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Making her like Santa? Santa is about 18" tall. He is holding a candle (light) and his head and arm move when you turn it on (and light comes on). It makes a quiet mechanical sound. I have him on the floor and Maggie is having no parts of him being turned on. She growls and barks the same way she does when a big dog walks by or comes on our yard. She is not happy! If I just leave it on and let her bark at it for a while will she stop? She doesn't mine him when he is turned off, but is a little bit wary. |
Lol, too funny! Sometimes these little quirky creatures get so bent out of shape when you introduce something new to the house - my Pfeiffer is especially like that. |
I'd probably be a little scared of Santa too ;) I think that if I subjected my pups to that, they'd give into their prey-drive and Santa would be missing an arm and candle....with that being said, my pups seem to eventually tune out distracting things...they will now nap or just sit quietly and watch the lawnmower guys go back and forth through our yard with all kinds of loud machines... but they still bark their heads off at a random leaf that blows across the back porch. I personally would not turn on the Santa if it seemed to overly stress out or agitate the dogs and they didn't calm down after a while. I hope that you and Maggie are able to come to some sort of compromise lol |
If it helps, my Toby used to go absolutely bonkers whenever he would see my daughter's American Girl dolls (they look like very small children). He would growl and bark and just freak out at them. Now he ignores them and just sniffs. Hopefully your pup will be the same way. |
Sophie Kate as the same reaction to lawn ornaments, in some cases actually attacking (think small GA Bulldog statue). As part of her initial training package with Mans Best Friend I have a lifetime guarantee for additional training that is needed so off we went. Sophie learned the basic "touch command" where you tell her to touch something she is scared of, she will go up and touch it with her noise (slowly), that has helped a lot. The touch command is something we practice almost daily as part of her daily commands. The way they taught me was you hold your hand up, palm facing the dog but not real close to their face and say "touch" or issue the command, they will come up and touch their nose to your hand (and she gets a treat). Trick to this training is not to move your hand to them but make them come to the hand. It seems to be working, we still get barking and some fear but we use "Touch" to get past it. |
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