Dogs fighting - decision time.
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Jasandjules said:
So how are they?
The all day session with the Trainer is later this week.They started to kick off this evening but responded well to my daughters command so quite please about that.
I'll update in a few weeks but just to add that I've decided that any further problems resulting in any more hospital visits will mean that one of them will be going.
Jasandjules said:
Have you removed all toys?
The dont seem to start over toys anymore which appears to be due to the control that the training has introduced.elephantstone said:
I find mine only properly kick off when theres a new toy or something tasty. If it does get nasty i shout "NO" which they now know as "dont push it" and they lick eachother to say sorry.
Having said the above, something tasty has been the reason for the last two occasions.Our two lick each other after as well. "NO" is our chosen command, just got to get it through to them.
Interesting to read such a similar situation. Thanks.
The 2 young male labs (I mentioned earlier in this thread) had a good set too this afternoon. I'd just let them out and was refreshing their water bowls at the time. I used a short amount of cold water to stop them as they didn't respond to a spoken 'STOP' command. They played together nicely after that, but for a moment I was very concerned there was going to be serious injury to one of them.
so called said:
Having said the above, something tasty has been the reason for the last two occasions.
Our two lick each other after as well. "NO" is our chosen command, just got to get it through to them.
Interesting to read such a similar situation. Thanks.
Should just add that usually they take absolutely no notice of a "no" usually but when i can see that they are just fixed on each other and theres lots of teeth flashing about i turn up the volume and they know they've taken it too far. I know you are meant to let dogs sort their differences out but they need to learn it is not acceptable. As I'm sure you know it is quite easy to spot when play turns into something else. Our two lick each other after as well. "NO" is our chosen command, just got to get it through to them.
Interesting to read such a similar situation. Thanks.
I have given up on chew sticks etc as they seem to cause problems, they get treats fed to them when they need praising and thats it. Meal times quite civilised , whoever finishes first waits for the other and then they swap and lick each others bowls. It sounds to me that if you avoid treats like chew sticks that they can get funny about guarding you might be alright
Jasandjules said:
Food is the issue? Is that one approaching the other whilst they are eating?
Or is it one "guarding" food such as your plate? Then attacking the other for coming near?
Hi Jasandjules, no, feeding time is not an issue. They are told "no" as far as approaching each others at feeding time and we haven't had a problem here at all.Or is it one "guarding" food such as your plate? Then attacking the other for coming near?
Actually we don't let them lick each others bowls after feeding, just bring the bowls straight in for cleaning.
If treats are given out, its done in a very controlled way, as per the Trainers instructions.
The problem the other day was a particularly 'tasty Treat' of the rodent family.
We have fields front and back but there are developers building new houses directly across the road. This has stirred up some of the local wild life who occasionally come into our garden.
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