Sarah How much experience have you had with AGGRESSIVE dogs in your work with the shelter? You need to use lots of structure, lots of 'you in control' work - so this dog learns to 'work for you', pretty much for every good thing that comes to his life - no freebies, and certainly nothing good in response to improper behavior on his part. It takes a special person to even try to work with a dog that has crossed this threshold & bitten someone - special in what they know, special in what they are willing to put into working with this dog in an attempt to help it - an attempt that may not work out - Once a dog has crossed the line & bitten - the chances of it doing that again are greatly increased - Since this dog has been 'set off' by a child, you will have to have him crated / secured away from any children that may come into your home - at least for a good long time, until you KNOW you can trust him to behave - Having him be ok with your other dogs is a great positive - but having him not be ok with some humans is a big worry to me - Yes, he is a small dog, but ... even small dogs can inflict PAIN and do damage - Even little dogs can do damage / be a danger - they really can - Please be careful -
Joan Sarah 2 wrote: > This is a little off topic, but I may be getting a rescue Bichon. He was > abused by his owner. He never had any problems in his 1st foster home as > far as biting, but I guess when he was adopted out, a grandchild did > something to him that caused him to growl at her. The owner then grabbed > the dog by the back of the neck and he bit him. So I'm looking for > resources, things on the net, etc. that might be helpful in working with > this guy. I've worked with some abused dogs in our shelter but none in > my home yet. Thanks for any help you can give. (Oh, he's never shown any > aggression towards dogs at all, and was fostered with small dogs, so I > think he will be fine with our Cavaliers.) > > Sarah > > ========================================================= > "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. > > ========================================================= "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.
