Wow. That must have been something to watch. I can't even imagine a mother letting her son get bit by a dog because she thought he was protecting her.
When I was a kid we had a part Chihuahua/part Fox Terrier dog. It was our first dog and he was passed around between five kids and my Mom. He was so mean and one of my brother's friends brought a wrapped dog toy for Skipper and we couldn't get close to the Christmas tree because he was guarding it. I don't know why we kept him so long.LOL However, looking back now, taking a puppy and it is passed around and around and it didn't really know who to be loyal to. He loved each of us.but at different times. I could be sitting with him and my sister sat down next to us and he would be mean to her, and then it could be reverse.never really knew he was going to feel like he should be loyal to. I have heard that Fox Terriers are mean, and I don't really know for sure. But there was no formal training for Skipper.he kind of ruled the roost. He developed some pretty bad prostate problems and then he started marking all over the house, and he would get up in the middle of the night and be between my bed and my sister's bed sounding like he was going to vomit up from the very end of his intestines. Finally, we had to have him put to sleep.the prostate problems was just doing him in and I think he may have had something else wrong for all the stomach stuff that he was doing. After that.I am not sure why I wanted a Chihuahua.LOL. But, Dolly & Desi are nowhere like Skipper. I have never hit them and probably the worst thing that I did was use the water squirt bottle on them. The learn from love and listening to what I say. The thing that bothers me though, is that not all Chihuahuas are sweet and gentle; I cannot even count how many times I may have had Dolly & Desi on a walk, in their stroller somewhere, or maybe at a park. Parents of small children let them run over and pet Dolly & Desi. First.I don't think that a mother should just be so uninterested in the safety of her children; but even though Dolly & Desi are so sweet, I still know that they are dogs and have animal instinct.I don't know if something will snap inside of them because of the way a kid touched them or made a face at them, etc. I just wish - in general for all children to dog encounters - that parents would think a bit more about protecting their children. That is very confusing to me. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Peggy & The Girls Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2012 5:47 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] cranky behaviot Okay, Sorry, I didn't see that you also posted a question. Hey, there is always some one in every group that wants to try and stir people up by exaggerating what some one else posted, instead of offering real help. I remember seeing a video by the Dog Whisperer about a little male chi who was dubbed the Demon Dog. It was quite impressive, how after an half hour the dog calmed down. The chi hated his mothers young son. The mom was more worried about the chi because he was so small then she was about her son's bites and stitches. It was the first time that I ever saw the Dog Whisperer get mad at a human and was ready to walk out and not help her. I think you could probably find the video on his site or National Geographic. Basically, each time the dog would jump up on the couch where the mother was, he would try to bite Cesar or her son, because the dog felt that he HAD to protect her. The truth is that over-protectiveness is aggression and if the mother was really the leader of the pack then the dog would not have feel that it had to protect her to begin with, but would have known that his rank was third in the pack. In a real dog pack, none of the other dogs protect the leader, they know that they don't have to, because protecting is the leaders job. So when ever the dog would jump up on the couch, Cesar would grab him from behind and put him on the floor, after a couple of rounds of that, when the dog would try again, Cesar would just click his fingers at him and the dog backed off. Finally when Cesar saw that the dog was calming down a bit, he allowed the dog on the couch, but he sat much closer to the mother. The dog then walked across the back top of the couch and went to bite Cesar. Cesar then gave him the back of his hand, which he held in a fist and as the dog went to bite he moved it back and forth in front of the the dogs face and gave a little shove. With that, the dog retreated a little and then Cesar grabbed him and layed belly up on his lap all the while the dog fought and tried to bite.He kept him like that until the dog submitted. In the middle of all of this, he also had the woman reprimand the dog. Then it was the son's turn. It only took a couple of minutes and the dog didn't attack the son. Cesar went back a couple of weeks later and the dog and boy were best buddies. The dog even stopped growling at visitors. You really need to see the video to get a full understanding as to how he did it. -------Original Message------- From: C.M. <mailto:[email protected]> Date: 1/22/2012 7:08:44 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] cranky behaviot How did you teach him not to growl at people? My boy won't let anybody get near him except me. When people come over, he barks his head off and nips at their heels, but calms down in a little bit. How can I fix that? When I take him to the vet, I have to open his mouth so the doc can see his teeth. When I adopted him from the shelter, they said they couldn't exam him because he was too fierce and wouldn't allow it. You know, "writing this out loud" makes him sound like a little terror, but he's not really. He's protecting his property and his mom. But at the same time, shouldn't he be more calm once people are welcomed inside? C. From: Pam Dean <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2012 2:46 PM Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] cranky behaviot My little one is a little skitzy about people sticking their faces in hers..Perhaps because he is very tiny and fearful. Sees it as a sign of aggression. He is fine with me..probably a mix of trust and being alpha but a little skitzy with others. I have taught him, however, no growling and aggression with any human, but you can tell he doesn't much like and I warn people.
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