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10-22-2008, 11:42 AM | #1 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Virginia
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| Help! Terror in the house! I have adopted a small male Yorkie, he's been neutered and everything. He's been with me a month and he's started fights, terrifying ones, over food and attention from me. Besides turn him back into the shelter, what do I do? He attacked my Maltese last night in the most terrifying one yet. And he bites at me, when I try to correct him. I'm offline a lot lately, so I will check the thread for ideas in a day or two. Thanks Callie and Toto and the gang! |
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10-22-2008, 12:30 PM | #2 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: May 2008 Location: gibsonburg,ohio
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| I got my Chloe from my neice when she was already 5 months. I was ready to give her back after that weekend! Chloe attacked my other 3 dogs and went after my kids(9,10&17)she was very nasty.No-one could even sit by me at all.I had to be stern with her and on it at all times,always watching her! I corrected her every time. She is my angel now,I couldnt ask for a better baby and she's a year old now.
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10-22-2008, 12:47 PM | #3 |
Slave to My Rug-Rats Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Long Island
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| You need to work with him one on one and in a positive training method. Look into Clicker Training, and get a good treat and efforce the nothing in life is for free. Make him at least 'sit' for everything (food, treats, on the bed, etc...) Please don't send him back to the shelter. He needs love and patience |
10-23-2008, 06:07 AM | #4 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Fort Worth, TX
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| Help Terror In The House I have a houseful of rescues. One yorkie we got was a puppy mill yorkie. We got him when he was 3. For the first year I thought he was going to drive me crazy. He would run from one end of the house to the other all day long barking. Plus when anyone would come into the yard he would go crazy. He totally destroyed 4 window sills. I broke him of the habit while I was at home but one day I wasn't there and the gas man that would love to pick on him came to read the meter. Mickey when crazy and tore up the wood and it splinted in this intestines. There was nothing anyone could do and he died within 2 days.We have another rescue that has separation anxiety and he will urinate everywhere. I am working with him but for awhile I couldn't even go into the front yard it was so bad he would urinate on the beds. Now when we leave him he wears a belly band. But both of these yorkies knew they were loved. Just work with him and it will get better. We do have one that we got that she would bite if you tried to make her do anything she did not want to do. Her I had to use a pair of oven mitts to protect myself. We have had her 2 years and she no longer bites. |
10-23-2008, 07:11 AM | #5 | |
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10-23-2008, 07:30 AM | #6 |
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| Hi! You can't correct him. Since he is a rescue, you don't know if he was hit or if aversive methods were used in the past. The best thing you can do is try to prevent fights by feeding your dogs separately. If they start to fight, say "NO" and immediately put him in a crate for a time out. (if he bites you, keep him on a leash so you don't have to pick him up) Repeat over and over until he learns that fighting only gets him a boring time out. Remember, he is *scared* and he is fighting over resources. You have to make sure that he knows that YOU control the resources. Ask him to sit before feeding him. Work with both of your dogs asking for a simple command and then giving them treats side by side. He can only have treats if he is kind to your other dog. You really need to find a trainer who can work with you on clicker training and positive reinforcement rehabilitation. You need to learn to recognize "warning signals" that sometimes only last a split second. For example, Loki is afraid of big dogs and his reaction is to do a freak out bark. I've learned to not only recognize his body language when he is scared, but I know the milisecond he is going to react. This gives me the power to intervene and click/treat BEFORE he reacts. He learned that now when he sees a big scary dog he gets a treat if he doesn't bark. He also learned to LOOK AT ME (most important here) and break his stare at the other dog. He looks to me for cues. When he's out in the yard and dog walks by he would run at the dog (he's on a leash at all times) and bark. I've taught him instead to run inside. He runs inside BARKING the whole time he's running back to the house, but the bark is now more "MOM! A BIG DOG!" than "DON"T EAT ME YOU SCARY DOG" Trust me, you can learn these things. You just need a good trainer and a good book and some practice I'm happy to help if this sounds like what you want to do and you have questions.
