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Jenna bit my husband... Jenna is now almost 5 months old...... We just began giving her those pork ears to chew on, and we have found that she becomes extremely aggressive whenever she is chewing them. The other night my husband wanted to pick her up while she was chewing it and she bit his hand really badly. We were in total shock. She growls and gets really mean. Jaya (8 months) has never exhibited this behavior and she loves those pork ears a lot as well. We dont know how to deal with this....... we have removed the pork ears but now she has nothing good to chew on. I dont like rawhides because they are not well digested.... Does anyone have any tips to improve her behavior, or any ideas as to why she should have bitten my husband? (By the way, i think she would have bit me too had I interrupted her...... she growls at me). |
I've never had one to be that testy, but I was visualizing what Ceaser would do and I can just see him putting one down in the submissive way with hand around the back of the neck and making it lay flat till it was calm. :D I'm guessing here, but I think if it was my dog, that's exactly what I would be doing to it. I do hope you find something that works real soon so you can nip this in the bud before it gets worse. Good luck to you! ;) |
I say no more pork ears for Jenna:D |
Chewy was like this as a puppy... I made it a point to show him I was the boss and took toys, chews what ever he had away often to show him I was the boss... I would make him sit and then give it right back. When he would bite I would put my hand up to his mouth to show I was not afraid and say no bite in a stern voice. Chewy sometimes will still nip at my 23 year old son. (Mike was in college chewy's first your here and we think he thinks he can boss MIKE!) When he tries to nip, Mike pucks him right up and puts him the the bathroom right away. Waits about 2 min. and has a treat ready to win him over when he comes out. The first time it took 4 trips to the bathroom to get chewy to realise he could not nip at Mike.... That was Christmas time. Since then I think Mike has had to do this twice. It was important for Mike to be the one to put him in TIME OUT... so chewy could learn to respect him. Hope this helps. |
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I'm no expert either, but I got help from a behaviorist one time over a toy hoarding problem. Eddie was attacking other dogs. That's different than a food problem with humans, but maybe the advice I was given will help. * Increase her exercise. A tired dog is a well-behaved dog. * Leash her during play time. You may have to do this for weeks before you can try going unleashed. Depends on her reaction. * Take away the toy (chew toy) when play time is over. You take control of it and decide when she gets it. * Teach a 'leave it' command. Ugh, that's about all I remember. But it's all about you being alpha, not her. It's a very serious problem, and you may have to battle if forever. But you can definitely make things better. Eddie still has an occasional problem and I have to go back to the basics with leashing, toy removal, etc. But I've seen a world of difference. Good luck. |
Good Posting Mike!!! I agree! |
I have made it so that there are times that I hold the chews as they gnaw on them so that they know that I am in-charge. Sometime, when I no longer have time to sit with them, I take them away and put them up; other times I allow them to keep them. I also mess around in their food bowls periodically so that they understand that a hand may come close to them when they are eating and they are not to bite. Has worked so far. "No, bite" are also words they understand. Good luck with your 5 mo. old furbaby.:) They are always testing us, aren't they.:eek: |
Wow, I can take anything out of any of my dogs mouths, including my golden retriever and german shepherd and they know better than to even show their teeth...next time she does anything like that, show her right away who alpha is.. |
Years ago we used to give our Yorkies pig ears and some of them acted just like you described. I finally realized the pig ears weren't really all that good for them so I quit buying them. I highly recommend cow ears. Cow ears are easily digested and they give great chewing exercise. You can get them at Petsmart (package of 10) or at Pet-co (99 cents each). I always cut them in half using tin snips. |
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I haven't had this exact problem, tho my female is probably the most "grumblely" of my three. When she does get testy about anything, I first & foremost "show no fear" of her to make her understand that I am alpha in this house. So in reading the previous posts, I agree with Quote:
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I have never had this problem, but my mother has had this problem with her Cocker Spaniel. Came to find out that at the time her back tooth was bothering her. But i do agree with if she has done this let her know who is the boss of the house. I was told by my trainer for my 10wk old puppie he is still learning and had a tendacy to bite. Place treats in front of them in your fist and when he goes to bit or jump tell him nice and stay. As time progresses reapeat and wave your fist in front of him, correct him everytime he jumps at you or bites. If he stays an does not try and bite praise him and give him the treat. She said this teaches him not to bite when you do try to take something from them. |
tnpowell---really like your suggestion.:thumbup: |
I had a dog do this over the pig ears too. He was very snappy. We just didn't allow it. We would continue taking them away from him until he learned that he was not going to win. Don't hesitate when you take it away. Let her think it is your not hers but yours. Tell her no, clap your hands, do whatever you can to make her back off. Eventually my dog understood that he could not act this way. Because we trained him to do this with his favorite treat, he would not even come near us when we were eating anything, In fact, we could put food in front of him and leave the room and he would never touch it. Keep at it and show her who's boss. It will pay-of in the end. |
You can also practice sitting with her while she is chewing ( have some high value treats like liver or whatever she really goes nuts over in your hand)take the chew away from her and replace it with the treat ,then give the chew back to her ,sit very close to her while she chews for awhile and then repeat the steps of removing the chew and replacing with the high value treat.She will associate your closeness and hand as not a threat . While your doing this exercise you can vary it by just sitting with her and holding the chew while she chews away on it .This will get her used to the idea that you are the boss and everything is yours until you decide she can have it. Good luck Eileen |
I'm so glad you posted this, we have had a similar thing here recently. I'm going to try these tips. I don't want G being mean :( |
I don't think he'd ever get another pig ear if he did that. He'd definitely know who's boss if that happened. That's just unacceptable. |
Some dogs gets aggressive when chewing on things. Teddy is the sweetest dog in the world but if i give him pork skin or something to chew on he becomes a diff. dog, if i try to take it from him he will put his paws infront of him and move my hands away and growl and move his head back. Now i barely give them any of those to chew on. They also become aggressive with each other and can cause fights. |
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