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05-03-2009, 06:23 AM | #1 |
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| New behavior I notice she does this with larger dogs only. She did it a bit at my moms house with my moms boxer but I kind of brushed it off, but now I am starting to not like this behavior and want to correct it before I allow my sweet baby to be evil! Stormy will stand her ground with any other dog that she feels is "bugging" her, if that be a bone or treat, she will show her teeth and give a little growl/cry type thing. She started to do this at my moms and she does it at both dogs. But if I am holding her and my moms dog comes up to me to give kisses or anything Stormy will snap at her a little bit, she won't bite, she will kind of snap and whelp/growl kinda thing at her. It automatically makes my moms dog back off and go the other way. And this is a 70lb big boxer. lol I see this as jealously, territorial kind of behavior which I'd like to fix. So my fiancee brought a new pup home yesterday and it's a larger breed dog and I notice Stormy is showing this behavior with her now too. She only does this when I am holding her on my lap and the other dog(s) approach her. Unless it is over a bone or something else she will let a dog know who's it is. lol Could it be a female thing? How do I go about fixing this? I tell Stormy no, but to be honest, I don't punish her for anything or ever yell at her. She is completely spoiled and yeah I guess she may think she's the boss sometimes. I just don't want her snapping at animals while she's on my lap, I don't want to send the wrong message. Last edited by yorkie_mama22; 05-03-2009 at 06:26 AM. |
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05-03-2009, 06:34 AM | #2 |
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| Yikes. I am so new to all of this yorkie business, but to be honest I would "punish" her by putting her down off my lap ...probably into the kennel or something for a short period if she gets snappy, while telling her that's why. I guess a time out of sorts. I hope you get it figured out soon, it's tough huh? Training good behavior is good but I haven't had much bad behavior to break my pup out of yet, aside from shoe chewing, and that's easy, "no no" take it away and put it in the closet where it should have been to begin with lol. Good luck. |
05-03-2009, 06:44 AM | #3 |
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| Shes great besides this. She has no problem with a human coming around me, I have an almost 3 year old daughter and she can basically push her off my lap and Stormy will not get snappy. Other dogs is another thing it seems lol |
05-03-2009, 07:54 AM | #4 |
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| Well, you dont want her to get hurt by the larger Dogs. I would not allow her on my lap when she acts this way. You really need to stop this behavior. She thinks she owns you. You need to let her know that you own her...Good Luck and keep us updated... |
05-03-2009, 08:47 AM | #5 |
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| My moms big dog is scared of her and doesn't like to go around her too much, she also remembers when she was sick and staying there, she kept her distance and sensed something was wrong so she always stays away from her, it's just when she comes to ME and Stormy's on my lap she behaves like that. I am going to start just putting her down and telling her no when she acts like that and see how it works. |
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