what should I do, what is wrong???!!!!
Nothing has happened apart from fireworks night spooked her a bit and now any loud noise makes her jump. On sat we went to group and a puppy came up to her (all dogs on the lead) exited and she growled and went for the pup (never bit it but...) I put it down to her telling the puppy off and telling it she didn't want to play- the trainer said not to worry about it. Then last night we were at a training session all dogs on a lead again and a dog went up to her to sniff her, we were all just stood talking, and she went for this dog! I dont know why. the trainer was just as confused so we got the owner of the other dog to move away took her out side and back in again took her up to meet the dog again and she did the same thing!!!! I dont know what to do, she has NEVER done this before I am really worried and don't know what to do. HELP The only thing that was the same in both situations is I had really high reward dog treats in my hand for her- but this is nothing new, I have always used treats. Any comments greatfully accepted Many thanks |
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| sounds to me like she doesn't want the other dogs in her face. And you know what - she has that right. Of course in today's world she doesn't have the right to tell them that so that becomes your job.
Be certain to tell people to keep their dogs out of her space - its probably overexuberant dogs that offend her the most and they should be easy for you to see coming. If she is doing this because of fear - treating her won't get her to stop (evenif it sounds like a nice neat solution) you may have to find a trainer who actually has experience with a wide range of dogs and behaviors and has a variety of tools with which to work on your dog. If it is resource guarding, again there are methods to work with her - see the book Mine! by Jean Donaldson. Most important - relax, keep breathing and don't think your dog is broken or you did anything wrong. If she is intact she may be coming into a late first heat and this behavior is not unheard of. If she has been surgically altered, she is a little old to start this behavior, but its not unheard of. |
| It may also be her age. My trainer warned me that when our dogs hit their "teen-age" years, they may get a bit riled up, unruly, and challenging. I saw it happen with my girls, and just used it as a training opportunity. I went so far as to teach Tonks a "gentle" command, as she was playing too hard (read as way too dominant) with MUCH smaller dogs, very submissive dogs, and puppies. Essentially she became a school yard bully. |
| she has been spayed when she was 6months old before her first season!
nothing has happened to make her be like this she has been very well socialized from 8weeks old. my training says she does the calming signals with licking her lips whilst other dogs approach her. Does anyone think I should take her to the vets to be checked out? make sure nothing is hurting her? or do you think it is her age? she is 15months?! do you think she is testing me? |
| there is a wonderful article that someone posted on this site a while ago. It talks about how other dogs see puppy's and WHO really has the rude behavior. That we tend to blame the dog that reacts and says no but more than likely that other puppy was being aggressive in ways you might not have seen. It really changed how I looked at dog interacting and made me crack down on my own exuberant puppy. I quickly learned that my OES was being very suborn and rude with other puppies. The other dogs would react bad to her and put her in her place.
Remember that ALL dogs do not get along. They are like people. They should in general get along well with others, play well, socialize easily but if every once in while they just don't happen to like one dog or puppy for some reason-well, ok. It's normal. |
| I am not a fan of believing the dogs "test" us. I do believe they don't like all dogs and may sometimes react strongly to dogs that are - shall we say annoying. http://flyingdogpress.com/content/view/42/97/ |
kerry wrote: I am not a fan of believing the dogs "test" us. I do believe they don't like all dogs and may soemtimes react strongly to dogs that are - shall we say annoying. http://flyingdogpress.com/content/view/42/97/ ^^^^^^^^^ this is a super article - I just reprinted it and gave it away to someone....  |
| that's the article!!!!! That gave me such insight! That is a definite read |
DannyboyStephjoy's OES wrote: that's the article!!!!! That gave me such insight! That is a definite read
I wanted to say I was so happy to read your post - it isn't often that the owners of the non reactive dog get that they are part of the issue too. kudos to you!!! |
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