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05-03-2006, 06:36 PM | #1 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jan 2006 Location:
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| Fiona tried to attack another Yorkie! Please help! My family and I have moved to NC and we had to leave our cat and Fiona in a kennel for 4 days b/c they didn't have any pet rooms on the post we are at. We didn't want to do it, but didn't really have a choice. When we got them back and got to a hotel they could stay at, she was acting a little skittish, and thought it was a little strange, but we have had a LOT going on. So 2 days later I brought her with me to do laundry and we had met a lady that morning who also had a yorkie and I saw her again in the laundry room and we were talking and I mentioned how much Fiona loved to play with other dogs, so she said she would go get hers. Well she came in a few minutes later and they did their sniffing thing and Fiona went crazy, trying to attack her. I have never seen her like this, it was like a totally different dog. She was barking and growling and trying to bite, I picked her up and she was still trying to get to her. I apologized to the lady and she took her dog out. I was so horrified! Why did she do this? We were going to bring her downtown to a festival they were having this past weekend, but decided against it after that little "episode". I am going to call the kennel tomorrow morning to see if something happened, but could have just leaving her there have messed her up? What do I do? I'm pretty upset about what happened, I've just never seen her act like that before. She has always been "bossy", but nothing like that. Will I never be able to take her anywhere again? I am really worried, please help! |
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05-03-2006, 06:41 PM | #2 |
YT Addict Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: London
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| I'm sorry but I can't offer any advice. You sound very concerned though and it does seem very unusual but I'm sure it'll be okay. Please don't worry too much. I'd be interested to see what advice is offered, but in the meantime, how old is Fiona and is this the first time she's been away from you? |
05-03-2006, 06:50 PM | #3 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jan 2006 Location:
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| Fiona is a year and 3 mos, and when I had my son and was in the hospital my parents house sat for 2 days and watched her. But that's pretty much it, and she was in her own home. Luckily we have found a hotel that will take pets, so they can stay w/ us. I know we are pretty out of sorts now, we've been in a hotel since the 21st of April and will be until the 15th when we close on our house. So I know the animals have to be unsettled too. But surely that wouldn't have caused her to do that? I don't know, but it really upset me. |
05-03-2006, 07:04 PM | #4 |
YT Addict Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: London
Posts: 284
| Ah okay. I don't know very much but I'm sure dogs pick up a lot of unspoken signals from their owners. It seems to me that you feel quite unsettled and therefore so does she. Also, do you think that perhaps the day she met the other Yorkie, the space might have been both unfamiliar and quite small to her? Perhaps she just felt cornered. Maybe you could take her out for a long walk in a park near you - if you have one and if you can of course - and try slowly and gently introduce her to another dog. It might have been a one off instance to be honest and if you - quite understandably though - stop taking her out, that could cause more problems in the long run. If she's always been good with other dogs, then that's a great sign. I very much doubt - again I'm not an expert - that four days at a kennel would result in anything bad happening that would alter her behaviour so significantly |
05-04-2006, 08:48 AM | #5 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Fredonia, KS
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| Reuger had a spell like that a while back. We went on an Easter picinc and I decided to take Reuger. The picnic was close enough to my son's house that his jack russell followed them there. When Reuger saw the other dog he went crazy. I knew that if I were to put him down we'd have a dog fight. The other dog seemed fine and was interested in sniffing and trying to get along, but not Reuger. Every time the other dog came near Reuger would just turn nasty. I was so embarrassed. Here I brought a cute little dog to the picnic and he was acting awful!! I'm not sure exactly what caused it, but I'm going to take Reuger to my son's house and try to introduce them slowly and see if he'll do better. My daughter house sat for a friend that has 4 dogs so I took Reuger over and introduced him to them because I was worried about how he would act with other dogs. We introduced the dogs one at a time and he did great. He was a little overwhelmed at meeting 4 dogs all at once, but after a while he got somewhat used to them. I don't know what to tell you about what happened. Maybe try introducing the dogs again with each of you holding them until they seem ok with being together. Have a crate and put one of them inside of the crate and put the other one on the outside and see how they do. If they do ok then in a little while let the one in the cage out, but keep a close eye on the situation. I hope this helps, but I'm not experienced in this area.
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05-04-2006, 08:06 PM | #6 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New Zealand
Posts: 149
| I am so glad to hear other yorkies do this too. Ella gets like that too. I am stepping up the training and I hope that works for her, I htink in her case it is mostly because she gets nervous. I hope you find some answers here!! |
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