personally, I feel if she is growling when getting picked up, then I would INCREASE the pick up...otherwise, the growling gets her what she wants. I would pick her up regardless and restrain her till she learns to behave...not letting her down until she stops. It is my opinion that for an inexperienced person, the absolute best way to curb aggression is to put the dog on her back when she growls and look her in the eye. Hold her down so she can not squirm and do not let her up till she stops resisting. But again, this is done in a gentle manner, not a harsh or abusive one. For me, I prefer to hold their heads between my hands and look them in the eye and continue holding and talking to them in a firm voice until they stop, but that works for me because...well it is kinda hard to explain, but it is almost as if I have a connection to dogs...the eye to eye contact seems to communicate something to them. I can approach dogs, strays, ect that no one else can. But for most people, putting them on their back is better.
As far as putting her in a crate... I agree that during potty training, she should not be in your bed, lol. I didn't mean to imply otherwise...I was just saying that being in a bed will not effect aggression. As for crating as punishment......I am not sure about that one. One the one hand...punishment of any kind will have an effect, but on the other hand, I fear that would be a negative re-enforcement. Not sure about that one. However, do make sure that you do not use a place as punishment that you would expect her to enjoy later on. Most chis who are crate trained to housebreak, end up loving their crate when they are older because it serves as their little "den" You don't want to associate anything negative with this den. So, if you choose to confine her as punishment....make sure it is a place that she will not later be expected to use for non-punishment reasons. For instance, if you send her to her crate when she growls, but then also put her in that crate when you go to bed but she hasn't done anything wrong, then she will not make the connection between the crate and the behavior or may feel that every time she has to be crated for any reason it is because she has been bad..... Marsha ----- Original Message ----- From: cassmisty To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 8:48 PM Subject: [Chihuahuas] Re: aggresive puppy So I need help. So far today she growls when we ick her up. Like she does not like to be held, but after we ick her up she is hapy as can be. She loves to run on the floor more, I can tell but as I said I want her to be abloe to be handled. held, exspecialy when the children want to hold her and now is the best tme to get her used to it. She was held a lot when I got her , maybe she is sick of it, but I want her to still enjoy is and not growl.Its not a im gunna biite you growl , it low, and short, as if saying " i don't want to be picked up" but she has to be used to it. I will pick her up less, but if she feels dominate when held then i will hold her less , but wont let her on furniture or to sleep in my bed with me, she will slepp in her crate because I am crate trianing her. I need help , should i still ick her up but less, not let her on furniture?When she does bad behavior punish her by putting her in her cage and not lettin her lay?But I want it to be somewhere she does not hate because she sleeps in it. She has two speerate cages, a small one [crate] for bed. then a gate thats open at the top that if we put her in during the day she has room to rome. get back to me lease Thank you, cassie --- In [email protected], "marsha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I guess we will have to agree to disagree. I do not train as a profession, but I train my own pets and have had dogs since I was a tiny tot and I do not feel that allowing an agressive pet up on furniture, to be held, ect, is going to make the situation worse. In fact, I feel that holding and showing love and kindness to an agressive pet will actually help in the long run. Yes, you must assert your dominance, but I disagree that that requires you to keep the pet on the floor so to speak, but then again, that is just my opinion and everyone must decide what works best for them. > Marsha > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Sherri > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 6:24 PM > Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Re: aggresive puppy > > > > I am a professional dog trainer and I did not say that carrying her would cause the problem. She already has the problem and you don't want to aggravate it. If a dog is not aggressive then sleeping on the bed is not going to make them aggressive, but if they are it will certainly support their dominant status. Any dog that growls looses all priviledges until they learn who is the boss. She is trying this "boss" thing on and if she gets away with it, it will get worse. > > She must work for attention and be given free love and kisses for nothing. > > Sherri > > marsha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have had chis for 20 years, and have always enjoyed carrying mine around, and they sleep on my bed, get on my furniture and all that. I have never had a problem with that and it has never led to any aggression with any of my chis. I don't think those things are a problem....the only thing you need to worry about is correcting any signs of aggression immediately. I disagree that one needs to be so aloof in order to tame aggression. I will correct an aggressive pup one moment and give it lots of kisses the next. A lot like a toddler that bites.....you correct the toddler and then you let them know you love them. When my children were toddlers and did something that needed corrected, I might would give a swap on the pamper, but then I would tell them they can't do that, now give me a kiss. I do the exact same thing with my pups. They misbehave, I correct, then I love on them. > > I have now been working on mom's puppy (4 months) for 2 days, and already, once she growls, I place her in my lap on her back till she stops, then I pick her up and give her a hug and kiss and go on with life. She is learning after only 2 days. > > Marsha > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: cassmisty > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 5:19 PM > Subject: [Chihuahuas] Re: aggresive puppy > > > The how do I get it so she is used to being held, because I want to > bring her around when she is older [ 5 months or so] and bring her > everywhre and socialize her shoudlnt I get her used to it. Like > maybe carry her to her bed and from it, carry her to her food. Only > little things like that that last lesss then a minute. Also I > shouldnt let her be on our furniture anymore at all. not on my bed > or couch? > > -- In [email protected], Sherri <sounddogs1@> wrote: > > > > She is a dominant girl and is trying to assert herself. She needs > some guidance, rules and an education to let her know that > the "boss" position is filled. Do not pamper her and make her work > for things she would like. Make sure you keep her on the floor and > DO NOT carry her around. > > > > Sherri > > > > Jessica Wolinski <jaded_ska_princess@> wrote: > > awwww just take your time with her she is a baby herself > and needs to be taught things... I really don't understand why > people get animals and right away expect them to be trained and > behave... That is something that's taught just like a real child.... > That is the reason we have soooo many homeless pets in this world > because people don't thing it through enough... a pet is a HUGE > responsibility and needs almost as much attention as a child does.. > I would give it time and teach her what you want her to > do..otherwise if you don't she wont know whats shes doing is wrong. > > > > cassmisty <cassmisty@> wrote: My puppy is 7 weeks old. > She is mean , aggresive, like wehn we pick her > > up from sleeping, or the floor, i heard the worms thing, she has > none > > in her poop. Yet today sence we stoped giving her formula she has > > calmed down . She growled at the baby. and once at my mother, > thats it. > > I picked her up today when she was playing and she did not growl > at > > me , I even picked her up when she was eatting and took the food > from > > her, not one growl from her. Yest. we could not do that. But she > did > > growl when I touched her mouth. Maybe it's teething thats also > bugging > > her, or like my last dog would not let us touch his feet without > > growling, she just does not like her mouth touched. what should I > do > > about that ? We were going to run an ad today to find her a better > > home, but we are going to ghive her a couple days or so to see if > > stopping the formula or something would help. > > > > Thank you > > Cassie > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Never Miss an Email > > Stay connected with Yahoo! Mail on your mobile. Get started! > > > > > > > > > > www.pbase.com/sherri123 > > > > www.Sherrisphotographics.photoreflect.com > > www.sherrissportography.photoreflect.com > > www.BuildingImages.photoreflect.com > > > > > > > > > www.pbase.com/sherri123 > www.Sherrisphotographics.photoreflect.com > www.sherrissportography.photoreflect.com > www.BuildingImages.photoreflect.com >
