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09-21-2008, 02:42 PM | #1 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Irvine Ca USA
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| Barking & Aggressiveness My 4 year old Yorkie has gotten worse with his unwanted barking and aggressiveness. He has also had an attitude, my fiance and I thought it was kind of cute, he would rough house with him. But now we can not all sit and watch TV without Reggie jumping off to attack my fiance's foot or because he thinks my fiance is getting up to steal his rawhide. He hates kids, he will try to run their way and snarl at them. He never had a bad experience with kids, i have had him since 8 weeks old. He is so sweet to us at home and then he try to bite the kids (even though they DO tend to RUN towards him) I think he is trying to always protect me. My fiance and I got him together but he cant even tickle me without Reggie thinking he is hurting me and trying to bite him. He is very spoiled. Any one able to give me some good ways to start changing his behavior and what we NEED to do evry time he acts up? We sometimes give him a time out in the bedroom because he doesnt let us eat without jumping for the food and wimpering. Even barking at us at times when he just cant take the wonderful smell of what we are eating.
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09-21-2008, 05:04 PM | #2 |
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| Sorry I don't have any good answers for you, but I did want to say WELCOME TO YT Somebody will have the answers you need. Good luck!
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09-21-2008, 08:37 PM | #3 |
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| First he is not spoiled. He is scared.. he making the rules and it is a big old world and it a lot for a wee little dog to handle so time to change. First what Reggie is doing when your fiancée is tickling you is NORMAL totally dog correct to him. He is doing a behaviour that is called splitting up. Dogs do not do that to other dogs and if they do it a start of a fight so he being a very good dog and stopping the behaviour before a fight.. he does not know it ok. Teach him sit and wait and do short tickles with lots of food treats as he sits you are teaching him and incompatible behaviour he can not sit and get treats and be splitting you two up. SO first behaviour is a good well spoken dog talking dog not understanding human. He hates children darn again normal those fast moving screaming band of brats ( I love kids) are scary and well I want to make then SHH to and stop moving in strange ways. So kids find a nice calm kid that listens to you and have them toss treat at the dog at a distance the dog feels safe... then slowly and I mean slowly over days if not weeks have the kid move closer and closer till the dog can be beside or in front of the child and then hand feed right out of the kids hand. so again normal dog doing a normal thing as he does not know how humans work. Rawhides are gone.... you have to remove one or the other you fiancé not the one. Stop fighting with him the dog that is... I like to see your fiancé hand feed to dog for two weeks all his kibble at least one meal. I also like to see you start a nothing in life is free the dog works for food or to sit on the couch he needs to down or sit before getting up. Feet shoes on and if the dog goes after the feet it will not hurt and you can ignore him attacking and you can leave the are if he does not stop. if your telling him no you are reinforcing the behavior as you are drawing attention to it. You can also teach something like down or high five which means he can no be chewing feet. The other which will work and not so fun is put the shewing on the feet on cue. every time he goes for the foot you say eat it and he goes for the foot you treat that... ok hang on it in the last step you get control. the next step is not it on cue you never give the cue to eat it without a pair of shoes on... it becomes a trick. What you are dealing with is lack of understanding of the way he is to work in the human world if he lived souly and only with dogs he be great. JL
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09-21-2008, 10:37 PM | #4 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Canada
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| Well you could be talking about Bentley there, he is exactly the same, he has some real issues, but is as sweet as can be to all of us and very submissive, but outsiders watch out.... |
09-22-2008, 12:26 AM | #5 |
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| He's obviously top dog (Alpha) in your home. He needs to be taught his place love, at the bottom of the pack. Cesar Millan has lots of ideas about this, and to ensure they know their place. We all love our Yorkies, but sometimes we spoil them too much. Good luck love. Hugs Shirl x x
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09-22-2008, 01:51 AM | #6 |
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| Nate gets too much "barky" at times. Oh well.
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09-22-2008, 05:44 AM | #7 |
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| Alpha is not barking and terrorizing or biting. That is fear and lack of confidence. Alpha is the strong silent and knows that what he or she does will be followed as it is confident and strong and very sure of itself. Why I hate the use of alpha is that most people see alpha the wrong way. including the fellows on TV. No top wolf runs around barking carrying on like a fool draw attention to its band. No top wolf gets its self into a fight and no underling does it as you hurt the top wolf you had better be able to protect yourself and you band cause you just hurt the food getting and your protector. Top dog knows he is top dog and has nothing to prove at all. It the little beasts under him or her that have all the need to prove they can run the show. What you are seeing is middle dog play out of control the middle guys fight and practice to become alpha and therefore they are not safe in themselves or their place.... Big boy he does not fight Top dog is not acting anxiety or overwhelmed and is able to control himself cause if he does not his FAMILY is dead and he did not become top dog by being scare of anything. This is not a top dog in the post this is a dog that out of control fearful and looking for guidance and very under socialized dog at that. You ever meet a truly aggressive alpha dog the hair on your neck stand up in the the back of your neck and that dog makes eye contact and holds it and holds it. He not afraid of nothing and no one and I have yet to see the fellow on TV work on of those. I have been in a room with one and thank you never again. Alpha is not fear aggression it is I know and I will back it up and it not backing down for anyone but is is strong firm and silent.... those are few and far between in the dog world. Most aggresion is fear nothing more or less. Treating a fearful dog lke it out to take over just makes the dog more fearful and less able to work with you. JL
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