As long as the pup is not in danger of physical harm, by all means let the
alpha dogs put her in her place...they will teach her quicker than you ever
will because they are not so overly concerned about how she feels about it,
lol. In their eyes, it is what it is...they are the older ones, thus in the
hierarchy, she is at the bottom, like it or not.
Marsha
----- Original Message -----
From: Cassie Hopkins
To: Chihuahuas@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 9:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Re: aggresive puppy
We do do everything when we want feed her. pet her when we want. let her lay
when we want . i think sence she loves running on our wide open floors
everywhere that she rather be down, but in order to be down she has to learn
she has to be icked up. She also thinks she is big and tough like most small
dogs, she gose after my german shephard , sometimes[ most times] to play but
gets out of hand, but my german shaphard is a baby and does not get mad easy
but when she dose she wont know how gentle to be. so my uppy thinks shes big
stuff, on the other hand my 16 year old dog , reeses growls and nips tawords
her when she is annoyed with the upy and she has learned to subbmit to the dog.
should I let them do there own thing?and keep a close eye?
Sherri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
You can pick her up, I meant don't carry her around like many toy dog
owners do. Don't let her demand things from you, you feed her when you decide
to feed her, you pet her when you say and everything else is your decision, not
hers. I suggest using small treats to get her to not like being picked up.
You can use rice krispies if you have to. Give her massages and give her
treats at the same time so she loves it. Give her a treat and put your hand
under her like you are going to pick her up, but don't just give her a treat.
Work up to picking her up and then giving her a treat once she is up. Use baby
steps to progress to the all the way up position. The children can do the same
thing. You do not want her to growl so don't go too far to start, petting and
treating can be the start.
And as for everything else, do not spoil her. She is a smarty and will
have you trained in no time if you are not careful.
Sherri
cassmisty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
So I need help. So far today she growls when we ick her up. Like she
does not like to be held, but after we ick her up she is hapy as can
be. She loves to run on the floor more, I can tell but as I said I
want her to be abloe to be handled. held, exspecialy when the
children want to hold her and now is the best tme to get her used to
it. She was held a lot when I got her , maybe she is sick of it, but
I want her to still enjoy is and not growl.Its not a im gunna biite
you growl , it low, and short, as if saying " i don't want to be
picked up" but she has to be used to it. I will pick her up less,
but if she feels dominate when held then i will hold her less , but
wont let her on furniture or to sleep in my bed with me, she will
slepp in her crate because I am crate trianing her. I need help ,
should i still ick her up but less, not let her on furniture?When
she does bad behavior punish her by putting her in her cage and not
lettin her lay?But I want it to be somewhere she does not hate
because she sleeps in it. She has two speerate cages, a small one
[crate] for bed. then a gate thats open at the top that if we put
her in during the day she has room to rome.
get back to me lease
Thank you,
cassie
--- In Chihuahuas@yahoogroups.com, "marsha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> I guess we will have to agree to disagree. I do not train as a
profession, but I train my own pets and have had dogs since I was a
tiny tot and I do not feel that allowing an agressive pet up on
furniture, to be held, ect, is going to make the situation worse. In
fact, I feel that holding and showing love and kindness to an
agressive pet will actually help in the long run. Yes, you must
assert your dominance, but I disagree that that requires you to keep
the pet on the floor so to speak, but then again, that is just my
opinion and everyone must decide what works best for them.
> Marsha
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Sherri
> To: Chihuahuas@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 6:24 PM
> Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Re: aggresive puppy
>
>
>
> I am a professional dog trainer and I did not say that carrying
her would cause the problem. She already has the problem and you
don't want to aggravate it. If a dog is not aggressive then
sleeping on the bed is not going to make them aggressive, but if
they are it will certainly support their dominant status. Any dog
that growls looses all priviledges until they learn who is the
boss. She is trying this "boss" thing on and if she gets away with
it, it will get worse.
>
> She must work for attention and be given free love and kisses
for nothing.
>
> Sherri
>
> marsha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I have had chis for 20 years, and have always enjoyed carrying
mine around, and they sleep on my bed, get on my furniture and all
that. I have never had a problem with that and it has never led to
any aggression with any of my chis. I don't think those things are a
problem....the only thing you need to worry about is correcting any
signs of aggression immediately. I disagree that one needs to be so
aloof in order to tame aggression. I will correct an aggressive pup
one moment and give it lots of kisses the next. A lot like a toddler
that bites.....you correct the toddler and then you let them know
you love them. When my children were toddlers and did something that
needed corrected, I might would give a swap on the pamper, but then
I would tell them they can't do that, now give me a kiss. I do the
exact same thing with my pups. They misbehave, I correct, then I
love on them.
>
> I have now been working on mom's puppy (4 months) for 2 days,
and already, once she growls, I place her in my lap on her back till
she stops, then I pick her up and give her a hug and kiss and go on
with life. She is learning after only 2 days.
>
> Marsha
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: cassmisty
> To: Chihuahuas@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 5:19 PM
> Subject: [Chihuahuas] Re: aggresive puppy
>
>
> The how do I get it so she is used to being held, because I
want to
> bring her around when she is older [ 5 months or so] and
bring her
> everywhre and socialize her shoudlnt I get her used to it.
Like
> maybe carry her to her bed and from it, carry her to her
food. Only
> little things like that that last lesss then a minute. Also
I
> shouldnt let her be on our furniture anymore at all. not on
my bed
> or couch?
>
> -- In Chihuahuas@yahoogroups.com, Sherri <sounddogs1@> wrote:
> >
> > She is a dominant girl and is trying to assert herself.
She needs
> some guidance, rules and an education to let her know that
> the "boss" position is filled. Do not pamper her and make
her work
> for things she would like. Make sure you keep her on the
floor and
> DO NOT carry her around.
> >
> > Sherri
> >
> > Jessica Wolinski <jaded_ska_princess@> wrote:
> > awwww just take your time with her she is a baby herself
> and needs to be taught things... I really don't understand
why
> people get animals and right away expect them to be trained
and
> behave... That is something that's taught just like a real
child....
> That is the reason we have soooo many homeless pets in this
world
> because people don't thing it through enough... a pet is a
HUGE
> responsibility and needs almost as much attention as a child
does..
> I would give it time and teach her what you want her to
> do..otherwise if you don't she wont know whats shes doing is
wrong.
> >
> > cassmisty <cassmisty@> wrote: My puppy is 7 weeks old.
> She is mean , aggresive, like wehn we pick her
> > up from sleeping, or the floor, i heard the worms thing,
she has
> none
> > in her poop. Yet today sence we stoped giving her formula
she has
> > calmed down . She growled at the baby. and once at my
mother,
> thats it.
> > I picked her up today when she was playing and she did not
growl
> at
> > me , I even picked her up when she was eatting and took
the food
> from
> > her, not one growl from her. Yest. we could not do that.
But she
> did
> > growl when I touched her mouth. Maybe it's teething thats
also
> bugging
> > her, or like my last dog would not let us touch his feet
without
> > growling, she just does not like her mouth touched. what
should I
> do
> > about that ? We were going to run an ad today to find her
a better
> > home, but we are going to ghive her a couple days or so to
see if
> > stopping the formula or something would help.
> >
> > Thank you
> > Cassie
> >
> >
> >
> >
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