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rawfood New Member  Posts: 1 |
posted 12-26-2003 06:39 AM
 
Hello, Everyone ~ I'm new to this forum, and my reason for writing is that my 2 year old pug has started biting me (a father of two teenage daughters) and my youngeest daughter. Any insight you could give would be great! We have 2 FAWN-colored male pugs (one 2, the other 1.5 years old), and they've both gone through an extensive in-house training program, which have made them both extremely well-behaved. Recently, however, the older pug (who is the dominent Alpha) has been showing more aggressive behavior by biting me (once) and this morning bit my 13 year old daughter (who was actively involved in the training) during an Alpha battle between the two pugs. Normally fun-loving dogs who are buried in love and attention ~ and who are very close to each other, we are confused to see this behavior and are at a total loss for what to do. Any thoughts??? Thank you, IP: Logged |
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puttin510 Member  Posts: 1179 |
posted 12-26-2003 10:42 AM
I have been thru this with my female poodle. You must be very firm with this dominate pug. Force him off the couch when he acts up. Don't say go to your bed, becuase he will think his bed is for bad dogs. His bed needs to be his good place to go. Just force him off any place he acts up. Make him sit for anything like breakfast, dinner, treats, before going for walks. Being that there are two males, it would be wise to neuter. Its wise altogether anyway. But since he is alpha, dogs usually agree after awhile on who will be the alpha and just get used to this fact. try greeting him first not the other one. But still make sure the other pug gets plenty of attention too. Pet alpha first, give him love then tell him to move aside and do the same with the second dog. You really cna't change the fact that he is the alpha. If and when he does bite you try yelping like a puppy would, they understand what that means. Then deny him of attention forcing him away and ignore him for awhile. He will have to learn that he gets attention for being good not bad. I hope I have put in some tidbits of knowledge for you. It takes time to reteach a dog like this. Try not to let him get away with things. My poodle came to me in bad shape. She was from the shelter and was abused and neglected. Good luck Oh, one other thing. Make sure the pug is not in any type of pain. That would be one other reason for biting. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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Maisey Member Posts: 1387 |
posted 12-26-2003 10:47 AM
If I understood properly...your 13 year old daughter was bitten while breaking up a spat between the two dogs...it likely would not have been intentional that he bit her. It's dangerous to break up a dog fight and really should be attempted by someone who knows how. Having said that, I have never hesitated to jump in there and break up a battle, I guess I am lucky cause I haven't been injured yet, but that doesn't make me smart, just lucky. I would read some articles on how to effectively break up a fight or seek help from someone with experience. I have read several on big dogs...but I don't know if those techniques would work on little dogs. You didn't explain the situation surrounding your being bitten...that would be helpful. I would suggest you seek the guidance of a good trainer, it could be as simple as a few 30 minute sessions, some will even come to your house which is great because they can witness the dynamics in the house for themselves. Are the dogs male or female? spayed/neutered? What were they fighting over? Attention? food? toys? What kind of "extensive training program" did you mean? Lots of questions and still your best bet will probably be to seek out the help of someone who is an experienced trainer. Welcome to the forum and Happy New year! IP: Logged |
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