He growls and lunges I am not sure if he would bite or not but I believe he woud because the few times I did not pick him up when someone came in he bit their calves luckily they had jeans on so no broken skin he just got hold of the jeans. I grabbed him up and corrected him immediately. he is so timid if I raise my voice or stomp my foot it terrifies him even if it is another dog being corrected he still runs and hides.
Mary Overton 816-982-2067 >________________________________ > From: Peggy & The Girls <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2012 1:02 AM >Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] aggressiveness/biting > > > > >Mary, I was thinking if he acts aggressive when your company or other members >of the family want to enter the family room, then don't pick him up to allow >them in, but rather put a leash on him and walk him to his bed in the same >room and make him stay there for a bit. That will help him to understand that >the room is not just his territory, but everyone else's and his territory is >his bed. Does he growl or try to bite anyone else when you are holding him and >they get to close to you? If that is the case, then try the method that you >saw in the video. > >Your basic training commands can go a long way with any dog. It gives them >such a nice vocabulary, and a way for both the owner and dog to communicate. >It really is the first steps of any training. If a dog doesn't understand the >basic sit, stay, down, come, the first time you say it, then it makes it very >hard for them to understand anything else. > >Peggy & The Girls > > > > > >-------Original Message------- > >From: Mary Overton >Date: 7/28/2012 10:47:51 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] aggressiveness/biting > >I do not carry the dog to the door. I have a gate between the livivg >room(front door) and the family room. I only pick him up if the company is >entering the family room. No dogs allowed in the living room. The rest of the >house is accessible to the dogs and is theirs. I do know all mine are spoiled >and could use some training. > >Mary Overton 816-982-2067 > >________________________________ >From: Peggy & The Girls <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2012 9:32 PM >Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] aggressiveness/biting > > >LOL....his is spoiled rotten! I know they love to be held, but some times we >have to ignore their demands and let them act like a dog. Gigi would be very >happy if she was in my arms 24/7. She has learned that by just giving her some >good quality time several times a day and at night, she can act like a normal >dog, and lay around in her bed, or in her crate if she chooses, (the door is >always opened) and feel just as secure. She has also learned that when some >one comes over, I am not going to pick her up and cuddle her barking. She has >learned that she doesn't have to protect me and I don't have to protect her >from strangers either. Instead, I instruct her to go to her bed and be quiet. >I do the same thing with Princess. Guess what has happened with training them >like that? After a while, I will release them and they come over and sniff >out the person and sit beside them, waiting to say hello and being pet and >making a new friend. They see that I am not afraid and they don't have to be either. > >The worse thing that an owner can do is pick up and carry a dog when answering >the door. It teaches the dog to be on guard, and while they are in your arms, >it also teaches them that they need to protect the owner. Train your dog to go >to it's special place and stay there until you release them, and they won't >copy a humans concern that some one is at the door. It really does work! > > > > > > >-------Original Message------- > >From: Mary Overton >Date: 7/28/2012 10:14:51 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] aggressiveness/biting > >He will lay on his back in my arms and go to sleep. He does not bite me. I can >hold him but no one else can touch him. He likes me to put on the baby pouch >and put him in it.and he will stay there till I put him down. Then he takes >care of business and comes back and barks to get back in the pouch > >Mary Overton 816-982-2067 > >________________________________ >From: Peggy & The Girls <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2012 8:26 PM >Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] aggressiveness/biting > > >Most aggressive dogs do bite more out of fear then anything else. Once they >get over the fear, the biting usually stops. That is why I like Cesar's video. >Even though many may disagree with putting a dog in a submissive state by >forcing him to lay down belly up, and except the fact that they can be calm >and nothing bad will happen to them, I personally feel that that it is much >better then a dog living it's life with high stress from constant fear. We all >know that stress, especially from fear, takes a lot out of our system. It >increases your heart rate, your breathing, does a temporary job on your immune >system and makes you nervous and jittery all the time. It is no different for >animals. Why should any animal have to exist like that, when all it takes is a >few minutes of tough love to show them that we understand and that being loved >by any one is a beautiful thing. > >You are not physically harming the dog, there is no pressure on it's body to >harm them, and your not using a collar to restrain, them but the rewards are >for a lifetime. > > > > > > >-------Original Message------- > >From: Mary Overton >Date: 7/28/2012 8:51:54 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] aggressiveness/biting > >I have a male who loves me excessively. He won't bite but he will nail >everyone else so if anyone else is around I either hold him or shut him in the >bedroom. He is a rescue and is terrified of everyone but his reaction is to >bite. Is this a new behavior could he be afraid? > >Mary Overton 816-982-2067 > >________________________________ >From: Diane Blueberry <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 7:36 PM >Subject: [Chihuahuas] aggressiveness/biting > > >Anyone out there experiencing the same, please write about how you deal with >these behaviors. I love my Chihuahua with all my heart but the biting has >scared most of my body. Any ideas??? > > > >
