Granny's gone and done it again

[cherrynberry]

Anyway, if you do decide to let the dogs go at each other, have some way of breaking it up safely.

“Letting them go at eachother” and THEN breaking them up seems like a disaster waiting to happen to me. It’s better to make sure there’s NO chance of anything happening at all. When my sister was working with Auggie (he had really bad leash aggression), she’d walk him outside of the dog park first, so he wouldn’t feel the need to be defensive. Slowly, she began introducing him to more surroundings and then finally to the other dogs. In the process, he had no chance of thinking “attacking” or “hurting” another dog was a possibility. If he even had a slight step back, my sister would start from the beginning. Slowly, he began to see other dogs as just mere distractions/fun and not potential targets, threats, or competition. I think that’s what Bandit needs—to know that Fawn isn’t a potential threat. If they were to get into a fight, even if they don’t get hurt physically, they may develop a harmful mindset. Unwinding them out of a bad mindset would mean even more work and even more time.

 

[troyer]

Only if you have a way of separating the dogs quickly and safely. I suggest having them both on leash. You hold Bandit's and have Robert hold Fawn's. If he bites her and she backs off, great - she learns to respect him. But if it turns into a free-for-all brawl where somebody's going to get hurt, Robert should pull Fawn away and you hold Bandit. Tell them both NO! Then, DO NOT PET THEM to calm them down, this will only make them think they are being praised for fighting. Put them both in a quiet place to calm down.

We have always had a pack situation here. We allow our senior dogs to assert dominance, actually, we encourage it. Once dominance is asserted the relationship is peaceful. I have actually at times "helped" the senior dogs get dominance by discouraging the young dog from fighting back and allowing the senior to "give it to him". No puppies were harmed during the interaction. My two pups are huge compared to the Chihuahua male, but they 100% respect him.
That being said, I am physically able to do what I just described. The bigger pups know that I will back the senior Chihuahua if there is ever a scuffle between them and they seem to be okay with that. The pups are both completely and willingly submissive to us, they don't cower in our presence either. I am an advocate of keeping the natural confidence in a dog and am even training them to use the natural confidence each one possesses to their and my advantage. I want my pups to come to me confidently and expectantly at all times.
I have watched dogs and wolves in pack situations on how the dominant ones relate to the rest and have to some extent copied that behavior. I am however, friendlier to my pups than how they would be treated in a wolf pack environment. I believe in fair treatment and respect toward my pups. Respect as in allowing them to make mistakes and not aggressively scolding them. I do scold them at times, but not to the extent that they'll cower in my presence. I have excellent recall with them, just using my voice to guide them. They are currently eight and a half months old and seldom need to be leash controlled.
They experience a lot of praise and very little scolding.

Note: I have read and watched videos on puppy/dog training so I'm not going at this willy nilly and from the seat of my pants.

Again, I am able to physically enforce everything I have written here and have extensively worked at it since they were ten weeks old.

 

[Cynthia12]

We have always had a pack situation here. We allow our senior dogs to assert dominance, actually, we encourage it. Once dominance is asserted the relationship is peaceful. I have actually at times "helped" the senior dogs get dominance by discouraging the young dog from fighting back and allowing the senior to "give it to him". No puppies were harmed during the interaction. My two pups are huge compared to the Chihuahua male, but they 100% respect him.
That being said, I am physically able to do what I just described. The bigger pups know that I will back the senior Chihuahua if there is ever a scuffle between them and they seem to be okay with that. The pups are both completely and willingly submissive to us, they don't cower in our presence either. I am an advocate of keeping the natural confidence in a dog and am even training them to use the natural confidence each one possesses to their and my advantage. I want my pups to come to me confidently and expectantly at all times.
I have watched dogs and wolves in pack situations on how the dominant ones relate to the rest and have to some extent copied that behavior. I am however, friendlier to my pups than how they would be treated in a wolf pack environment. I believe in fair treatment and respect toward my pups. Respect as in allowing them to make mistakes and not aggressively scolding them. I do scold them at times, but not to the extent that they'll cower in my presence. I have excellent recall with them, just using my voice to guide them. They are currently eight and a half months old and seldom need to be leash controlled.
They experience a lot of praise and very little scolding.

Note: I have read and watched videos on puppy/dog training so I'm not going at this willy nilly and from the seat of my pants.

Again, I am able to physically enforce everything I have written here and have extensively worked at it since they were ten weeks old.

Very well put. I use pretty much the same technique. Bringing new dogs in through the years has worked out well for me. Right now my dogs know that my Gracie is the head of things. In fact last night something interesting happened that surprised me. My Cooper got mad at Bella. What?? They get along so well..all of them. Boy Gracie, even though she hadn't been feeling well, jumped down from the couch and went over to break it up before I could even step in. I was ready to clap my hands a few times and say ..no! Didn't need to. She got it stopped with her butting in with her growls. Sometimes she'll want to ..try..and play. She just hurts so much lately, but when she did, it would be for a short time. When she'd had enough, they knew! The dogs know, I'm the, big boss.

 

[troyer]

Very well put. I use pretty much the same technique. Bringing new dogs in through the years has worked out well for me. Right now my dogs know that my Gracie is the head of things. In fact last night something interesting happened that surprised me. My Cooper got mad at Bella. What?? They get along so well..all of them. Boy Gracie, even though she hadn't been feeling well, jumped down from the couch and went over to break it up before I could even step in. I was ready to clap my hands a few times and say ..no! Didn't need to. She got it stopped with her butting in with her growls. Sometimes she'll want to ..try..and play. She just hurts so much lately, but when she did, it would be for a short time. When she'd had enough, they knew! The dogs know, I'm the, big boss.

That's awesome!

 

[h2oratt]

no, I was just wondering if yall could tell what kind of dog she is. I guess its not a very good picture.

No way to tell from a picture. Could be anything in there

 

[h2oratt]

howdys all, slept ok. 1-9 could of used more but puppy. She is the new boss of the house for now. Poor Bandit slept with his muzzle on all night. I feel terrible about that. Seems like I would if seen that when I put him to bed. I cant wait til he makes friends with Fawn. He still growls and lunges . He does it when Fawn shows excitement. She is very rude to him. She pushes him around and sits on him. Maybe she needs to get bit?

Yes he is telling her that her energy is acceptable. She needs to be kept on a leash and trained. Why are you letting her push bandit around.?

 

[prostar]

A midlife crisis is a transition of identity and self-confidence that can occur in middle-aged individuals, typically 40 to 60 years old.

so yeah. Few months early lol

Wouldn’t keeping them on a leash lead to leash aggression? Like won’t they feel more stress and pressure if they are restrained by a leash? Unless Fawn is leash trained I don’t see how that could calm her down.

potentially.

They do need to work it out, they both need to learn boundaries. But, granny, you may need some dog savvy help with that one.

 

[prostar]

Granny...with love here but...you can NOT be having Fawn "be the boss"

She needs to know her place - that the humans are the bosses, and Bandit is to be left alone.

Is Robert playing any kind of training games with her? How much exercise is she getting? Is she bonding with him at all?

 

[Cynthia12]

 

[troyer]

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