Hi Elizabeth, Thank you for your welcome, I have noticed everyone here is very friendly. I did go to school for dog training but for some reason nothing that I learned is working to get tianna to I guess stop being passive of my husband.
Hopefully someone here can help in some way. thank you, cim ----- Original Message ----- From: e holley To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2008 5:37 PM Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] I'm new to the group Hi, Cim! Welcome to the group! There is a lovely group of people in this group! All are knowledgeable in many areas and are willing to share their expertise! Welcome! Elizabeth --- On Sun, 11/16/08, Cim's Curio Corner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Cim's Curio Corner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] I'm new to the group > To: [email protected] > Date: Sunday, November 16, 2008, 4:29 PM > Hi Everyone, > > Thank you all for such a warm welcome. Wasn't sure if > I should reply to all post or one so I decided one. > > Tianna's health is fine. she goes to the vet on a > regular basis and is always in good health. > > I take care of my grandma so my bedroom is like my house > and when hubby visits we sit on my bed and watch tv or what > not. She only and really only does the growl and nip when > he is around and when he is on the bed with us. > > Let's say he is laying there and I go to move the > blanket to cover up she will attack me. If she is laying > next to him and I go to pet her she will growl at me and if > I was to pick her up I would get nipped. > > When he isn't here she obeys my every command and is a > good girl. She is my only dog but I babysit her dad for my > mom during the week when my mom goes to work. I rescued him > 4 years ago from a abusive house and he was aggressive at > first but now he won't bite or attack or anything. He > is a little sweet heart. Actually he will attack if he > thinks one of the family is getting hurt but he won't > bite because it is another family member. > > I do have two cats, one we have had for awhile and tianna > will attack her if she tries to get near me but only once in > a while I do know this is a jealousy thing and we are > working on it. She is getting better at letting the older > cat come near me now. > > The other cat is about 4 months old but looks like a 8 week > old kitten for some reason he doesn't seem to be > growing, anyway Tianna lets him do anything. She won't > even eat till he is done, like when I give them my food. > > Anyway, she only does this when my husband is around and > when she is near him. This morning before he left to go > home, he was in the chair and tianna was on the bed with me > and she didn't do anything. It's like she > doesn't like me invading his space, which seems to be > the whole bed when he is on it. lol. > > does any of this make sense? I have had to deal with this > before from a different dog and breed we had 10 years ago > and couldn't get her to stop this either. > > It seems to me to be a battle of who is going to be top > female LOL I know sounds funny but that is how I feel about > the situation. And no my husband doesn't really let her > get a way with it. He does tell her no to treat mommy that > way. > > Again Thank you all for making me feel so welcome, > cim > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Mandy F. > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2008 9:04 AM > Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] I'm new to the group > > > > Hi, Cim. Welcome to the group! Is Tianna the only dog > you have? Sounds like to me she might be going through a > doggy teenager stage. Mouthy, doesn't listen... LOL. > Anyways, so she only growls and nips when your hubby is > around? Does she try to bite him or just you? As far as > the nails go, we gave up on trimming our chi's nails a > long time ago. We tried, but everytime we would hold her > she'd do a crazy alligator death roll. So now we take > her to PetSmart where she, of course, behaves like an angel. > I think it is about $8-$10 which isn't too bad, so if > you can I'd go ahead and take Tianna there. It's > good for socializing too. > > -Amanda-
