It still could be pain related so with an old dog this to have the vet check it
out. My old dog Murphy got nastier as he got older but it was from the pain.
Even by the time he was about 8 years old he didn't want to be touched very
much as he got to be 15 I couldn't even clean his ears because I couldn't even
put the muzzle on him keep him from biting me or continue to brush his teeth.
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Susanne Defoe <[email protected]> wrote:
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>I do put belly bands on him when I can't be home to watch him because he does
>still mark in the house occasionally. He will growl at me and allow my
>husband or daughter to pick him up. If I go to pick him up and he
>growls/snaps I will just ignore the behavior and he will quickly quit it and
>be fine. I could ask the vet about thyroid. If he is on my husband's lap and I
>approach he will growl which is a version of resource guarding? He is not food
>motivated which makes it difficult.
>
>Sue
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>On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 3:33 PM, Peggy & The Girls <[email protected]> wrote:
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>Could also be a thyroid problem too. They have found that many an aggressive
>dog had a thyroid problem and once medicated it stopped. Dogs that want
>dominance usually don't all of a sudden not want to be picked up. Is he
>favoring one particular person in the family? Does he get upset if he is with
>his favorite person and then someone else tries to pick him up to take him
>away from his favorite person? If you think it is dominance, then try to
>assess what happened just before you went to pick him up, and figure out why
>he got grumpy.
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>If he is that good at holding it in, then why does he need belly bands?
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>Peggy
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>
>-------Original Message-------
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>
>From: Susanne Defoe
>
>Date: 07/02/13 15:19:49
>
>To: [email protected]
>
>Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Curmudgeon
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>Elmer was in to the vet mid-May. Lungs sounded clear and he was not retaining
>fluid. I am a nurse and I do not think he is retaining fluid now either. Is
>not coughing and has had same patterns of eliminating. He is able to hold his
>urine easily when he is in bed with us. He does not show any indication of
>having to urinate frequently. I can have him checked out by our vet again but
>it seems more like a dominance issue?
>
>Sue
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