|
Post by heather619 on Mar 18, 2008 20:05:28 GMT -5
Well my baby girl Diamond is not happy unless she is getting your attention at all times. kisses hugs and laying on top of me....well, i started making her work for it, sitting laying paw. ya know things like that.. So now she is not so much in my face.. But my big Behavior problem is between Dianomd and Pation.. Diamond wants to play by grabbing at the back of Pations neck at the scruff.. And Pation wants nothing to do with it so she groaws and trys to snap back. so i yell at her for snapping and i yell at Diamond for jumping on her like that..I dont smack or swat my dogs so i yell in a deap voice to show im boss but... sometimes they dont listen(like my children lol).. So... does anyone have suggestions on how i can resolve the problem between the two??? open to any ideas..oh and since Diamond has came into my home Pation is also acting out by going potty in my house. so we went back to the crate training we used to use on her when she was potty training.. Thanx ;D
|
|
|
Post by RealPitBull on Mar 19, 2008 14:29:05 GMT -5
Hey Heather!!
This is an general observation, and by no means a judgement on your dogs' skill set or your training abilities. Having said that, I find many people expect a little too much of dogs and are very REactive in their training, instead of PROactive. I am big on training behaviors meant to help the guardian control their dog if a sticky situation arises, BEFORE that sticky situation actually arises.
So for instance, if I had two dogs and I knew that there would be times (considering the breed) that they may get too rough with each other, bossy, or bratty, I would want to teach in advance several behaviors that would allow me to gain control of the dogs when together and acting up. I would teach a solid sit-stay. I would also teach both dogs a "go to place" command.
In addition to training, I would work to become a good Manager of my dogs. I would observe behavior that looked like it could get rough and interrupt and redirect (get the dogs' attention on you/something other than each other) before it did. I would also practice 'splitting', in which I walk between my two dogs, facing and pushing towards the one that is causing most of the ruckus, to calmly seperate them and alleviate a stressful sitation (this should only be done if there is no indication of aggression or overt tension between the dogs).
For your situation specifically, I really urge you to get your cues (sit, stay, down, recall, etc) good and strong so you can maintain control at all times. Please be aware that you have two females and that can sometimes be a bad combo - female/female aggression is pretty intense and can be very difficult to stop once it's started. So be extra dilligent in preventing fights and make sure the two are seperated when you cannot be right there to monitor their interactions.
|
|
|
Post by heather619 on Mar 19, 2008 23:22:19 GMT -5
And I admit buy no means am i a profetional at training dogs. I had a feeling that is as to with them both being female.. becouse i've never had two females at one time..I had a pit bul named Haze(male) what i was fostering then i got Pation and they were GREAT together with no problems at all. Haze was adoped out and then we just had her and we were training and she was like gold untill , like i said before, Diamond came along and it was like hell broke lose with Pation. And maybe part of Pations problems is Diamond is very affetionat and Pation is not? If you think i am doing anything wrong feel free to let me know cuz i really wanna do it rite. Thanks a lot.....hugs and kisses
|
|
|
Post by RealPitBull on Mar 20, 2008 8:17:40 GMT -5
Ok, well keep us posted and if you have any other questions, please feel free to ask.
|
|
|
Post by mcgregor on May 20, 2008 7:16:52 GMT -5
HEATHER Since my pitty,Yogi was two months old, I was concerned when I first observed him play bitting on my little poo terriers neck constantly......I speculated that this would develope into a serious matter in the distant future; so I got to work , trained Yogi... each time when I caught him in the act , I grabbed him by the tuff of his neck like a momma bitch would do to get her pups to behave and firmly voice that no!no!... it took time as time flew and Yogi grew and how!! he grew lol..Gradually Yogi dropped this dangerous habit and became a model citizen as I trained him in a lot of different expectations.. Initially the little poo terrier who is just a little bigger than a cat became the alpha of Yogi; Yogi followed Chloe and obeyed her wishes to leave her alone ; same thing with the cat......Yogi adores BigBee as well.. .....Yogi is male ; CHLOE AND BIGBEE are female..Yogi is not the average size of a pitbull, he is massive , tall ,long body etc , to get a picture of Yogi standing above Chloe and Bigbee.....imagine King Kong's father ....lol. As I mentioned before in another thread, use that "NO" for what ever misdeeds your dog does because he will understand that no means to please his mom and dad when he does something wrong............ultimately it is better to have male/female rather than male/male or female/female in the household as there are better tempermentswhich lessens fights etc....... My Yogi is now 3 yrs old and a very loving boy
|
|