Awwww I bet that is cute!!! Rebecca
Sent from my iPhone On Jul 28, 2012, at 10:46 PM, Pam Dean <muffinsbab...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Yes my command when someone knocks or comes to the door is "bedroom" and > point. They all troop off to the bedroom..so cute..lol..and wait for me to > tell them to come. If they don't behave, it is "bedroom" with the dreaded > point and back they go. Their biggest punishment is not getting to meet > people, which is a reward for them. Tino loves his "playpen". It is never > zipped and he comes and goes. He will nap in there, go in there if he is > nervous, and sleep at night. > > From: Peggy & The Girls <phr...@optimum.net> > To: Chihuahuas@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2012 10:32 PM > Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] aggressiveness/biting > > LOL....his is spoiled rotten! I know they love to be held, but some times we > have to ignore their demands and let them act like a dog. Gigi would be very > happy if she was in my arms 24/7. She has learned that by just giving her > some good quality time several times a day and at night, she can act like a > normal dog, and lay around in her bed, or in her crate if she chooses, (the > door is always opened) and feel just as secure. She has also learned that > when some one comes over, I am not going to pick her up and cuddle her > barking. She has learned that she doesn't have to protect me and I don't have > to protect her from strangers either. Instead, I instruct her to go to her > bed and be quiet. I do the same thing with Princess. Guess what has happened > with training them like that? After a while, I will release them and they > come over and sniff out the person and sit beside them, waiting to say hello > and being pet and making a new friend. They see that I am not afraid and they > don't have to be either. > > The worse thing that an owner can do is pick up and carry a dog when > answering the door. It teaches the dog to be on guard, and while they are in > your arms, it also teaches them that they need to protect the owner. Train > your dog to go to it's special place and stay there until you release them, > and they won't copy a humans concern that some one is at the door. It really > does work! > > <GIRLS&~1.PNG> > > > > > -------Original Message------- > > From: Mary Overton > Date: 7/28/2012 10:14:51 PM > To: Chihuahuas@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] aggressiveness/biting > > > He will lay on his back in my arms and go to sleep. He does not bite me. I > can hold him but no one else can touch him. He likes me to put on the baby > pouch and put him in it.and he will stay there till I put him down. Then he > takes care of business and comes back and barks to get back in the pouch > > Mary Overton 816-982-2067 > From: Peggy & The Girls <phr...@optimum.net> > To: Chihuahuas@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2012 8:26 PM > Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] aggressiveness/biting > > Most aggressive dogs do bite more out of fear then anything else. Once they > get over the fear, the biting usually stops. That is why I like Cesar's > video. Even though many may disagree with putting a dog in a submissive state > by forcing him to lay down belly up, and except the fact that they can be > calm and nothing bad will happen to them, I personally feel that that it is > much better then a dog living it's life with high stress from constant fear. > We all know that stress, especially from fear, takes a lot out of our system. > It increases your heart rate, your breathing, does a temporary job on your > immune system and makes you nervous and jittery all the time. It is no > different for animals. Why should any animal have to exist like that, when > all it takes is a few minutes of tough love to show them that we understand > and that being loved by any one is a beautiful thing. > > You are not physically harming the dog, there is no pressure on it's body to > harm them, and your not using a collar to restrain, them but the rewards are > for a lifetime. > > > > > > > -------Original Message------- > > From: Mary Overton > Date: 7/28/2012 8:51:54 PM > To: Chihuahuas@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] aggressiveness/biting > > > I have a male who loves me excessively. He won't bite but he will nail > everyone else so if anyone else is around I either hold him or shut him in > the bedroom. He is a rescue and is terrified of everyone but his reaction is > to bite. Is this a new behavior could he be afraid? > > Mary Overton 816-982-2067 > From: Diane Blueberry <msdiane0...@yahoo.com> > To: Chihuahuas@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 7:36 PM > Subject: [Chihuahuas] aggressiveness/biting > > Anyone out there experiencing the same, please write about how you deal with > these behaviors. I love my Chihuahua with all my heart but the biting has > scared most of my body. Any ideas??? > > > >
