She's healthy (thankfully)... I might try to find a dog class-just general beginners class-maybe teach her to listen better...
Sent from Lynda's iPad On Mar 7, 2013, at 7:15 PM, Nancy <[email protected]> wrote: > Make sure you have the vet check her out, just in case. A few medical > conditions, including low thyroid, can cause aggressiveness. If there is no > cause, you may have to do some tough love. > > Nancy, Pepper, Rascal & Rocky > From: birdylove5 <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, March 7, 2013 12:03 PM > Subject: [Chihuahuas] Help with aggression... > > > Hello everyone...I haven't posted for quite sometime - but I do read and pay > attention 'most of the time' LOL... > I'm having a problem with Charlotte Rose (my 1 1/2 year old chihuahua that > I've had since she was a baby). Does anyone have advice? Books I can read? > .... > She is very aggressive at times with my older doggy, Liza. Liza is a sweet, > quiet, loving pug/shihtzu and wouldn't hurt a flea (well maybe a > flea)....Charlotte seems to 'circle' her like a buzzard when Liza gets > excited about something, comes too far into the kitchen (Charlotte's crate is > in the kitchen) and sometimes just when we're all ready to go out the door to > go potty - Charlotte will start with the 'buzzard' circling or getting close > to Liza to grab hold of her. Liza never fights back - she cries out and tries > to get away. Charlotte has done this to the cats too - when they have come > into the kitchen while I'm doing dishes - and Charlotte attacks. Luckily I > have sweet cats - they run away - but they come back knowing I will lift them > up and keep them safe. I dumped water on Charlotte the one time she wouldn't > let go of Liza and it 'kinda' phased her - but I ended up having to pull her > off. If I see her 'circling' or walking close to Liza and I know she's about > to strike - I remove her from the situation physically because it doesn't > seem that any verbal command consistently works. I have been told I should > start using water in a spray bottle. > I have another doggy, Timmy, who plays with Charlotte - they play a little > rough sometimes- but she doesn't go after him like she does Liza or the cats. > Liza plays with her toys and me - she's never been much to play with other > dogs - but Liza and Timmy are non-aggressive in every sense of the word - > it's Charlotte that I'm having such a problem with. > HELP.... > Sincerest thank you's... > Lynda B. > > > >
