When I first got cavaliers a friend of mine also bought a cavalier. They had problems with him biting their son. I agreed to take the dog for a couple of weeks. After further investigation I found the times he bit the child was always over food. The baby would start to give his cookie to the dog and then pull it away. The dogs reaction was to be faster than the child therefore a couple of times his aim was off and he did bite the child.
One day he took a sandwich away from my daughter and he was very aggressive about it. I went to see what was going on and he growled at me. And even snapped at me when I reached for him. So I picked him up by the scruff of the neck and laid him on his back in my arms. He held the sandwich in his mouth and was seriously growling at me. I sat in the rocking chair with him put my cheek next to his cheek and hummed as he growled. When he finally calmed down I took the sandwich from him. Loved on him, rocked and petted him some more. When he stopped growling and behaved himself I put him down and gave him back the sandwich. I then sent him back to the family and told them to not let the child run around with food in his hand and stop teasing the dog with food and things should be much better. My suggestion to everyone is to put the dog in a crate with his food when you are eating dinner that way they do not set under the table waiting for crumbs. They keep the dog until he finally passed away and the child grew up. Good Luck Debbie Thanks Cathy Debbie Dame wrote: > Hi List, > > I've gotten some very good ideas from you, I thank you all. I have been > passing on the tips and will definitely keep you all posted on how things > work out. My hope is that she will be retrained to react in a more > appropriate manner, but if not, I have no question that she will return home > to me where she will live out her life with me and all of her other Cavalier > buddies. > > Obedience classes are to begin right away. > > Again, my appreciation for all of your help, > Debbie Dame > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ========================================================= > "Magic Commands": > to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL > to start it up gain click here: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL > > E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. > Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html > > All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author. -- http://www.FlyingColorsCavaliers.com ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author.
