Damn Dog!

[Mitzi]

Life was so peaceful, so serene. An elderly female Yorkie that never barks, an elderly cat so calm, he rides in the back seat of the car. ENTER BRU! My mother saw a Yorkie being abused and of course, thought of me. THANKS,MOM!
This dog is going to be the end of me. He HAS to be leashed outside or he chases anything that moves. I took him our and put him back in the house, Then, went back for my female Yorkie that couldn't run if she tried.
Just as I was shutting the door, Bru spots a kid and forces his way out the door and TAKES OFF! The kid had to climb a tree. I AM SO MAD! He's big for a Yorkie, 16 pounds, so his bite could do a litle damage. My female Yorkie has hardly any teeth to bite with. I finally caught him and let him have it. I don't call him to me cause I don't want him to associate coming to me with a spanking. So I have to catch him.
This dog is going to be the end of me.

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[huff317]

Okay, being the owner of four dogs (largely due to the fact that my sweetie has "SUCKER" in blaze orange across her forehead...), I'll ask an obvious-to me-question, do you HAVE to keep the dog? Or can it make a trip to the local shelter?
There is no reason for the problem pet of someone else to also be YOUR problem....I have at least one of the dogs leaving this coming Saturday because it is driving ME crazy with his need to mark everything at his level. (Came from my wife's friend, who is going thru a "D"..)

IF you HAVE to keep it, the only other alternative is obedience training, if you ask me.
:p

Hope that helps...

[Mitzi]

I can't do that to him. He's been so abused and is so needy. When you take them to one of those places, THEY KNOW. They know they aren't wanted. I'll consider obedience training but I could never take a dog to the SPCA unless it was dangerous. This dog is sensetive, really. It's like he thanks me every minute of the day for giving me a home. He's so happy to HAVE a home, after the way the poor little guy was treated, that he's firecly protective of it. My own son was kidding with me the other night and he actually went for this throat.
But the SPCA...never.

[Jim Burnes]

Mitzi,

There are lots of people who would like that crazy little dog. Check the animal and vet hospitals for the lists they keep of such families. They are out there.

Meanwhile, try just holding him very close, and breathe gently into his nose. Just do that quietly. Soon he will be coming to you.

Jim Burnes

[jellybean40]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Originally posted by Mitzi:
I'll consider obedience training but I could never take a dog to the SPCA unless it was dangerous. </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">he did chase a kid up a tree, no? just remember, your neighbors might think hes dangerous even if you dont. i would love to take in every needy dog, but i know that i cant. its just TOO much. i personally would take him somewhere, or to someone who knows about training abused dogs, before i got attached to it. JMO

my dog is VERY bossy and strong. she's 2 now, but when she was younger, i almost got rid of her quite a few times. she was just too strong for me, and uses her mouth in really rough play. i am glad i didnt, but i have learned how to show her i MEAN it when its time for me to be the boss.

good luck with him, whatever you decide. i am an animal lover also, but i love my sanity more! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" />

[Mitzi]

He's a Yorkie but a big Yorkie. I talked to the vet about this firece demonstration of protetion from such a small dog. He says he could tell he had been very abused. (Stayed in a cage outside all day in all kinds of weather and it did something to him). I don't know of any doggie psychologists.
He might be all bluff, however. Anyone he runs up too, he stops just short and barks and barks, like, "Look how tough I am! Get away from my mommy!" sheesshhh A dogs Mommy.
The female was abused but not as badly as he was. She's got her head on straight.
The dr said that, if he doesn't setle down, there is a person that he knows that works with badly abused dogs that may be able to help me. But I'm sure this person is $$$$$$$$.
But I'm researching on dog behavior to see how I can help him. And my H has fixed rhe door so he can no longer open it just with his body weight. Time will tell. But I'll find him another home before he goes to the SPCA. And they will have to promise to give him back if they can't deal with him. I'm going to help this little fella somehow.
But Jim, what does blowing into his nose do? (Trying to get a mental picure of ME doing this! lol)

[ASOinFL]

Blowing in their nose? Usually I've seen that ****ing them off. Been to more than half a dozen calls where a person was bite in the face for doing that.

In our county........if your dog gets loose, your legally, financially, medically responsible for whatever that animal does. If it aggresses someone, they have the right to defend themselves, up to shooting the beast (had to go to a call like that yesterday, but the guy missed the dog - and he lived within a thousand feet of a school...sheesh).

Next to kids, I think dogs are one of the biggest complaint starters we have around here. Dogs at large, barking all day, U/D on property, biting people, gambling (poker is usually the game), etc.

[Jim Burnes]

LOL. Let me be clear: Just breathe normally, let your breath be close in to his little nose. It's a very normal thing, it calms them down too.

Jim Burnes

[ASOinFL]

:) Glad you clarified..........thought it might be one of those kinky pet/people relationship thingies.

Reminds me of a call I once went on inolving a guy and his sisters german sheperd.........but that's for another day.

[Jim Burnes]

Nothing to it. This breath thing also works well on horses that are high strung. It calms them and allows the animal to communicate (in their own way).

Many other animals do that, using their sense of smell in greetings.

Jim Burnes

[Mitzi]

Well, I tried it on my husband and it ticked HIM off.
:)

[Don]

Mitzi, I really think that Obedience Training classes are the answer here. It is very obvious from your posts that you are a strong willed person. Your husband hasn't been able to calm you down, your son hasn't been able to calm you down. So maybe the Obedience Training would help you out. :p :D

Ok, now that I've got ya riled up. . . :D <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" />

[Mitzi]

You just want me to blow into your nose and I AIN'T DOIN IT!And hush up, all you dirty minds out there:)

[Don]

Blow in my ear, I'll follow you anywhere. Blow in my nose, well, just seeeee how it goes! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="eek.gif" />

[huff317]

It works on Horses, too. My wife's palomino almost visibly relaxes when she hugs him around the next and talks softly into his ear.....then again, so do I, for that matter :p <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="eek.gif" />

Anytime you can gain the trust of a critter like that, it's a good thing. Just be calm, they pick up on it, even if you don't. For some reason, every flippin dog/cat/bird/squirrel/raccoon in the neighborhood-sometimes the kids, too, winds up hangin around me. Talk about suffocation :p :p !

Pax