HUSBAND vs. MAILMAN !!!!!!!
 

When my yorkie was a puppy, I was a little worried :(on how to raise him not to hate mailman or anybody specially my husband is a mailman.My husband always told as a story about dogs who bit mailman or chase them when they deliver packages.As he grew older I was happy :)that he turn to be a good dog.He loves our mailman or anybody he meet in the street:thumbup:,but he started to hate my husband.Everyday when my husband comes home with his mailman uniform my dog is ok:aimeeyork with it, but when my husband change to his normal clothes he start to bark:animal36 and even wanting to bite him:thumbdown,My husband loves him but he doesnt like the barking thing because this happen everyday and everytime he comes close to me and my son.
What should I do,his been to classes already but his still the same...please give me some advice....THANK YOU!!!!!

Sorry, I don't really have any advice, but I'll bump this up so that maybe someone else will see it and can help.

Maybe your husband could buy a second uniform and wear it at home?? :confused: Just kidding :D

I have no advise, really. Maybe someone else :confused::confused:

My hubby is a mailman too!!! We don't have the same problem, tho. Bailey loves, loves, loves everyone!!!

I watched an episode of Its Me or the Dog - Victoria Stillwell. The Poodle absolutely hated the man of the house. It would growl whenever the man was close. The poodle was very protective of the the wife and daughter. Victoria trains with treats. Her method was to give the man treats and let the dog know that he had the treats. If the dog got close to the man without growling it got a treat. The dog soon associated being with the man as positive experience.

On the same episode - the dog couldn't be in bed with the wife and husband without growling at the man. So, Victoria put the wife and dog in the bed together - and told the husband to enter the room and approach the bed. If the dog growled at the husband, then the dog was immediately put on the floor. This was repeated over and over and over again - until the dog realized it could only stay on the bed if it didn't growl. I guess you could say that staying on the bed was the "treat" for the poodle - who obviously wanted to be there.

Between the two training exercises, the dog started to come around.

I hope your situation isn't as extreme as this family's situation - but I thought the training techniques in this show were positive and had good results.


Good luck :)

I also remember that eposoide , it was a very good one. Your husband needs to use positive training with yur little yorkie, and treats are a good way to build up the trust between the two. It could be since your husband is gone all day working mst of the time, your dog has not bonded yet, with your husband. I think that is or might be going on . Or she you Yorkie could be picking uo the scents of other dogs your husband has come in contact with during his route. dogs have a acute sense of smell , so if she can smell other dogs on your husband this could make her stressed out or react in a fearful/aggressive manner. I am just throwing out possibiltes here.

i've seen Victoria get to the point that the dog had to learn to have their own bed too, i'd rather have mine in our bed with us, but i could see giving a dog their own bed if they really won't learn to be nice in the family bed.

hope your situation works out soon!