obviously some of us have differing opinions, so you will have to do what is best for you. But if every picking up ends up leading to crating, then likely the growling will get worse because it becomes a never ending cycle of pick up -growl- crate. She will only associate your picking her up with something negative...thus why would she ever want you to pick her up? Marsha
----- Original Message ----- From: Cassie Hopkins To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 9:01 PM Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Re: aggresive puppy yes but every time I picked her up she growled as if to not want to be picked u. So everytime she does that i put her back in her cage and dont let her come out and play?But she does not want to be held and rolly will think she is getting her way? Sherri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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! 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