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I'm worried, what should I do??? We've given Reesie a couple of bully sticks and he did great with them. Yesterday I gave him a different brand bully stick and when we reached down to get it he snarled and growled and snapped at us like he was going to take our arm off. I know they can get aggressive with real food stuff, but he did so well with the first two I gave him I thought we were going to be okay. He does not do this with his food, or anything else just the bully stick. I took it away from him and did not give it back to him. I'm not sure how to handle this. I want him to be able to chew on something that is good for him, but I do not want to have to worry about the kids being around him when he has the bully stick. What should I do? |
I forgot to add that he is 17 weeks. He seems so young to be acting this way. |
I would sternly tell him no, not yell but just sternly tell him no and take it a way for awhile. I have never had this problem though heck Callie expects us to hold it for her while she chews lol. |
Aggressive I would do the same..."NO" sternly! Tell him not nice and take it away....try it again later in the day. It may take a few times before he catches on. He is learning. |
He must really like this brand and he is just being a puppy but it is a behavior you will want to work on. When you remove the stick give him something else. Repeat this many times sitting on the floor so he learns not to guard his food. By just taking it away you are making him worried he will never get it back and replacing it with something else helps him refocus. Once he understands it is not the only one he will ever get he will relax. |
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we try to trade with any kind of treats but he didin't want,finally one day we try to trade that last little piece of bully stick with cheese,and he want it:D |
This happened with Uni at first as well. I don't think you necessarily need to do the trade thing although that IS a good thing to teach anyway. This is what I did with Uni: When she growled I would say No, and point to her. A few seconds later I would lightly touch/pet her on her hindquarters. If she growled when i touched her say no again, and try again. Once she didn't growl with me touching her hindquarters then I would move up to her shoulder. Doing this over and over again until you can successfully pet her on her head without a growl. next step is to actually take it away from them, saying drop (we say lemme have it) Hold it for one second and if no growl give it back and praise. Keep doing it until you can hold it for as long as you want to. I was able to stop her growling in one session. however it is b/c she trusts me the most. Next bf did it, and now he can take it away whenever. BIL always teased her, so she would growl a lot at him. I asked him to stop teasing her and he has done this as well, and now she doesn't growl at him anymore and he is also able to take it away from her. |
Okay, I'm starting to get worried ever since last night Reesie has been acting more aggressive toward my middle son (7). Reesie seems like he is trying to take charge of my son or something. When I go over to Reesie and tell him "no" he gets a little snappy with me too. I put him on his side until he calms down. What is going on??? I'm really stressing over this. I want Reesie to be a good little guy, but ever since last night he seems to have an attitude. Is he going through puberty or something?? Do you think the bully stick could have triggered this? |
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Don't mean to yell but many a yorkie has been rushed to ER because of ham.. Just give him another dog treat.. |
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I'm really not sure what is going on. Reesie seems to have changed over night. Today he has snarled and growled at my son once or twice and he did it to me two or three times. He does it if we move him from something that he is doing, and tonight he did it pretty bad when I tried to wipe his paws after going out. He has always done the play bite thing and we have been working on that, but today he has done it twice as much and harder, it almost seemed like he was doing it out of spite and not play. When we are interacting with him he constantly trying to get his teeth on us. I'm always telling him "No Bite", but he is just not getting it. Like I said, he is 17 weeks old, and has been happy go lucky pretty much the whole time. I don't know what to do with him. Why is he changing?? What can I do to help?? :( |
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I've put my hands into my boys' food, as well as taken away treats and such since they were little. Little Reesie needs to know that you are in charge. Sometimes just to make sure that my boys know that if I want something, I get it, I will take away whatever they're chewing on. They will just sit and wait until I'm ready to give it back (usually 10 to 15 seconds or so), then they continue chewing. If Joey or Tank were to growl at me, I would probably pop them on the nose and do the "NO" thing. I really see no issue with flicking their nose with my finger, but that's just me. |
Good for you for recognizing that Reesie has a problem. Dealing with it now can keep it from becoming full blown aggression when he is an adult. What Reesie is doing is called "resource guarding". You need to take charge of the resources. I highly recommend the Nothing in Life is Free program. Nothing in Life is Free Nothing in Life is Free Gaining control of your dog humanely Dogs: Positive Reinforcement Training : The Humane Society of the United States |
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