Have you tried training him to trade? If you watch me or the dog, Victoria sometime plays a game called trade. She asks the dog to trade with a treat. The dog gets praised and a treat when they drop the toy. I would start with some low value toys/high value treats them work up gradually to higher valued toys. All I know is Ricky is adorable and I hope he gives you some peace in his antics. He is a dolly!
Rylee and Frida On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 5:06 PM, Kavi <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi everyone > > Ok, we have been down this road before. There are some toys Ricky is not > aggressive with, and then this new one, red bone plush one... he almost bit > me today! He has never done that before. He wants to take this toy even out > with us on walks. I have now taken that one and a couple other toys away > AGAIN. I mean it gets to the point where he will not even come out of his > bed to eat, pee, poop etc. to get him out of his bed without getting bit or > growled at, I have to tip his bed over to get him out. He grabs his toys as > fast as he can, then we have the problem of getting him to do anything. He > is just not a dog when he has these couple few toys. I thought I would leave > him alone and not worry, but he is not giving up on it. When you dog takes > his plush toy on walks with us...and is aggressive about it... that to me is > a problem. I would not care at all if he kept a million toys in his bed, but > because he is aggressive, growling and sometimes dashing out at someone, its > a problem. > > When he has only his tennis balls, ropes, etc. he is a normal acting dog. > so does anyone know why he might be sooo attached to 1 or 2 plush toys to > this point? > > Shanna > > -- Rylee O'Neill Email: [email protected] <a href="http://pitapata.com/";><img src="http://pdgm.pitapata.com/N9lQm6.png"; width="200" height="80" border="0" alt="PitaPata Dog tickers" /></a>
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