trishkidd24
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Well it happened yesterday, Marg snipped/bit a friend of ours... Her behavior has been weird lately but I never would have expected this.
Saturday night we had friends over at our house. Marg was being her typical antisocial self, and avoiding everyone and hiding behind me. This behavior has gotten worse over the past couple months and I hate that she is that way, but we respect it and I just tell everyone she is shy and doesn't like strangers. So Saturday night she was a little stressed out but was ok after everyone started ignoring her.
On Sunday my husband had a friend over to visit. When his friend entered, Marg lost it, she barked at him for about 3 minutes before calming down. Our friend went to the bathroom and when he came out she lost it again, he approached her and said "oh come on marg, i'm not going to hurt you" and he reached down to pet her and she snipped at him. She didn't break skin or anything, but the minute I saw her do that I took her and put her in a submissive position on her back and told her "No". Right after I did that she cuddled in my lap and her eyes were super big. Once she was calm I sat next to our friend and told him to pet her, he did and she was fine. I dont think she necessarily liked him petting her but she tolerated it since I yelled at her before.
I am lost... I have never had to deal with this kind of behavior. Both of our other dogs are friendly and love people. Was what I did by putting her in a submissive position right? If that wasn't right what should I have done? Just let her get away with snipping and ignore it? We are in the process of finding a trainer but are very limited. Our Kennel Club that does obedience training does not to private in home training. So we have contacted our vet to try and find someone who does. I am desperate..... any advice?
She is the sweetest most loving dog with my husband and I, and she is great with SOME people she knows. We have a male dog sitter that stays at our house with her when we are not home, and he has never said anything about her snipping at him or being aggressive so I think it is a protective thing of either her territory only when we are home....
Help!!
Saturday night we had friends over at our house. Marg was being her typical antisocial self, and avoiding everyone and hiding behind me. This behavior has gotten worse over the past couple months and I hate that she is that way, but we respect it and I just tell everyone she is shy and doesn't like strangers. So Saturday night she was a little stressed out but was ok after everyone started ignoring her.
On Sunday my husband had a friend over to visit. When his friend entered, Marg lost it, she barked at him for about 3 minutes before calming down. Our friend went to the bathroom and when he came out she lost it again, he approached her and said "oh come on marg, i'm not going to hurt you" and he reached down to pet her and she snipped at him. She didn't break skin or anything, but the minute I saw her do that I took her and put her in a submissive position on her back and told her "No". Right after I did that she cuddled in my lap and her eyes were super big. Once she was calm I sat next to our friend and told him to pet her, he did and she was fine. I dont think she necessarily liked him petting her but she tolerated it since I yelled at her before.
I am lost... I have never had to deal with this kind of behavior. Both of our other dogs are friendly and love people. Was what I did by putting her in a submissive position right? If that wasn't right what should I have done? Just let her get away with snipping and ignore it? We are in the process of finding a trainer but are very limited. Our Kennel Club that does obedience training does not to private in home training. So we have contacted our vet to try and find someone who does. I am desperate..... any advice?
She is the sweetest most loving dog with my husband and I, and she is great with SOME people she knows. We have a male dog sitter that stays at our house with her when we are not home, and he has never said anything about her snipping at him or being aggressive so I think it is a protective thing of either her territory only when we are home....
Help!!