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11-23-2010, 11:31 AM | #1 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Pilot Mountain, NC
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| Female Yorkie Aggression - need help I have a female Yorkie that snaps at our other dogs when they come in the house like she's going to eat them alive. How do I get her to stop? |
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11-23-2010, 11:48 AM | #3 |
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| She is 7 yrs old and is spayed. We got her from a breeder b/c she would not get along with the other female breeders in the house. We have an outside Beagle (male and neutered) and Boxer (female spayed) and when we bring them in at supper time, she attacks them. We want to let her know that this type of behavior is not acceptable, but not sure if we should scold her, put her in time out or just ignore it. Because we are learning about training our dogs, I know that there are certain responses that help them understand better. Just need some advise on how to let her know that even though she's the smallest member of the pack, she's not the least. |
11-23-2010, 12:04 PM | #4 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Pilot Mountain, NC
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| I dont see where this posted...but she is 7 yrs old and she is spayed. We actually have 5 dogs and she does ok once everyone is in their space after supper, but when we let the two outside dogs in - (1 - Beagle; male and neutered) and (1 - Boxer; female and spayed) she attacks them like she's wanting to show them who's boss. I am reading on the correct way to train your dogs and want her to know that this behavior is unacceptable, but don't want to do the wrong thing. |
11-23-2010, 12:43 PM | #5 |
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| I don't know how to stop this behavior, but I'm betting it's a territorial issue. She knows their space is outside and they are entering her territory when they come in. Just my guess.
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11-23-2010, 01:02 PM | #6 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Pilot Mountain, NC
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| That's what i'm thinking too but we have to let her know she is not to do that because one of these days she's either going to hurt one of them or they're going to hurt her. |
11-23-2010, 01:30 PM | #7 |
YT Addict | Does she try to bite their ankles? Lexi used to nip at Lucy's (Golden Retriever) whenever she came in from outside, when I came home or when Lucy was in trouble. I still have no idea why because she wouldn't do it to the other dogs... I would yell at her whenever I caught her in the act, occasionally I would put her in her kennel for a time out. When Lucy came inside I would also put my foot in front of her to prevent her from trying to nip. Eventually she stopped.
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11-23-2010, 01:45 PM | #8 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Pilot Mountain, NC
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| No....she goes for the juglular. She sounds ferocious and looks like she's going to attack them. She does calm down after they all get settled in but when they first come in it's awful. I just dont know how to get her to stop. |
11-23-2010, 04:21 PM | #9 |
Donating YT 4000 Club Member | Could you try putting her up before they come in, then only letting her out after they settled in?
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11-24-2010, 07:06 AM | #10 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Pilot Mountain, NC
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| I haven't tried that one but it's worth a try. It's kind of putting her in time out for undesirable behavior. I've been reading about training other dogs and it has helped tremendously with her. She goes biserk when we go outside and I've been working on breaking that habit and she's doing better with that. I'll try the crate or putting her in some kind of time out to see how she handles it. She also shows this type of aggression when we let them outside to potty. I used to pick her up and let the others out first, but that's showing negative reinforcement and we don't want that. |
11-24-2010, 07:28 AM | #11 |
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| Lucy does the same thing if Ringo tries to come into my bedroom. She thinks it's HER bedroom. Or if I lift Ringo up to sleep on my bed - he has always slept with my son but I can tell he's getting jealous that Lucy always gets to sleep with me. She goes crazy - growling and snapping (just at the air so far) but still, I don't like it. Ringo is a Westie and could hurt her if he wanted to. He is the alpha and has, so far, been tolerant but . . . I need to put a stop to it. I think next time I will put her down from the bed and hope she gets the message.
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11-24-2010, 07:45 AM | #12 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Pilot Mountain, NC
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| Katie was the only female dog in the house. I have a 10 yr old Boston Terrier that she barely tolerates and a 5 yr old male yorkie too. But over the last yr, we've added two outside dogs - a Beagle who's under 2 and a female Boxer who seems to be under 2 as well. You'd think she was in attack mode when the outside dogs are let in for the evening. I think we just need to make sure that we let her know we will not put up with that kind of behavior. I think it's just a territorial issue and since she's the smallest, she thinks she's the alpha. It's funny because all of the other dogs could really hurt her but they all act afraid of her. We definitely have some un-training to do. |
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