Laika is a B***h!
They have only had about two scuffles while playing that got a little heated. I just yell HEY! and it breaks it up. Does anyone else have dogs that are protective of certain areas? |
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| sounds like biatch to me. You need to work on her resource guarding or there wil be some major scuffles as he gets older. |
| any suggestions. |
| Violet likes to do that also. She doesn't do it all the time, but when she is in the mood. She'll lay across the door jam so that neither of the Aussies can get to where I am...so anytime I notice her "blocking" the door I tell her "up, up" and she moves. Violet has also been know to lay across the entrance to the doggy door so the Aussie either couldn't get out, or couldn't get back in....this has stopped tg. That Violet can be a pistal when she wants to be. As for the attackes, we went through them a few years ago, and finally broke her of that with China. Last year Violet tried the attack twice with Asia, but Asia got Violet down and put her in her place, Asia is younger and as big as Violet. We haven't had one of those problems in more then a year. Just a reminder, plz do not put yourself in the middle of the dogs if they start to fight...it is better to take a dog to a vet then you to the hospital. Generally my girls all get along, but they do have their moments. |
| They don't fight and if it escalates I yell hey and they stop. It is never during these resource guarding times. Langley just knows not to push her buttons when she is bitchy. I do tell her to move to her blanket. Unfortunately it happens many times in the middle of the night when I am sleeping. I am tempted just to close my door on them but she just especially loves to be with me. |
spacegirl21 wrote: any suggestions. I try to head it off - when you hear him coming before she growls "remind' her to behave. I can't remeber the last time I had an issue. |
| Yes, happens here with MO the oldest b* You learn to watch her body language and as soon as you see her tensing, give her your NO sound. Doesn't have to be loud, just whatever changes her brain. Could be a touch. Trying to prevent her from going into that zone would be better. If you are too late, correct her and then stand between her and the object of her obsession until her mind turns away. No words, just your presence and patience is all that's necessary. You don't want her to be corrected and not respond. You can yell NO and she'll stay in the defensive mode. You want to turn her brain off in a new direction. Calm, patience but be strong. There are times they may have to ride together in the back. You will have to be in control now and correct this aggressiveness in her or expect more problems as the years go on. You can't let her be a B* except sexually. Who's pack leader there? Sounds like Laika has her own opinion. (It's common in a multidog house, but shouldn't be allowed to continue least one day she looses it.) |
| You can't prevent her doing this while sleeping, but if she wakes you with this behavior maybe taking her out of your room and closing the door and allowing Langly to stay might work. Chauncey will get up during the night if he's too warm ( he's usually in the middle or on top of me ) and lay in front of our door. If one of our grand-children is spending the night he will lay in the hallway between the bedrooms. He has always been protective of anyone laying down. In fact we had issues because Chaunce bit me when he was 2 or so. Bobby usually goes to bed earlier and Chauncey growled and grabbed me as I walked by the bed. He was bannished from the bedroom for a while, not to mention the rath of the alpha bitch (oops... I mean me  ) and that seemed to get the point across. He still is right by either of us or the kids when we are laying on the floor, sofa or bed but the grabbing/biting stopped pretty quickly. |
We keep our younger feamle ( 1 and a half) in a crate in our bedroom at night. her borther ( 3 ) has his crate in their too but his door is open and he comes and goes. Our bedroom door is closed at night so we are all stuck in one room together. No squabbbles cam happen with her in the crate and she absolutely LOVES to be in there. He does too and usually will go to sleep in there with the door open. I won't risk any problems while I sleep. I am too tired  |
| Tiggy resource guards me, never food or toys, well except for her favorite chewy stick but they get one each and as long as Rastus stays a few feet away all is well. But if I'm patting or talking to Rastus she will come up and bark at him and try and push between us. I tell her "no" and send her to her bed and make a point of patting Rastus lots more. She is getting better but it is definitely a slow work in progress. Now I know where the term "jealous b----" comes from.  |
Mim wrote: Tiggy resource guards me, never food or toys, well except for her favorite chewy stick but they get one each and as long as Rastus stays a few feet away all is well. But if I'm patting or talking to Rastus she will come up and bark at him and try and push between us. I tell her "no" and send her to her bed and make a point of patting Rastus lots more. She is getting better but it is definitely a slow work in progress. Now I know where the term "jealous b----" comes from. Last night was fine. She has her days that is for sure. I think I will try the banish from the room when she starts. I do tell her to go to her bed when she wakes me. I finally got rid of his crate and trust him my bedroom is small and their crates are huge. My room looks so nice without them. Actually Laika doesn't care if I give Langley cuddles and lovings. If I give Laika attention Langley is in there biting (nibbling her) and acting a fool wiggling and being playful. |
| Wendel is much like Laika. He will lay close to the door and then Asterisk starts to whine. He will give her a little growl, but once I call her name and invite her into the room, he's fine. He likes the kitchen linoleum the best and he'll get into a really good space in the hallway. She'll whine if she wants to get past him because she is afraid to wake him up. |
That kind of stuff is best left for the dogs to sort out. A true Bitch  knows her job, and in Laika's case that's probably to teach upstarts the rules. When he learns to defer to her always, she'll most likely relent Some times I think the more we humans interject ourselves, the more problems we cause and the more drawn out these executive learning sessions become.For a deeper look into the mysterious mind of a true Bitch one need only look to Sybil. Last night after herding lessons we got permission to let the dogs run in a large field (sans stock) I had Syb & Mace & Belle & Psycho Rescue Dog. Another OES breeder who does herding asked if her gorgeous young male could run with my guys while she worked a puppy. The Dude made the rounds; ignored Rescue Dog, gave my old girl the once over till she gave him the evil eye, turned his eye to Sybil and fell in LOVE. He spent the next 20 minutes being told off by HRB (Her Royal Bitchiness ) Then he decided he was in love with Mace, who is not as high up in the Bitch department so wasn't as quick to tell him where to go. Fear not, her HRB got miffed and told her sister off. She may not want the Dude, but nobody else was gonna have him either. It's like living with a couple of duelling teenage prom queens Kristine |
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kerry wrote: P.S. ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!! Good one! KB |
| Having had twin daughters in their teens, I think I had the human equivalent of Sybil and Macy.... |
| Is one of them "the good daughter"? Or aren't you allowed to say? KB |
Mad Dog wrote: Is one of them "the good daughter"? Or aren't you allowed to say? KB Well....... Lisa had a sign on her bedroom door that said "I am the Evil twin", so I guess that sums it up We have neighbors who have twins a year younger than the girls - went to the same church and in the same 4-H club growing up. They named themselves: LeAnne and Jackie were the good twins club, Lisa and Ray were the bad twins club.... goodness, haven't thought of that in years  All 4 have grown up to be fabulous adults - so just proves they do outgrow those phases  |
| I have been on vacation for the last week and had an one on one with my trainer. (free ) about Laika's resource guarding. Which is normal especially for a female she said. wow boys are easy except the smell! So it has been decide to dig out the crates and put the dogs in them while they have their bones. Well I got Laika in her crate and she shook all over. (something else to work on) so not to traumatize her I let her out. (now when I give treats I throw them in the back of the crate for her.) But just having Langley in his crate seem to calm her with the bone. No growling. I let her chew on her bone for awhile and then traded a beef bone for a goat bone. Only thing better. Worked nicely. |
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