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Lexi is grounded from Greenies... I have had this bad sinus thing for about 3 days, and Lexi is eating up the fact that I've been just lounging around. Anyway, this morning I gave Lexi a greenie and she sat right next to me on the sofa chewing it. She was completely up against my leg and I reached down to pet her and as soon as I touched her head she started growling and snapped at me and actually drew blood(not bad but it did break the skin). I told her no, but I didn't take the greenie away. I figured taking it from her would just make her gaurd the next one even more. She has done this before with the greenies, but not this bad. She doesn't act like this with anything else, so what should I do? Should I not let her have them anymore, or just not let her have another one for a week or two? What would you do? Any advice will be greatly appreciated... |
I have experienced this also,, when its something they really want,, usually a kleenex, or paper something, that he knows he isnt to have,, something he snatches and runs with,,, I need advise also... I've heard to go down to there level to get it,,,, DOesnt help! tried it! |
i don't have any advise for you but our lhasa will growl and try to bite you if you try and take a bone away from her. or a bobby pin, i don;t know why she likes chewing on them but if she can ever find one she won't let you take it away from her. |
Hefner has growled at me lately when I try to put clothes on him and I tell him very firmly "NO" and I do not let him get away with it. The clothes go on. IMO, aggressive behavior cannot be tolerated and the greenies should be taken away immediately and not given back. She is challenging your necessary position as "alpha" and in charge. She should know to never growl or snap at you under any circumstance. You are the boss, period. If a child hit you or bit you when you tried to take a toy away, the child would be punished and the toy would be removed forever or at least for a long time until they improved their behavior substantially. It should be the same if you want a well behaved yorkie. JMHO. Others may think differently. Good luck. |
I think Greenies make dogs evil. My Malt was really bad with them.. he would growl at me whenever I tried to take the Greenies away from him. My solution was to take them away from him every couple of minutes. I kept doing that every time he would eat them. He is better about letting me take them away from him.. he won't growl at me, but he is still protective of them. My biggest problem now is that when I try to take them away from him he'll try to eat it really fast before I can grab it. He downed a huge chunk yesterday and ended up puking it up this morning. :( I think I might have to not let him eat them anymore after that little scare. |
SoCalyorkiLvr, thanks alot as soon as she dropped it I picked it up and threw it away. I have 2 huge bags of them so I guess in a month or so I'll try it again. If she still snapps that is it no more. I'm making calls today about putting her in some puppy classes, I want her to be my sweet baby good girl.. |
Thats exactly what they are doing when they growl and try to bite. The only way I know to fix this is by ( if you walk the dog on a leash) make them walk a little bit behind you, this put you as the alpha. Always make sure you go in the door first and out of the door first. You must make them wait. And I know this one would be hard but make sure you eat before they do. In a dog pack the alpha dog eats before anyone else. Although we love to think of them as little humans they are still dogs and still follow pack rules. I hope this helps. :thumbup: |
Tinkerbell has done this on occasion to me. I flip her on her back immediately and hold her down till she stops growling and wriggling. I tell her no! very mean. Then put her in her crate for time out. I feel strongly that this is not aloud as I have small kids. I have to be able to trust her around them when they have food. IMO, I wouldn't keep the greenies from her, because you need to be able to have instances when this happens to teach her that it's not aloud. The more you discipline her when this happens the faster she will learn. I like Mystify79's comment about taking it away every so often and giving it back. Also by growling at you and biting you and then having you leave her alone, she learned that she got what she wanted by biting you. That is not a good lesson for her to learn. Never let her get away with doing that. You should have taken that greenie away the moment she did it and put her in timeout. |
What we did when Sandy was growling about nylabones was to hold on to them while she ate one. I would put her in my lap and have her chew on one end while I held the other. This seemed to help her out with that, now she realizes that we can touch her food and are in charge of it. |
Hercules has growled over greenies too! I'm glad we aren't the only ones. I was so mad and upset about it when it happened that I was like, you don't act like that, I'm in charge here and I took it away. I made him calm down for a few minutes and then I gave it back to him. Then after a few minutes I took it away again. Like the advice you got before. We need to make sure they know we are in charge as much possible. It's so hard w/ their cute faces, but it's for the better in the long run. I also move their food around when they eat, just to make sure they don't ever get aggressive. And I also pet them while they eat sometimes. These are the things that I've seen on Animal Cops on the Animal Planet - it's how they test whether or not an animal is safe for adoption. |
I was told to keep food down for the pups 'all the time'. They can easily become hypoglycemic, especially when they are very small. We have always done this and it works out fine. My pups fight and growl over treats with each other, but neither has ever tried to bite a human (am thankful for that). |
My dogs do this too....but only over greenies! |
Greenies That does it! I'm not buying any greenies for my two little ones! What they don't know, won't hurt them. :D |
My Aunt's Cocker did this with her Greenies and my Aunt gave the rest to me. Stewie has lost interest in them lately... |
Magic is the same way with Greenies...they are something she really likes and when you try to take it away it is like the devil entered her...she becomes a totally different Yorkie...so we have stopped the Greenies for now and have tried some other bones to help with their teeth...she doesn't seem quite as bad with the new bones...we defintely don't want her to act that way!!! |
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OK, This is totally scary! There has got to be something in these Greenies that has never been used before in a chew toy. I'm just waiting for a newsbreaking story announcing something like: Overseas drug ring busted for producing Greenies, causing millions of canines to revert to primal Resource Guarding. When the last Greenie got down to a risky size, it got tossed. We would let Bodhi have it for 10 minute sessions a couple of times a week, wrapping it in a paper towel in between. Bodhi went bonkers when he smelled the paper towel that my husband was going to throw away. So, here's my new trick. I put a Greenie in a plastic container of Bodhi's regular dog food to use as treats. This way, I don't have to get his tummy accustomed to yet another food. (He already has Pupcorn and the Natural Balance sausage on his treat repertoire). Ever since Bodhi made it difficult to take the Greenie away, I constantly pick up his treats and return them to him, so that he knows that it's a gift from me and that I have a right to take it away. In a fun way of course! :D The instructor of the Puppy Manners class we'll be going to has posted this article on her website: http://doggiezen.com/handouts/resource-guarding.html |
I give Sydnee Greenies however she could care less if I take it. She leaves them all over the house and the big dog eats them. Now try and take her Pop from her (stuffed animal) baby, then we are talking mutiny, but only if its bedtime. However, I don't just give her greenies, she gets rawhide chews and other chews also, and she has a water bottle that she fights with and growls and bounces off walls and carries around, now there is something I don't understand at all. I had to put her in her place more than once though during our grooming sessions, but by George I think the girl has got it. She still attacks the brush after I am finished and I let her have it to take out her frustration on, the handle has lots and lots of teeth marks. :eek: |
I love the Dog Whisperer and he says when a dog growls at any human, flip then onto their side and hold them down by putting your hand over their neck, using your fingers to dig in gently on the top side of their neck. If you have to, use your other hand to hold their hips on the ground. Hold them down until they stop growling and calm down. This is how the alpha dog teaches the others who is boss, only he uses his teeth on the neck. Val |
Im thinking 12 step program for greenies addictions is in order for some of your pups lmao :D . |
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