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10-08-2006, 03:06 PM | #1 |
My furkids Donating Member | Question for multiple yorkie owners Sadie is 2 1/2 yrs old..she was the only dog we owned...we got Lillie about 9 weeks ago...It took time for Sadie to warm up to her...they do play alot and will both sit on my lap. I wouldn't call Sadie an aggressive dog but,,,,,,My Parents watch her when I am working...My parents own a Schnauzer who has the sweetest disposition...never growls and just goes with the flow, Heidi is 7 yrs old. If another dog comes into the yard Sadie will bark,like any other dog. Heidi can be in another room and Sadie will run to her and jump and bite her on the neck...she has never drawn blood...Tonight I was at my parents with the two dogs...My daughter and her husband came over with their 2 golden retrievers...my Mom was holding Lillie and I was holding Sadie. (My daughters dogs are quite hyper and I'm afraid they'll step on my furbabies..so we hold them when they are around) Anyway..Lillie started barking at the big dogs!!! We all thought that was hysterical where she is so tiny...well Sadie was going out of her mind...the goldens were put outside and I put Sadie down...My Mom put Lillie down and, Sadie ran over to her and attacked her!!! My Mom and I ran over to stop Sadie....Poor little Lillie didn't know what was going on...Sadie had Lillie by the neck and when my Mom picked her up Lillie came off the floor...The poor thing was crying so hard...Sadies mouth was almost like chattering..I think with all the confusion with the 2 big dogs Sadie got very stressed out and took it out on Lillie... Does anyone here have furbabies around my furbabies ages? How do they get along? Is there Hope??!! I never brought Sadie for obedience...I think it's time...I just hope it isn't too late..
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10-08-2006, 03:24 PM | #2 |
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| i would say as she only does it when shes around other dogs or hears others dogs shes doing it cos she gets worked up and mistakes the other dog for being aggresive. my scampi use to do it, he would bark at another dog and then cos he was worked up he would attack one of my others by mistake. when she gets aggressive dont make a fuss as she will think your worried and maybe even thinks that your worried about the other dog and so attacks it to protect you, when she goes for the other dog tell her no and put her in another room for a few moments or dont take any notice of her for a while untill she has carmed down.
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10-08-2006, 03:32 PM | #3 | |
My furkids Donating Member | Quote:
Your dogs will do this also? are they adults, puppies, and adult and puppy? will it end???!!!
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10-08-2006, 03:52 PM | #4 |
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| my scampi didnt stop doing it but I STOPPED him doing it, as soon as he would start barking or growling i would pick him up and carm him down then take his mind off of it by leaving the room with him then playing with him or giving him food, that way he would forget what happened by the time i brought him back in the room with the other dogs. the dog that is attacking is the top dog and she is protecting you, showing the other dog shes boss, and as dogs let off a smell when angery or in a hightend state she can smell this from the other dog so she attacks it, she could also be smelling it from the other 2 dogs and mistakes it from your pup. the 4 yorkies i had at the time i had scampi would all bark at the door and would be in a hightened state and aggressive towards the person who they couldnt see was knocking at the door (this is normal as they bark to alert you to a maybe intruder) but as scampi would then smell it coming from the others and see them barking or even standing in a way he saw aggressive he would attack them by mistake, he wouldnt realise they were in fact backing him up and helping him. some dogs also attack when they have been playing.
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10-08-2006, 03:54 PM | #5 |
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| scampi would also go over after and kiss the dog he had attacked as he would then be sorry. she dont mean to do whats shes doing bless her.
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10-08-2006, 04:02 PM | #6 | |
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Thank you for responding...I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one with "sibling rivalry"!
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10-08-2006, 04:22 PM | #7 |
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| my scampi would of done it right up untill he died at 15 if i had let him, funny thing was the dogs he would attack were his own sons tye and zac who i still have now. in time and with a bit of training she will see she can trust her sister and they will be fine. either that or when the pups bigger she will tell her sister off for attacking her and put her in her place and she wont do it again.
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10-08-2006, 04:40 PM | #8 |
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| Just brought a 2nd yorkie home. We have now been home for a week with a new little girl to be a sister to Caesar. Caesar is almost 2 1/2 (rescued him April 29th) and Lacy is 3 1/2. Caesar is certainly trying to make sure she knows he is the alpha. They have played a little, but not much. Lacy would love to romp, but Caesar is kind of watching and pouting until he figures out if this is going to be a permanent arrangement. We honestly believe they will be just fine, but it will certainly take awhile. You need to be patient and continue to cuddle and play with both little dogs. They are worth the energy and it will work out. At least I hope so! |
10-06-2007, 09:49 AM | #9 |
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| It's called redirected aggression (or sometimes "displaced aggression") - I read about this because I had (past tense!) a crazy aggressive cat client. Here's some basic info but you can google for more... Redirected Aggression Another reason for aggressive behavior in dogs is redirected aggression, and it is very much misunderstood. This behavior occurs when a dog cannot take out its aggression on the actual object causing the fear, anger, or territorial thoughts. For instance, if your dogs are in the backyard and a person they perceive as an intruder enters the house, the dogs may turn on one another. However, some people do not understand the displaced aggression, because they do not know what started the aggressive behavior. This is quoted from dogproblemsolutions.com
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10-06-2007, 09:50 AM | #10 |
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| oops =) Oh my, I had no idea how old the post was! hehe sry, I'm sure you knew all that stuff by now!
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10-06-2007, 11:35 AM | #11 |
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| Penny get's overwhelmed when their are too many dogs around, and everybody starts barking. That's when she goes into stealth mode, and trys to bite on of the other dogs. I pick her up, tell her no, and put her in time out.
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10-06-2007, 12:02 PM | #12 |
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| Might and Max do this I have 5 furbabies...they are Miko 6, Might will be 6 on the 16th, Prissie 5, Kylie 4 and Max will be 1 next Tuesday. Our next door neighbors have a Doberman and 2 Bostons, there is a chain link fence separating our yards. When we go outside, my babies and the neighbors dogs will run back and forth along the fence and bark at each other, every now and then Max and Might will jump on one of my other babies and snap at them while they are running back and forth because they are just excited, they've never hurt any of them. Also, when I get home and let my babies out, Max is so excited that I'm home while he is jumping up and down barking and excited a couple of times he has gotten my hand in his mouth. Sometimes I have to let him calm down a little before I can reach down and pick him up. If you take a look at the video entitled "Out in the Backyard" on Miko's dogster page, at the very beginnig of the video, Might, the little white one, is jumping at him and snapping at him, Miko just ingnores him. This is a daily occurence. But they have never "attacked" each other where I would have to separate them or broken the skin. Oh and Might has always done this since the day we got him, he was 2 1/2 yrs. old. |
10-06-2007, 12:19 PM | #13 |
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| Since it's been a YEAR since your original post... I'm interested in knowing how this has turned out???
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10-06-2007, 02:21 PM | #14 |
My furkids Donating Member | WOW!! LOL! A year gone by already!! Actually I did take both of the girls to obedience... They are doing pretty good...Sadie has calmed done some...doesn't seem to get so aggressive with Lillie like she used to. I let sadie know that "I" am alpha...it seems to be working..don't get me wrong....yorkies have a mind of their own...they are pretty much going to do what they want...but it has gotten much better. thanks for asking!
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