Our New Dog Is Aggressive To To My Other 2 Dogs?
October 27, 2009 by admin
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Hello
I have 2 dogs, a greyhound ***** un-neutered (4) and a labrador dog neutered (2), they have always lived very well together, share food etc and never had a fight.
We spend a few days a week at my mums as it is near to the horses and she has a un-neutered lab ***** (2). Again, never any fighting they all love each other and come and go between the houses.
Recently we rescued a 5yr old golden retreiver ***** from a puppy farm, she was in awful condition, with nails so long she couldn’t walk and so had been forced to live in her own feacees. They all got along fine for the first 3 weeks, although it was apparent she was top dog. She is 5, and has had lots of puppies.
However she has now become very grumbly if they come near her in the house, just growling and saying keep away, and in the garden it is much worse. She sometimes won’t even let our other doogs outside, and will hog anything and make a nest with it like they were puppie (the hogging and nesting is ONLY outside, never inside).
She is also proving very difficult to house train. despite waiting for her to toilet just before bed, there will still be poo and wee on the floor by half way through the night.
Help please!! We love her but she is makeing our other dogs scared!
She is 5.
Thank you
xx
I Have A Dog Just Under 2 Yrs Old Half Malamute And The Other Half Greyhound I Cannt Keep Her Cuase Im Moving?
October 24, 2009 by admin
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if you know anybody who wants her please call me at 3162003405 she is house broken well trained and love little kids good protector
How To Socialize A Greyhound With Other Dogs?
October 23, 2009 by admin
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We’ve had our greyhound for a little over 3 months. She’s perfect with my parents dogs when we visit their house, but growls at new dogs that we meet while on walks/ in pet stores/etc.
Usually it’s a hackle raising growl at the new dog as they meet face to face. The growl happens so fast that I cannot seem to find a time to correct before she actually gets that growl out.
She seems to want to meet new dogs, but doesn’t pull us over to them. She’s very polite on the leash. I think it may be getting worse as she settles in more and more with us. Maybe guarding me? She is a momma’s girl…. ![]()
After the growl happens I try to redirect her attention to stop the growl. If I physically pull her back she will try and lunge at the other dog, so I try to move to the side and get her away.
Usually if she’s off leash and with the dog in a pen or fenced in area she’s fine after a “your not the boss of me growl” I almost feel that she doesn’t know how to greet other pups in a social manner so she feels uncomfortable and growls, which puts me on edge!
It’s only with dogs that I let her meet, never at dogs we just walk by.
So I guess my question is how do I help her become more comfortable? Most dogs we meet on walks have no manners and are crazy! Not balanced polite dogs. Usually dragging their owners over to us to meet! I can certainly see how that would make our pup uncomfortable. I hesitate to take her to a community dog park and turn her free. The dogs there will probably be too excited for her to learn how to properly interact with dogs.
She’s NOT food motivated and will refuse to take any treats if she in any type of new environment. Sometimes will even refuse to take treats while we are training in our quiet apartment. I iwsh I could get her motivated enough for some clicker training.
I hesitate to sign up for a dog class, I almost feel like it would be a waste of time. She’s not in need of any help, other than socializing with a bunch of different types of dogs.
Any ideas on what I could do?
Is There Any Other Way To Travel With A Dog?
October 18, 2009 by admin
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I would like to travel from Oklahoma to Wisconsin about 1000miles, with a large dog. Which is apparently impossible? I’m not really comfortable taking him on a plane (since they are usually treated like luggage) And apparently dogs are not allowed on Amtrak trains, or greyhound bus line, you’d think being named after a dog they would allow pets? How else can i get to Wisconsin? (btw i don’t drove)


