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01-17-2016, 06:25 PM | #1 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Taylor, Michigan, United States
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| Territorial/Possessive Yorkie... PLEASE HELP Hi everyone, I've had Lily for about 2 years now and she's been really good. Just recently she has been becoming very aggressive. She does not leave my side, she follows me wherever I go. Lately I have been closing doors to where I am so she will leave me alone and do her own thing. She usually sits at the door scratching for about 10 minutes then runs around the house frantically. When I sit on the couch, she will jump up and anybody that walks by (or my other dogs) she will growl and bark until they walk past then she will lunge at them and try to bite them. She will often chase them out of the room barking and trying to bite them as well. I have stopped allowing her to go on the furniture and it hasn't seemed to help as she will just sit at my feet. Also every time somebody enters the room she will do the same things as well even if she's not sitting with me. I say No to her in a firm voice but she does not listen. I have also tried getting her to sit and pay attention to me (with treats) BEFORE it happens (when I know it's going to) to try and prevent it but it still doesn't work as she is not food motivated. I have now resorted to a spray bottle, everytime she starts growling or barking I spray her and she stops and then does it again. We start obedience classes February 11th but I'm hoping i could get some help in the mean time. It's getting really bad! |
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01-18-2016, 03:56 AM | #2 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: South Yorkshire,England
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| Others will probably post with better ideas and more experience but here's what we do. Ignore anything you don't like or agree with, it's just one idea. Good luck. We use a harness on a line. The dogs have learnt that when the harness is on, we are teaching them something, so even without a line, they seem to be keen to learn and behave, because they are in training mode. (We have two types of harnesses, one for walks and a 'indoor' harness, it's made of cloth, so soft and a bit looser, we only use it for training at home/garden) They know when the indoor harness comes out, that we want something from them. Make it positive, no negative training. If we need to get to the dog quickly...say to teach stay with the front door open, we'd have a line attached to us. But for something like this, we'd probably put on a short line, that makes it easy for us to grab, so we can correct behaviour without touching the dog. Short enough it doesn't get caught around chair legs etc. Our short line was about 7" long (never leave on unsupervised) Caleb is overly attached to me. He'd bark at Ishmael (border collie) or the cat if they approached, but was ok with Pip sitting on my lap. When he growled, I'd put him on the ground, make him sit (praise him for that,even though it's an easy command) and then ask Ish to approach, correcting Caleb if needed. Rewarding with praise or treats. Repeating, until he got it right. No negative corrections. Both dogs receiving praise. It might not be a quick fix but he can't ever be allowed to growl without correction. I'd ditch the spray bottle and anything negative. Give him a set of commands, ie sit, stay, down, leave, and loads of praise, then call the other pet and have them do the same commands. You can even stand on a line or have someone else hold it. Having training sessions, after a good play or walk, will often be easier than if he's full of energy. Walking the dogs together helps also. The dog you've decided is top dog, always gets treats first, goes through the door before other dogs, (not before us.) When training, that dogs goes first. The dogs have a pecking order, we decided it and stick to it. We noticed any time someone changes the order by accident, it causes friction in the group.
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01-18-2016, 07:48 AM | #3 |
YT Addict Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Ontario canada
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| I would start with a good Vet check. I Had another dog that has since passed got very clingy because he had lost his hearing. So make sure there are no health problems first. I would then get a professional to come in and help you sort this out. I hope all get better for you. |
01-20-2016, 08:05 PM | #4 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Taylor, Michigan, United States
Posts: 2
| Thanks so much for the advice. She just went to the vet last week- everything normal and healthy However, I have tried correcting her by doing all of these except using a harness and nothing has worked! I will try using a harness and give it some time, I'm hoping it will work! Thanks again! |
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