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07-15-2013, 11:26 PM | #1 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Shafter,California,United States
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| my puppy is aggressive My puppy is 16 weeks old and she's showing aggression towards everyone. We notice when we got her at 12 weeks she was a little aggressive but we didn't think much of it. We notice she is extremely over protective towards her food and her toys. My sister and I have been trying to correct the way she acts around her food by being firm with her and telling her no. We also pet her and stick our fingers in her bowl so she can get use to it. We have another yorkie a male, and he's really nice. At first we thought she was just playing with him, but we notice she is actually trying to be the dominant one. It just breaks our heart that she is becoming like this. We also notice she stares at our male yorkie in a creepy way. She locks her eyes on him and won't blink. Today my sister was petting her while the dog was chewing on her bone, and she bit her right on the lip. Does anyone have any advice what I can do to correct her behavior. I'm not going to get rid of her no matter what I love her to death, I just want her to not act that way. I've had many dogs but none of them were aggressive like her. The only thing my dog is lucky that she's a tiny dog and can't really do any harm like any large breed with the same type of behavior would do. |
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07-16-2013, 03:29 AM | #2 |
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| Gypsy (she is supposedly 10 weeks now but I really don't know that for sure) was the same way for the first few days we had her. She isn't like that anymore. The important thing is nipping it in the bud now while she's still young. I'm not a dog trainer of any kind. We took 1 day and every single time she'd show any signs of aggression over food or treats or toys or dogs - even something small - we'd take *only that one thing* she had away from her for 20 minutes. 20 minutes is an eternity for a puppy. She finally caught on that if she wanted any toys, treats, food, the other dogs to play with or petting she had to be nice or she got none of it. It took a full day, and that was it. I never said No or corrected or said anything to her in a firm voice, I just took everything away from her so she was left with nothing. She tried to go for our feet as we sat on the couch, after taking all her stuff away after she went from one thing to the next. We put our feet up so she literally had zero to occupy her time. She just kind of nosed around and sat there...looking sad. We're not mean - that is what worked for us. It may not work with your puppy, but it's worth a try. The reason I didn't tell her no, or say anything in a firm voice is because I didn't want her associating her toys, treats and food with a negative from my voice. Saying nothing, but taking all her stuff the second she started getting testy - was more than enough. I prefer to save my stern voice for times when she's going to be in danger if she doesn't listen...because she'll listen much better if I don't speak sternly except on very rare occasions. If you holler all the time and say no all the time for everything they're doing that you don't like...or prefer they not do, they tend to tune you out. At least that's what I've learned in the 14 yrs we've had our dogs. I only use a firm voice when they're in deep doo-doo and I have only screamed bloody murder at one of them - one time, and it was justified...made him stop in his tracks and turn back around. |
07-16-2013, 08:12 AM | #3 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Shafter,California,United States
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| I'd like to take a moment and say thank you for taking the time to help me out. I really appreciate it. I'll try that out and see how it goes. I feel so crushed that my baby is aggressive. Maybe telling her no all the time is making her act put as well |
07-16-2013, 08:53 AM | #4 |
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| I took Cali to basic obedience classes where we cleared up the issue of who was the leader of the pack. Greatly improved her social graces and learned to,play well with others Plus she learned cute little tricks that she loves to show off and get praise for
__________________ . Cali , and Cali's keeper and staff, Jay No, not a "mini" Yorkie - She loves to motor in her Mini Cooper car |
07-16-2013, 09:01 AM | #5 |
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| I scream NOOOOO real loud, stomp my feet, and put quite a scene on for my pups...I usually don't have to do that more than 3x per problem... My neighbor said he knew I was Italian cuz he could hear me across the driveway Never did ask what the heck that could mean???
__________________ The Above advice/comments/reviews are my personal opinions based on my own experience/education/investigation and research and you can take them any way you want to......Or NOT!!! |
07-16-2013, 12:37 PM | #6 | |
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