one at work and she hangs out in there all day and she's fine. But she will still bark on occasion but not like at home. She's fine in the bathroom, in fact she likes to hide in the bathrooms. Last night we had to bring in a bunch of boxes, and had the front door open, so I put her in the bathroom. Not so much as a peep from her, I guess she preferred it in there as opposed to being out by all the big scary boxes and the stress of having to "protect" me from them, even though I am bringing them in. =/
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12-12-2012, 02:12 AM | #7 |
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| Great advice Gail. I am going to use it too! My foster also barks sometimes and not always sure why. Sometimes it is to go out and potty, but at other times I think it is an attempt to control things like being fed table scraps. (We never feed scraps, but obviously someone did in the past.) Probably not the best, but we do use a spray bottle with the "no" word. Now all I have to do is pick up the spray bottle and it stops. I also have to admit that Buster is not getting enough exercise this week and I think it is making the barking worse. (My elderly parents are moving tomorrow and I have honestly not had any time to spend at home and feel bad for my pups.) Hopefully, when we get back to walks each day he will be tired and not bark so much. Guarding... Vivi, our Min Pin, has problems with guarding and as soon as we get a growl, we put her into time out or into a crate. (Even if it is for the rest of the night because it happened in bed.) Anyway, good luck and looking forward to seeing what works for you.
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