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01-30-2007, 08:40 PM | #1 |
Love My Furbabies! Donating Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: somewhere
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| New Puppy Blues and Questions I've had Lula for about two months. She is a lhasa apso/bichon frise mix that my fiancee purchased from a kennel for me for Christmas. I was surprised that he did that because we got our first two puppies.. one from a puppy mill and one from a BYB and he knew that the next dog we got, I wanted it to be from a reputable breeder OR rescue. Anyhow, regardless I thought it was sweet of him and love her of course -- but she seems to have some issues. She gets along fabulously with our two other dogs but she DOES play extremely rough with them at times. She nips at me and my fiancee constantly. I know that teething and mouthing is to be expected but at times it can come as a full blown attack of teeth. With my other two puppies I would say "no" in a firm voice then roll them onto their back or touch them on the neck lightly but to divert their attention as I've seen on The Dog Whisperer. This has worked with them, but not with her. She'll get agitated with me when I do it.. bare her teeth, make growling noises, and attack our hands with her teeth. I'm starting to get really upset because I've been working so hard with her. I'll try to distract her w/a series of sits, downs, and other tricks for treats, but if I pick her up when she doesn't want to.. or try to set limits for her.. she'll have that really aggressive behavior. I'm not sure if I should even consider rehoming her. I've never thought that that would be an option for me with ANY dog. I'm willing to put in the time, the training and the energy to helping her correct problems.. I'm just not sure if this aggression at such a young age is a bad sign of things to come. I have sisters and a brother.. 12 and under.. and they have been through training classes w/me and know how to handle small dogs.. how to be gentle and behave around them. But, my youngest sister who is 10 is deathly afraid of Lula because she attacks her the minute she walks in the door. I've heard that lhasa's are head strong and dominant in some ways, but this seems crazy for such a young pup. Any suggestions? I'm feeling really down today about this... |
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01-30-2007, 09:40 PM | #2 |
Izzy's Momma Too! Donating Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Stuart, Florida
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| My friend Lauren has a Llasa Apso and it sounds just like yours He was buddies with my Starr and was really nice to her, but would growl at me, and even his Mommy, when you'd tell him no or pick him up when he didn't want to be picked up. I have no advice, sorry I hope that you can work it out somehow. He does need to know who's boss, and it AIN'T him
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01-30-2007, 09:49 PM | #3 | |
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01-31-2007, 02:43 AM | #4 |
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| I also have no advice for you, but want to wish you good luck, and hopefully someone here will be able to help you! |
01-31-2007, 06:02 AM | #5 |
Donating YT 30K Club Member | My husband's frien dah 2 male Lhaso's and they fought with each other but were never mean to people, but he also didn't have any kids.
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01-31-2007, 08:03 AM | #6 |
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| Thanks guys! I'm going to keep at it w/the training and trying to show her who's the boss. |
01-31-2007, 08:09 AM | #7 |
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| I had a lhasa that was very good with kids. He was a sweetie. I had him when My boys were little. He was a little head strong
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01-31-2007, 08:15 AM | #8 |
Love My Furbabies! Donating Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: somewhere
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| She CAN be so sweet. I'm not even sure if it's aggression or if she's just really hyper and biting cause she's a baby. I'm trying to find a behaviorist in my area, but so far the search is not turning out so well. |
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