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01-16-2012, 01:25 PM | #1 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Tide Head NB Canada
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| too protective We went out last night to dinner for the first time since arriving in Florida on Saturday. We have been taking her out since she was a puppy, so it is not that she is not used to seeing other people. When anyone would come up to the table to greet us she would go into attack mode. She was being so protective of me. She was on my knee and would lung towards them with this really mean bark and try to nip them. I corrected her and then she would lick them. However the next person to come near she would do the same. I definitely do not like this behavior. I know these liitle ones can be very territorial but there has to be something I can do to correct this. Bella is a year and a half old. There have been certain people in the past she has not liked, but never has she been that aggresive. It was like she was my protector and no one was coming over to touch or hug her mommy. Can someone please give me some ideas of how to correct this very unlady like behavior. She is so cute that everyone that sees her wants to pet her. I know a dog trainer could help but that is not an option for me. I know so many of the members her have so much experience I hope you can help Bella and I. We love to take her out with us and she loves to go out. Please help us. Oh and to let you know I did repremand her when she did this by saying ...bad girl no bite and tapping her nose. I also had treats in my bag and one person agreed to try and her again. Most were like no I would like to keep the fingers I have. I gave him some treats and she did allow him to feed them to her and she didn't lunge at him .Did I do the right thing....please help |
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01-16-2012, 02:29 PM | #2 |
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| I think you did pretty good. I wouldn't tap her nose, though, that can backfire and make her more agressive. I would watch her as a person approaches, can you feel her getting tense or does she become very still right before she lashes out? If yes, then that is when you need to do the correction, and be firm, as your voice has to interrupt her plan of attack. Use the same interuption each time, like 'Ah, ah!'. Don't use her name during the correction, ever. If you're sitting, move her off balance a little, away from you. A bench type seat would be great, you could put her off your lap and onto the seat. Give treats to the people who will walk up to you. They can toss one to her if they are nervous. She will still learn that strangers have treats, and she will get them if she behaves. Once you catch her before she lunges, she'll remember that (it may take 2-4 times depending on her level of aggression) and she may just look at you to see if you're paying attention. Correct her each and every time, Ah, Ah, then place her down and away from you. When she ignores the stranger, (she'll look away, and avoid eye contact), and is calm, end the correction with an 'Okay', provided she is calm, give her praise and a treat and she can get back on your lap. If she tenses up or goes right back into attack mode, do the correction again. Eventually she'll respond to just the voice interruption. Use that for anything you don't want her to do.
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01-16-2012, 03:32 PM | #3 |
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| Zeus just started doing this, but only while I'm work... I've been having people come in with treats and stop him (Eh! Eh!) when he's about to bark/chase after them and I'm seeing a HUGE improvement. Definitely agree with kjc above.
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