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10-23-2008, 07:38 AM | #7 | |
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Loki used to snap when I picked him up. After trying to deal with the behavior, the vet finally figured out he had diabetes insipidus which when uncontrolled means all the water he drank just went right through him and his bladder was constantly full (and painful!). Once he started meds he was better. He still had the habit of snapping when in pain though, so like he would snap when I cut his nails. Through a LOT of positive reinforcement we have changed that behavior. Now when I cut his nails he literally lifts his paw for me and sits there, *grumbling* at me the whole time but he knows he will get his treat so he does it. Treats are powerful things We've completely changed his behavior. He has gone from terror to loving and he is truly a joy. Also: Give the dog the benefit of the doubt. I'd had people describe his snapping when you pick him up as resource guarding. So I taught him commands like drop it, leave it, and move. He happily obeyed as long as I didn't grab him or touch him near his belly. So finding the right cause for the problem is extremely helpful in finding the solution.
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10-23-2008, 07:44 AM | #8 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Fort Worth, TX
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| Help Terror In The House I am retired and my children are grown. I now have 8 little ones in the house and 2 large ones in the backyard. I have an adorable Yorkeranian, Poodle, Chihuahua/Yorkie mix, Yorkshire Terrier, 4 four month old yorkeranians, a chihuahua then a German Sheperd and an Australian shepherd. I love my rescues. And to think this all started when I lost my 15 year old Yorkie to a stroke. I had to have another Yorkie and my daughter went to the Yorkshire Terrier site and found me my Mickey Mantle and everything grew from there. |
10-23-2008, 07:54 AM | #9 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Fort Worth, TX
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| Help Terror In The House [QUOTE=Erin;2295033]I know some dogs are just mean and aggressive, but for the most part dogs bite if they are scared and pushed too far or if they are in pain. Also, there is a difference between a snap and a bite. Neither are good but a dog doesn't "miss" A snap is a warning, they don't intent to bite you. You need to figure out *why* they are warning you and you have to make then trust you. Pooh is no longer a biter. Once I figured out her problem and gave her plenty of love she is one of the sweetest dogs you could find. When we got her she came with nose spray, I am retired from a Pharmacy, I took one look at the nose spray and tossed in the trash I figured if she had allergies I would give her benadryl. I have had her 3 years with no problems. |
10-23-2008, 08:00 AM | #10 | |
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In Loki's case, the wrong kind of trainer would have looked at him and said he was being aggressive and guarding his resources. He wasn't. He was in pain. Now he is a very happy dog because of positive training
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10-28-2008, 08:32 AM | #11 |
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| Your guy is obviously just dominant...the food thing can be fixed in moments...I adopted a dog that growled and snapped...and I learned to not leave food down...I would give her the food...also she wouldn't get to eat until I said she could and I would put my hand in her food and hand her the first several bits...so she learned real quickly that I was Alpha....you just need to take control...not get upset....but stay calm...I would reccomend you take him for walks....that is the best way to teach a dog that your the Pack leader...make him walk beside you at all times..... Also get a can and put some coins in it...shake it each time he's being naughty...that will stop him...and soon he'll learn what is ok and what is not allowed!! Try watching The dog whisperer...he's awesome!!! Please don't give up...just take control...and you'll probably end up with the best dog ever!!!!! Good luck!
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10-29-2008, 08:04 AM | #12 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Fort Worth, TX
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| Thanks for the advice but Pooh doesn't have a problem with the other dogs nor has she ever. She had problems with spray bottles, remotes, bottle water. Or just trying to give her medicine or mess with her ears. It was the children in her original house that she was attacking. She attacks no one now not even children. That is unless you try to put your finger in her ear. So we do not mess with her ears. I clean her ears when I bathe her. Drying her off she doesn't seem to notice I am in her ears. But again thanks for the advice. As for the dog whisper I have seen his show and I don't need him. I am very good with animals of all types. |
10-29-2008, 08:44 AM | #13 | |
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Uhm Purple dog...your post looks like it's aimed at me.....Problem is I wasn't talking to YOU....I was talking to the OP....My advice was for her!!!
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