oh I love Ricky. He is a cutie... and sweet most of the time. He will NOT bring any toy to me or anyone. He runs to his bed and stays there. NOT even for a treat! He gets grouchy if you even speak him sometimes while he has his toys in his bed. I wish I knew why he is like this. I have tried the treat thing with Ricky. If he should let go of the toy to get a bit of a treat, if he sees you moving to the toy on the ground, he will immediately grab it up and run for his bed. He has even gone without eating cuz of the toys. He is down to tennis balls and ropes now. ( I think I said that last post...LOL)
shanna --- On Tue, 11/9/10, Rylee O'Neill <[email protected]> wrote: From: Rylee O'Neill <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] OK, Here We Go Again With Ricky Agressive With Toys To: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, November 9, 2010, 4:42 PM 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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