I currently own a female pit bull which is about 18 months old. Lately I have been experiencing a strange problem with her. She is not aggressive by any means. While I am at work during the day I leave her in my bedroom and let her just play around in my room, she has toys, food, and water and everything in my room and just plays around in my room and sleeps on my bed while I am at work. I have her own bed in there as well but she usually does not use that one, most of the time she is sleeping in my bed. When I get home from work and she is on my bed I can rub her and play with her and she is just fine, no growling or anything like that. At night when I go to sleep I allow her to sleep in my bed with me. For the last month or so every night when I am about to go to sleep and are in my bed with her and she is on my bed relaxing/sleeping and I go to pet or rub her she starts growling and gets really upset as if I was really pissing her off. Any ideas on how to prevent this?
2007-10-03 04:36:36 · 18 answers · asked by Stephen C 1 in Pets ➔ Dogs
Thanks everyone for all the help. I think i got a plan in helping to prevent this. For the next month or so she will be staying in her crate at night and while I'm at work just to remind her who is boss. Everyone's advice was VERY helpful. Thanks a lot.
2007-10-03 08:22:26 · update #1
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2007-10-03 04:48:39 · answer #1 · answered by blessed1 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋
She is telling you that it's her bed and she doesn't want you touching her on her bed. If she were my dog that would be the end of her sleeping on the bed for a long long time. She needs to know that is YOUR bed. Buy her a crate, one large enough that she can stand up in without her back touching the top and that has enough room for her to turn around in. You can keep toys in there for her to play with. Giving her free roam of your bedroom only gives her the idea that she is the boss of that room and in fact she is when you aren't home. I wouldn't allow it. From now on I'd make her stay off all furniture. You may have to physically remove her from your bed. Do it calmly while telling her in a firm voice, "OFF!". Then show her her bed and tell her to lay on it...if she knows the lay/down/platz cue. If she does't it would be valuable to teach it to her. Good luck with miss sassy pants LOL j/k =)
2007-10-03 04:47:17 · answer #2 · answered by RainaDeLaSol 2 · 1⤊ 3⤋
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2016-11-07 03:46:19 · answer #3 · answered by scasso 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I absolutley agree that you need to kick her off your bed asap and she shouldnt be allowed on your bed as it is. Any dog showing such behaviour should have necessary precautions taken asap. It is unacceptable.
One, I would crate her at night time (until shes is more mature) and two when she growls or complains about anything be sure to scold her and let her know that growling and agressiveness is not acceptable by any means and she will not get away with it.
Good Luck! :)
2007-10-03 04:55:53 · answer #4 · answered by Dallas 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Yeah, first of all, don't let her sleep in your bed- she is working on becoming the alpha member of your "pack" and you are encouraging this behaviour by letting her sleep there. My dogs aren't even allowed in my room- that is up to you, but she should not be sleeping in your bed. Her growling at you is telling you that she now sees this as Her space, and you may sleep there only with her permission...not a good thing.
2007-10-03 04:42:04 · answer #5 · answered by Rachal961 4 · 6⤊ 3⤋
You are just disturbing her but at the same time you should NOT allow this behavior so when she does it kick her OFF your bed & make her go to her own! She must remember you are the head of the house Not her.
2007-10-03 05:03:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
If she is sleeping on your bed all day while you are gone, she is probably starting to see it as her bed, not yours, and that you are disturbing her while she is sleeping in her bed.
Personally, I wouldn't let her sleep on the bed while I was in it. We let our pitbull lay on our bed during the day, but when we come to bed for the night, she gets down and sleeps on her own bed. We've never had any problems (except she is a princess and flattens the pillows down like nobody's business...)
2007-10-03 04:45:08 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
to oh suzanna: do you own a pitbull? yeah i didnt think so. alot of people who want to say things about pits reps are people who dont own them. they are wonderful dogs. but just say her name before you pet her and she should ease up my pit sleeps with me and the only problem i have with her is she loves to cuddle and she is really heavy and its really hard for me to get comfortable...but thats not that big of a problem. pits are GREAT dogs! i wish you luck.
2007-10-03 09:39:51 · answer #8 · answered by dmbsk41 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
she has decided that she is the boss so you should make her sleep on her own bed. She feels that she is sharing her space with you. I had the same problem in the past and that cured it. Good luck
2007-10-03 04:43:15 · answer #9 · answered by J d 2 · 3⤊ 3⤋
Pit bulls are very deep sleepers, try saying her name before you touch her, I have a male and he did the same thing and I started calling his name before I touched him, and shortly he stopped growling and now I don't say his name any more and he is fine with the touching while sleeping.
2007-10-03 04:45:43 · answer #10 · answered by flannelpajamas1 4 · 2⤊ 3⤋
It's her bed now, and you are bothering her.. Take back your bed before you end up sleeping in the crate.
2007-10-03 04:46:57 · answer #11 · answered by DP 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