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04-17-2007, 08:47 PM | #1 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Washington
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| Please Help, Aggression Hello, we are new to this site. We just adopted Sierra a month and a half ago. She will be 2 May 4th. We had her spayed almost 2 weeks ago. Out of nowhere today while we were playing fetch my Maltese,(Tanner) 9 years old, Male, growled at her and she in return attacked him, and bit him in the eye and on the ear. As I was trying to pull her off of Tanner, he in return bit me. It all happened so fast. I saw blood and noticed Tanner had a very red rimmed eye and blood on his ear. I rushed him to the Vet. (Sierra was fine no damage done to her). The vet said his eye itself was not damaged but he basically got a black eye. It will swell and he is on an anti-inflammatory. His ear was just a scratch and will heal fine. Well, she suggested to keep the toys out of site for the both of them. Tanner only growls at her when we play fetch with her. Otherwise, they sit together, sleep together and she even sits on my hubbys or my lap with each other and she smells and licks his ears and vice versa. We get back home and take a nap. when we wake up, they both jumped off the bed, I started to walk past them and told them to come on and Sierra jumped on Tanner and I had to again pry her off of him. he now has another puncture to his ear. I am in tears. I do not know what to do. Other than MAJOR training. PLEASE Someone help me. Please let me know what I can do to acclimate them again and not be afraid for her to just attack. She is a very sweet little girl. She just changed in 1 second. HELP. Thank you, |
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04-19-2007, 06:16 AM | #2 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: SW Fl
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| Poor Tanner, I'm sure he never met to bite you. He was just returning the attack & you were in the way. I bet he felt terrible. Misha our maltese is very aggressive with Max. I just hope it doesn't turn where blood is involved. A lot of aggression happens when playing fetch with me. Misha fights for my attention. What I do now, is to have 2 toys & keep them at both ends of my arms while playing. I believe Misha doesn't like sharing her play time with mommy. The rest of the time they have cuddled a few times. We have had Max for over 3 months & Misha still puts him in his place. She is fine with him if I'm not involved. Misha is fixed also, I think it does effect their attitude. I call her my BITCH. If we have a hysterectomy, we are put on hormone drugs. They don't do anything for dogs. Who's to say their moods don't change?
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04-19-2007, 06:28 AM | #3 |
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| I wish I had advise for you. I'm having similar problems between Kitty and Alexis.
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04-19-2007, 07:51 AM | #4 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Lebanon
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| I found this site to be helpful when working on getting my tiny yorkie to get along with my huge doberman. One of his points is "Never allow the dogs to be together with toys. Toys are triggers for dog fights. So NO TOYS left laying around!!" Toys were ALWAYS what triggered a fight between my two. http://www.leerburg.com/introducingdogs.htm |
04-19-2007, 01:55 PM | #5 |
YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Washington
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| Thank you So much for all of your advice and suggestions, concern. it really makes me feel better knowing I am not the only one. I took my vets advice and took all the toys away. However, Sierra was fine, Tanner was fine, and out of the blue she tried to attack him for no reason. We were just walking. So I put her on a leash and Tanner walked by and she jumped off the couch and tried to jump on him. I was able to stop her thanks to the leash. I went to PetSmart and ran into a Trainer! She is was a customer of Petsmart and just happened to be in there. I had no idea she was a trainer, but I saw her with a doggie on a gentle leader (What my vet had suggested just for general training for Sierra, since we had just adopted her). So anyway, she helped me fit Sierra with the gentle leader and how to use it correctly. Sierra now knows how to sit. With it on and with it off! Tanner was very afraid of Sierra, he would shake if he was near her. So I have worked really hard with him to trust me, and to know he will be protected and not hurt again. He can now walk by Sierra without her lunging or without him trembling. I hope this is the start of something good. So far so good. I will keep you all posted. And again thanks!! I will go look at that link now. Hugs~ |
04-19-2007, 02:33 PM | #6 |
Loved by Layla Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Canada
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| it's scary ins't it to see your sweet baby turn all of a sudden.. i just went through that with layla.. at obedience.. when a dog gets too "friendly" or close and aggressive she "snaps" and snarles and tries to bite them... the only difference is that her reaction is warrented... its her only way of saying get away you are too close! but i wanted you to know i understand how it breaks your heart to see your sweet pup be mean! keep us posted |
04-19-2007, 05:35 PM | #7 |
YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canada
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| Last week, Siu Pao played with my friend's Cocker Spaniel and they started fighting if my friend pats Siu Pao and her dog started to get jealous. They will also fight when she has a bone and tempts Siu Pao to chase her and when he actually catches up to her and the bone, she will start to snap at him and my boy will fight back. That day, I got my hands bitten by them both because I intervened their fight. Yesterday, my friend was out and asked me to babysit for a few hours. I put all her bones and toys away. I didn't pat either of them but I made them do some sits and downs and gave treats to both at the same time and both were behaving like angels and even kissed and play for 2 hours. At the end of the 2 hours, I did hear her starting to growl, I snapped her out of it before it escalates in to something else. I guess if we know what they fight about and try to stay away from it, it helps. Also, if you can catch their growl or when they are about to start a fight, snap them out of it. Today, we were out. I saw a cute puppy and so I pat her. Siu Pao got jealous and snap at the puppy . I guess he is really a fast learner. He was never like that but now...he gets jealous over any dogs that I praise or pat outside
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