Mean dog?????

Question

My mom has a dog who is absolutley spoiled... Hes part chihuahua. When ever any of my moms kids try to approach the dog when hes near my mom he atomatically attacks. How can i break him of this?

Answer 1

Your mom needs to be the one to break this habit with her dog. Because your mom has spoiled her dog, when she is holding the dog, he does not want to share his mommy with anyone else to the point of biting. Mom needs to let her dog know that she disapproves of this behavior and she should put the dog back on the floor and make him stay on the floor. If he continues to get back into her lap, then I suggest that someone put the leash on the dog and hold the dog on the leash about three feet from mom. Tell the dog to sit or lie down and the dog complies, reward him with praise and or a food treat.

The point of this exercise is the your mom needs to remove herself and her affection from this dog when he growls and she also needs to communicate to the dog that she does not approve of this behavior - she does this by telling the dog that he is a bad boy and needs to stop growling - Stop or No No - what ever words she uses to convey No to the dog are fine.

When you are trying to modify a dogs behavior, consistency is a must -if your mom always says No and removes the dog from her lap and makes the dog sit or lie down while on a leash until all the growling passes - If mom repeats this reprimand every single time he growls the dog will start to get the message - Hey every time I growl I end up on the floor on a leash and mom is ignoring me yet when I sit with mom and am quiet I get to stay on the furniture and mom hugs me and pets me -

Are you starting to understand how behavior modification in dogs works - Basically you can sum it up like this - Reward the positive behaviors and ignore the negative behaviors unless they are dangerous." - Growling/Jealousy behavior can ofter result in someone getting bitten, so I classify this growling your moms dog is doing as a dangerous behavior. The only way the dogs behavior will change is if moms behavior changes.

Dogs love to please us, and we love to spoil our dogs and we can have that perfect world with our dogs, it is just that we need to understand how the dog thinks - dogs don't understand structured logic and they do not understand what spiteful is - they really don't - dogs are reactive - I sit down I get a cookie - so every time I see this person - I sit down and I get a cookie- once a dog h as received something positive in exchange for a behavior, they will repeat that behavior again and again searching to their reward.

Dogs do not understand the difference between negative and postitive attention and dogs will accept either and they love them both equally. Your job as the pack leader is to continually priase all the good behaviors that you want the dog to continue doing and to redirect the behavior or to withdraw your attention and stop all activity when the dog is exhibiting a behavior that you do not like and do not want repeated. I sometimes use what I call a No No Mat

No No Mat - this is a small area rug or a blanket in a quiet spot in the house = when the dog has done some behavior that I rally don't like or has done something that really upset me - like emptied the garbage can and shredding trash all over the floor - I would let the dog know that I was not happy and place the dog on his No No Mat and just walk away -

Remember this is a tricky situation because a dogs attention span is short - if the dog tore up the trash 30 minutes ago or when you first left, you can't open the door and see the trash and start yelling at the dog -

At this moment in time, as you are walking through the door you dogs tail is wagging a mile per minue and all your dog is thinking is
"Thank God mommy is home - I was bored out of my mind - I can't wait to kiss mommy"

Now you open the door and you see the mess - Stop right here - DO NOT REPRIMAND THE DOG - Right now the dog has no idea why you are not jumping up and down now that you have seen him because he is jumping up and down just at the sight of you. Understand?

The proper response from you is to open the door and totally ignore the dog - don't even acknowledge his existence - take the dog out -again ignoring him, let him do his business then bring the dog in the house and tie the dog on his No No Mat and then go and clean the kitchen = you dog has just been told quite effectively that when he messes up the kitchen upon your arrival - you run to the garbage and not the dog - this cause and effect is what motivates the dog - you see the dog is trying to discover all the behaviors he can perform to get you to give him attention - any attention - that is why we need to differentiate positive from negative attention = the dog just wants any attention - We have to show the dog how to stay with positive attention -

I hope this has been helpful to you

Answer 2

Little horror. I wish people wouldn't have dogs they don't intend to train. Just because a dog is small doesn't mean it can't be dangerous. You can't do anything except try to point out to your mother that she's created a dangerous little creep of an animal that should be retrained, rehomed or put to sleep. If I was anywhere near it, it would be learning to fly real fast.

Try to convince your mother that having a snarling little horror is not cute or nice, it's irresponsible and makes her look like a fool. Get it to training before it hurts a child. Ask her if she will still think the dog is cute after it has put a scar on a young child, who will then be traumatised about dogs just because your mother was too lazy to train the damn thing.

Answer 3

This dog needs to go to a trainer that specializes in aggression...asap! This is the problem with little dogs...they're spoiled rotten, not disciplined and get really nasty. Your mom needs to follow through with the training and discipline suggested. I'm sure the last thing she wants is for someone to get bit and have to surrender the dog.

Answer 4

Be prepared there is no easy way, but try this get an empty can and place about ten pennies in it tape it shut and when it tries to attack shake the can it should scare the dog when this happens reinforce with no. after a while the dog should respond by hearing no and soon after that it should stop.

Answer 5

Watch The dog whisperer

Answer 6

You are not going to be able to break him of it. Your mother will have to be the one that does it. He thinks he is protecting her and that he is the alpha animal. She needs to show him that she is the alpha animal and when he attacks put him on the floor, and let him know that he is being bad.

Answer 7

this happened with my aunts bichian it bit me in the EYE when i was little we got it to stop by leaving it alone with no interactions for a month other than to be fed or let ou

Answer 8

have your mom handle it , its her responsibility she created this mini monster. she needs to take the dog to a trainer and work out his aggression issues.

Answer 9

crazy.. i have a dog who is part chihuahaua and part min pin.. hes so bad himself.. he is very protective over me.. if a man comes into my home he is okay with it.. but if the man so much as touches my leg.. my dog goes crazy biting and ****... its kinda funny to me.. but he knows he is wrong.. dont beat the dog or anything if he acts crazy.. i pick my dog up and talk to him in a harsh voice.. he seems to understand to stop.. but if it happens again he reacts the same each time.

Answer 10

training, by your mum.. She needs to take this situation under control, no one else can.