Dog thread!🐾

[fluffycrow]

Sure there are few that are more intelligent than others, but often the ones that appear dumb are actually very smart, and are just not responding like we might expect.

Sighthounds are a perfect example of this

 

[Ilovemychicks08]

Tuckers energy needs have went back to almost normal. Im glad as the snowstorm moving through will limit our outdoor time. Especially if its suppose to be high winds

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Sighthounds are a perfect example of this

So are scent hounds. The last coonhound we had always acted like he didn't understand what stay in the yard meant. He did understand how to look around and sneak slowly away. I thankfully was smart enough to watch him do it most times and called him back. He was very smart. He just didn't necessarily find my agenda his agenda.

 

[cluckmecoop7]

Stopping by to ask a question.

My dog, Haven, snarls and bites if I try to take something out of her mouth. For example, if she picks up a dropped tissue. It’s very annoying and honestly quite dangerous. Tips?

 

[ShrekDawg]

Stopping by to ask a question.

My dog, Haven, snarls and bites if I try to take something out of her mouth. For example, if she picks up a dropped tissue. It’s very annoying and honestly quite dangerous. Tips?

You have to trade with something higher value at least for awhile until she starts associating it with good things

 

[LavenderDaFlerf]

Stopping by to ask a question.

My dog, Haven, snarls and bites if I try to take something out of her mouth. For example, if she picks up a dropped tissue. It’s very annoying and honestly quite dangerous. Tips?

Try when you have to take something away offer a high reward treat in exchange. And you could do that with toys where you trade for a treat and then give toy back to her for her to accociate having stuff taken away with rewards.

 

[cluckmecoop7]

You have to trade with something higher value at least for awhile until she starts associating it with good things

Try when you have to take something away offer a high reward treat in exchange. And you could do that with toys where you trade for a treat and then give toy back to her for her to accociate having stuff taken away with rewards.

I do usually have to trade for stuff, but doesn’t that just make her want to keep doing it for rewards?

 

[LavenderDaFlerf]

I do usually have to trade for stuff, but doesn’t that just make her want to keep doing it for rewards?

Don't give her the treat if she growls/bites toss the treat in front of her and when she releases the item take it and praise her, it should be a treat that she wants more than the item she is resource guarding.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Don't give her the treat if she growls/bites toss the treat in front of her and when she releases the item take it and praise her, it should be a treat that she wants more than the item she is resource guarding.

Exactly. Plus should theoretically change her brain to make it a positive

 

[LavenderDaFlerf]

I would start out trying to take lower value items from her and work up doing this method, Gypsy was resource guarding some when she was younger and doing this worked on her.