I do put belly bands on him when I can't be home to watch him because he does still mark in the house occasionally. He will growl at me and allow my husband or daughter to pick him up. If I go to pick him up and he growls/snaps I will just ignore the behavior and he will quickly quit it and be fine. I could ask the vet about thyroid. If he is on my husband's lap and I approach he will growl which is a version of resource guarding? He is not food motivated which makes it difficult. Sue
On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 3:33 PM, Peggy & The Girls <phr...@optimum.net>wrote: > ** > > > Could also be a thyroid problem too. They have found that many an > aggressive dog had a thyroid problem and once medicated it stopped. Dogs > that want dominance usually don't all of a sudden not want to be picked > up. Is he favoring one particular person in the family? Does he get upset > if he is with his favorite person and then someone else tries to pick him > up to take him away from his favorite person? If you think it is dominance, > then try to assess what happened just before you went to pick him up, and > figure out why he got grumpy. > > If he is that good at holding it in, then why does he need belly bands? > > Peggy > > > *-------Original Message-------* > > *From:* Susanne Defoe <srde...@gmail.com> > *Date:* 07/02/13 15:19:49 > *To:* Chihuahuas@yahoogroups.com > *Subject:* Re: [Chihuahuas] Curmudgeon > > > > Elmer was in to the vet mid-May. Lungs sounded clear and he was not > retaining fluid. I am a nurse and I do not think he is retaining fluid now > either. Is not coughing and has had same patterns of eliminating. He is > able to hold his urine easily when he is in bed with us. He does not show > any indication of having to urinate frequently. I can have him checked out > by our vet again but it seems more like a dominance issue? > Sue > > > > >
