hello Judy, He feels like he needs to protect your sister; who is in his pack. instead of the humans being the pack leader. she needs to remind him the humans are the head of the pack and he is at the bottom. every time he goes after someone, and he is near her, she needs to put him on the ground. the other thing, is when he attempts to bit, or attack they need to stand their ground. the minute they give in to him, he becomes more powerful. hitting him, or yelling at him will do no good. if you have ever watched Cesar's video's its mostly about energy... not a lot about commands. I've used his techniques as well as many of my personal friends with much success... chihuahuas have big attitudes, you just have to have a bigger one...other wise they will rule your home and everyone or critter in it.. good luck
--- On Sat, 7/31/10, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] New member - HELP, Please! To: [email protected] Date: Saturday, July 31, 2010, 10:03 PM Hi Judy, so sorry to hear about Buddy's behavior. I don't have much to suggest but I bet others do. I can only say that I don't think the neutering and the aggression are related. What do you do when he's next to you and bites? When he bites, will he allow you to pick him up? I think you need to say "no bite", and immediately pick him up and put him in another room, alone for ten minutes or so. I know I've read that they hate being ignored, so maybe that would help. But you have to react immediately and do it each time he bites or even tries to bite. Good luck. Gloria In a message dated 7/31/2010 4:41:16 P.M. Central Daylight Time, beglel...@gmail. com writes: Hello, My name is Judy and I'm a new member. I'm joining on behalf of my sister b/c I already run a beagle group on Yahoo and I'm familiar with how this works. I own three beagles but no chihuahuas, so I thought I would ask the experts. My sister got a Chi mix (I think with JRT) about 7 months ago. He acts just likan>e a Chi or what I know of them, anyway. He has always seemed a little protective of his turf - nothing special. One can calm him down easily and start playing with him and he's in love with you. (Buddy is his name.) Buddy was neutered three weeks ago and they were told his barking and protectiveness would be much better afterward. He has instead become very aggressive to the point that they feel they are going to have to give him up. He goes after the husband and son (who always have played so easily with him) and bites them for no reason. He will not allow anyone to come near him if he is sitting with my sister in her chair. The dad and son are tired of being bitten. She got Cesar's book and followed his advice but it's done no good. Please, any advice?? Judy
