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LOL, guess we live in different worlds.....my chis, I think, are the boss.
lol. I'm am just a little pawn in their game of life.lol. Ok, seriously though,
I think you would be better off, in this situation, to go ahead and let her be
spoilt by bringing her in. Although chis are big dogs in little bodies, they do
tend to be nervous by nature and the fact that this is a new thing for her seems
to indicate something is making her very nervous.
There are some things that you must set your foot down about and let her
know who is boss...for instance, she can't wet on the carpet, she can't bite
you, ect., but in situations where she is afraid, I would err on the side of
allaying her fears. Look at her the same way you would a human child. You don't
want to have to discipline your child, but if for instance, she runs out into
traffic or touches a hot stove, you must discipline for her own good, but if she
sees Santa for the first time and is scared and crying, you want to remove her
from his lap and comfort her. Fear can lead to more problems if you don't assure
her that she is safe with you. In this [particular situation, I would let her
have her way and come in.
Marsha
maybe i didn't explain my situation enough. evita is a house dog
who goes with me everywhere, i even have one of those car seats for dogs in my
truck. she is the one who wants to go outside and i let her in when she
wants in BUT when she is outside and we can't let her in at the moment when
she wants to get in, that's when she does all the damage. i guess my
question to pose to all of you was.....do i give in to her bad behavior and
just let her be a spoiled brat and get her way or should i make her understand
she is not the boss and make her deal with her own demons?
Kershena Calongne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
I agree with what everyone else is saying. My little guy would go nuts
if I left him outside all the time. I know that Evita is used to it but I
guess she has changed her mind about being an outside dog. If you do not do
something about her fears soon she might be like this all her life. Maybe if
you bring her in on a temporary basis and try slowly to show her the
backyard is not something she has to be afraid of. I mean it's not a war
zone, right? :) Just kidding, but you have to find some way of alaying her
fears. Hope everything goes well. Good Luck! Signed,
Shena. nonnie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
i think the simplest solution and the one that would make Evita the
happiest is to be a house dog all the time and then she would not be
frantic and would be inside.. Why not let her be where she feels
comfortable and being inside she wouldn't ruin your screen doors.and be in
the house with her human companions. I have "The Punk" with me
24/7. When I'm not at home and IF he is not with me he stays home
with Darla my dog... notice I didn't say my "other" dog because "The Punk"
is not a dog, he's the "baby"
Nonnie & The Punk & Darla
hello everyone
i'm new to the group so if this question has been
posted already,
sorry, i don't have the time to read through a
gazillion
posts. that said, here's my dilema....i have a year
old 10
pound chihuahua named evita. she was 'fixed' at 6 months
old. we live in a warm climate (low desert, so cal) so letting
her
stay outside in our fenced very large back yard is not an unsafe
environment. she has a dog house and a cat who is her best
friend
who sleeps with her during the day. she stays in a
kennel in the
house at night so she is never cold or
unconfortable. she gets just
as much attention as the other
pets who live here.
nevertheless.....she has become a total
psycho in the last couple of
years. it started with 4th of
july fireworks (which start here
about a month in advance of the
real thing and continue on) and now
has escalated
into going
crazy at the sound of the high school band drums (we live
behind a
high school), car backfire, the occasional gunshot or any
sound she
preceives as a 'boom'. she has literally ripped off our
sliding screen door, clawed and chewed through wood and ripped up 3
screen doors. we finally found a way to keep her from pulling
the
screen door off the track (by putting tension rods across the
top)
and putting a metal dog screen over our screen (which she just
uses
as a grip to pull the screen door open and which she has dug
yet
another hole in the screen where she can get her paw through)
and
put a nail through the frame and screen so she can't pull it
open.
all this for a tiny ten pound dog who becomes
superstrength dog when
she hears noises she thinks are
threatening. if she can't get in
the house she runs in circles
or goes back and forth from one end of
the house to the other
panting and barking with this wild look in
her eyes. i have
been trying this....i just make her stay out there
and deal with
it. i'm hoping that eventually she will get over it
and deal
with the noises. i feel that if i baby her and let her in
every tiime she freaks out then she will only get worse and find
other things to get paranoid about. am i doing the right
thing?
i've had her since birth and she is the only dog and i
am her
alpha.
diane
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