HELP!!! I have never had a TOY
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Originally Posted by Dee
She is testing you. You have to show her who's the alpha.
AND she just came in here and instead of jumping at me to get on my lap, she sat down and licked my leg..hehehe
YEAH...a small victory...but it shows she is NOT stupid...
#22
Ah! I was just going to suggest flipping her on her back, "grabbing" her throat and bared teeth growling "NO" at her! Not grabbing as in choking or anything else that would actually cause harm...but pinching (not tightly, it's not needed) and shaking a bit.
It's worked with every dog I've tried it with...that and consistancy.
It's worked with every dog I've tried it with...that and consistancy.
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Originally Posted by Charlee
Ah! I was just going to suggest flipping her on her back, "grabbing" her throat and bared teeth growling "NO" at her! Not grabbing as in choking or anything else that would actually cause harm...but pinching (not tightly, it's not needed) and shaking a bit.
It's worked with every dog I've tried it with...that and consistancy.
It's worked with every dog I've tried it with...that and consistancy.
I have even bitten ears before...I AM THE ALPHA....even my golden knew that..and the pitbulls next door!..though they were sort of MUSHY pitbulls...eheheh
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Originally Posted by sgraves1959
She is a doll. I have two mini's and a two pound yorkie. love them to death. I had a male that looked identical to her and he came running up to the truck and I didn't see him and caught his head with the tire. That was three years ago and I still miss him and cry over being the one to hurt him. Stand your ground he will come around. he will love you to death no questions asked.Wish I had my buddy back.
THis is part of why I am so afraid of small dogs..especially THIS small..
growing up we had a Chihuahua..one day, she was about 12yo and I did not know she came out the front door with me..I went to move my car into the yard to wash it and ran over her..."I" killed the family dog while the family was away in TX for a funeral!
I don't think I have ever gotten over that...
OH and that dog walked with a limp all of her life, because when we got her she was chasing us around the yard and "I" tripped over her breaking her leg...sigh...I really don't like TOY dogs...so why did hubby think I really needed this one???
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A few weeks after gettin my little Doxie when she was 5 weeks old I called her the dog from hell. Several months later she began to calm down and now she is the perfect pet, my best friend and my shadow. Give yours a little longer to adjust to the household and maybe she will change her personality too.
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Give your little doll some time to adjust to a new home. Even a child will act up in new places, trying to see just what it can and can not get away with. Temper fits, peeing all over the place, grabbing food and generally misbehaving, all that will be history in a few months. You'll love her a lot 30 days from now. Put down on your calendar, "tell Quilting Board how nice my new fur baby is".
A spray bottle of water controlled my Dobermans when I could not be heard. "I" was pack leader and let them know it as soon as they came in the house. We always took rescues and they were adults with strong bad habits, but with time and love they all became our fur kids. I was just going through old pictures..sure do miss those huge, loving fur babies.
Now the neighbor's reportedly "savage" pit bull has taken to bulldozing herself our of THEIR yard and coming over to see me.
I take pieces of hotdogs and on the way to her home, she has learned to sit and walk on my left side without a leash, and not jump up on me..sure wish they could fence her in through.
A spray bottle of water controlled my Dobermans when I could not be heard. "I" was pack leader and let them know it as soon as they came in the house. We always took rescues and they were adults with strong bad habits, but with time and love they all became our fur kids. I was just going through old pictures..sure do miss those huge, loving fur babies.
Now the neighbor's reportedly "savage" pit bull has taken to bulldozing herself our of THEIR yard and coming over to see me.
I take pieces of hotdogs and on the way to her home, she has learned to sit and walk on my left side without a leash, and not jump up on me..sure wish they could fence her in through.
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Sounds like this little princess has met her match! Way to go on insisting on being the Alpha and not letting her forget she is little, but still a dog. I smiled when I read Charlee's comment....the kids thought I was mad when I pinned our big Malamute X when he took liberties. I have a Chi x and he was a nightmare when we rescued him. He is a changed dog now, not the brightest crayon in the box, but loyal to the core.
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2 words FLY Swatter. When my now grown Dobe was a pup she tried to shred my leather couch. I showed her the chewed spot told her NO, BAD GIRL! And swatted her behind 3 times. Now If she does not mind me the first time she is spoken to I ask her if I have to get the fly swat... No more selective hearing!
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Originally Posted by Mimito2
2 words FLY Swatter. When my now grown Dobe was a pup she tried to shred my leather couch. I showed her the chewed spot told her NO, BAD GIRL! And swatted her behind 3 times. Now If she does not mind me the first time she is spoken to I ask her if I have to get the fly swat... No more selective hearing!
thanks for the flash back and giggle..hated the nose douche though!
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