Hi Shanna...I sure like Charlierom's advice...all toys have to belong to YOU!!! Toys are a priviledge but he can't "own" them. Keeping them...gaurding them...in his bed is ownership and where the aggression starts. Just like with kids, my advice would be get Ricky on a schedule...feeding time, training time, play time, nap time, outside time etc. Playtime should be the only "time" for toys...they don't belong on walks or at any other time. Pick them up and put them away in a doggie toy box! Or better yet you can do what I do with mine with just a tad bit of training. This started out because of selfish motives but really has been a lifesaver for me! I trained the dogs to pick up their own toys and put them back in the toy basket after playtime is over. Once they get them all put away the lid goes on and no more access to toys till mom says so the next day...or maybe later in the afternoon/early evening. I was sick of picking up dog toys LOL! And with as many babies as I have, my living room was full of them! Which was kind of embarrasing when I had visitors! LOL They actually really love the pick-up time and they know that toys are gone for awhile...time to do something else! It puts a "close" on playtime. This was one of the things that helped with little squabbles over the toys....they were just out during playtime and because we had so many out they would just move on to the next one if someone swipped what they had. Here is the bad part though...when we go visiting my dogs think it is their job to put away any dog toys that are out! For some reason...maybe because these toys don't belong to them...they think I want them put away...I get the stares...the faces from them...like Mom??? REally??? Can we pick these up now??? So be careful when you visit! My Dad's Australian Shepherd gets so mad because mine will pick up all her toys and put them in my dad's chair. She spends all her time pulling each toy back out and on to the floor...simply to have it "picked up" again!!! My Dad thinks its cute but Roxxy gets so frustrated!!! Waggin' Tails in The Dog Park, Deanna
and The Dog Park Pack: Nugget, Shuai-Li, Mouse, Myrtle, Mable,and Caleb and honorary non-dog members of The Dog Park: Stella-Macaw, Stanley-Amazon, Miles the cat www.joys4toys.com ________________________________ From: Kavi <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tue, November 9, 2010 6:23:35 PM Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Re: OK, Here We Go Again With Ricky Agressive With Toys I think at this point the problem is that I have taken his toys away several times & given them back. He is so smart that he does this to keep his toys from being taken. I do not know what the obbsession is with this one toy. He treats it like its his baby. When I take his toys away, except the tennis balls (small ones) rope, 1 bully stick, he turns into a nice dog. so I have put all the toys away that make him aggressive in a drawer. Now he found a little cat ball... he is in his bed guarding it. I have not been able to get him out of the bed to take it. I do not want him to think if he growls at me that I will go away... so I will wait him out, then take it when he is not looking. this way he has no idea where it went.. then he just forgets about it. shanna --- On Tue, 11/9/10, charlierom2003 <[email protected]> wrote: >From: charlierom2003 <[email protected]> >Subject: [Chihuahuas] Re: OK, Here We Go Again With Ricky Agressive With Toys >To: [email protected] >Date: Tuesday, November 9, 2010, 5:48 PM > > > >There is a very good Caesar Dog Whisperer episode where he deals with a >chihuahua that is up to this very same business. As I recall he basically gets >ALL the toys away from the dog, and for a while lets him live with none at >all, >and then slowly bit by bit lets him get one back but only by behaving quietly >and properly. Sometimes he lets the dog have it for a bit, and then takes it >back, blocking agression with his booted feet, till the dog gets the idea that >he can only have them if Caesar allows it. He works on taking the ENERGY and >the >INTENSITY and the CRAZINESS out of the situation. Sometimes in the middle he >makes the chihuahua sit quiet for a treat, slow down, take a belly rub, be >obedient, forget about the toy. Patient patient. If you can find that episode >it >might be helpful. > >--- In [email protected], Kavi <kaviescontin...@...> 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 >> > >
