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I am so glad they all are getting along good now.
and no problem and I am just so glad I didn't offend you! I would never intend to do that but you know that.
Love ya, Nikki!
Thanks Natalie!Originally Posted by white cat lover
I'm glad you guys are going to work with him!Just be sure to "know how boudaries"....so to speak. Don't let him get worse. I know I don't need to tell you that, but I feel better reminding you to be extra careful. I don't think, from what you've said, he'd attack you....but I'd hate to make him feel like he has to. (That probably made no sense)
I know this was covered before, but I'm not seeing it....when was his last physical exam?
thankyou honOriginally Posted by Trouts mom
Awww Nikki, I just saw thisHow scary that must have been for you to see Whiskey like that.
I hope working with him helps him, so you don't have to rehome
Good luck hun
that's the next step we talked about doing if it becomes necessary. (for now the vet and behaviorist said to just try the training routines and see if that helps before shelling out money for the lab work at the moment.) if he needs it though there's no doubt about it- we will definitely get it done at the vets suggestionOriginally Posted by white cat lover
Can you afford to do a blood work-up on him? I just wonder if there is an underlying physical condition that blood work might show?This just seems really weird for Whiskey, I know he got along so well with Fosters!!
thanks for letting me vent hon and being such a sweet friend.Originally Posted by white cat lover
Well, I do think that between you & Colin...working with a behaviorist...that you guys can do this!! If you ever need to vent or anything, just PM me!!!
what you're describing with your dog- sounds exactly like what's going on with whiskey. he's never gone after fosters- but then again fosters was here first and he's huge in comparison to whiskey. fosters is definitely top dog out of the two (but both are submissive to us because we are the pack leaders). Whiskey was doing ok with Norris for about 2 weeks then this all just started happening. BUT Norris has never tried to be aggressive/dominant over him. Is Whiskey you think just trying to establish himself about Norris or what? I'm soo confused about this all. I REALLY want to help my little guy- i love him to pieces and i hate that i'm even considering rehoming him- but i am scared to keep him in the house doing this. I'm hoping that when Norris leaves this behavior will stop but i honestly don't know what to expect. Any tips or advice as to what else you did with your dogs?? I'd REALLY appreciate it! Thankyou soo much hon!Originally Posted by Fostermomm
Just a thought here. Your situation got me thinking about my ex's dogs and our fosters we had. We had one dog then we adopted another he was fine with her but any time we brought in a foster he would do like you describe Whiskey doing. If the dog would walk past him if he had his favorite toy, if he was near food, if he was laying downand generally any time he felt vulnerable in general. But he would play with them fine. It would take him a few weeks to really start it up I guess he got a little comfortble with the other dog and about a month before he stopped doing it completely. We finally figured out he was just showing the other dogs who was boss and they all learned what they could and couldnt do around him. Once they figured it out and learned to respect him they were fine. We think he didnt do it with our first dog because he was coming into her territory and therefore she had the rights. Maybe thats what is going on with Whiskey?Wjiskey sounds like he came from the same kinda situation that Bubba was in before we got him. So thats an idea. Either way sounds like you have things under control. Keep on working with him. Bubba ended up being an awesome dog once we figured out what he was doing and corrected his behavior. We let him know that he was not top dog in the pack. He knew it with us humans but he had to learn that he wasnt with other dogs. We used very very strict NILIF with him and hes turned out great.
I have no idea TammyOriginally Posted by crittermom
Is there any way that he suffered some head injury Nikki? Maybe he has some kind of imbalance going on in his brain?
Basically either me or my ex-husband kept him leashed to us if he wasnt in his crate. The leash was 10 feet long so he could wander around and interact. But any time the fosters were near him we would praise him alot if he wasnt getting tensed up and was acting friendly. If he started to tense up we would yell NO CALM IT DOWN! He would usually either look at us and them calm down or just walk away from the dog. We also kept a mini super soaker ready in case he didnt listen. He never actually broke skin either like you said he would just mouth them and scare them to death. He would sound super mean but we could see he was just putting his teeth on them. I dont know if thats what Whiskey is doing or not.Any tips or advice as to what else you did with your dogs??