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ifotograph
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From:East Petersburg, PA, USA
Registered: Jan 2004

posted 03-06-2004 11:54 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for ifotograph     Edit/Delete Message
Hello, I am desparate for help and since you have been so helpful in the past, I thought I would turn to you all.

My 16 mo. old papillon has had a very bad week and it has cause my fiance to want to get rid of him. Ywaaaaaaaaa! Earlier this week, after we came home from his obedience class, I gave my dogs a new bone that they've never had before (one of those filled ones). Well, Bosco (the papillon) became very agressively protective over this bone. Snarled at the other puppy and at me. He was sitting next to me and I guess he didn't like how close my hand was to him and his new bone, so he bit me! I wasn't even trying to get it from him. Well, my fiance took the bone away from him and put him in the bathroom for a time out (he growled & snarled when he grabbed him).

THEN, to top it all off, this morning, he let the dogs out, but Bosco wouldn't go because it was raining, and he found Bosco raising his leg in the house. Turns out, that after careful examination, he has been raising his leg in the house for quite some time now. We thought that he had been completely housebroken, but I guess when the new puppy came he started "asserting" his place by marking everything.

My fiance is at wits end and wants to take him to the pound - when he said this I started to bawl. What do I do?!?!? Please help.

has recently been lifting his leg in the house.

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Maisey
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From:Portland, Oregon US
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posted 03-06-2004 01:42 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Maisey     Edit/Delete Message
Please don't take this the wrong way, but the problems you just described are solvable. Your fiance needs someone to tell him that animals are not disposable and you don't drop them off at the pound the first time issues arise. His peeing on things is a natural response to the new arrival, the fact that it wasn't noticed and corrected is not the dogs fault. Go back a few steps in potty training and do it over. Watch him like a hawk and put him out immediately when you see him acting like he is going to lift his leg. Clean the area where he has been going thoroughly with Natures Miracle or a similar product, if he smells his urine there he WILL mark and urinate there. If he isn't neutered, doing so would help.

The bone issue is called resource gaurding, do not give him a high value bone like that again until you have done some excercizes to prevent the problem. Here is a link to help you with this. There is an excellent book by Jean Donaldson called "MINE! Resource Gaurding in Dogs", reading it would be vey beneficial. I think a few others have some good links for this issue as well, perhaps they will post them. I hope this is some help and that you are not insulted by my comment on your fiances solution.
http://www.cbrs4me.com/chesapeake/wwwboard/newbie/messages/80317.html

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Nik
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posted 03-06-2004 02:10 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Nik     Edit/Delete Message
Great advice maisy, as usual

Also, about the peeing in the house... if the scent of your new pup's pee is still in places where he had accidents before he was house trained you're older one will always be there to cover it.
My dog came running in from my brothers garden and went to pee on the rug at the doorway. I was horrorfied so shouted 'no' and went to shue him back outside... right when my sister in law goes, 'it's ok, Brook (their dog) pees there all the time'. He was just covering his scent.

So like Maisy said, clean everywhere up and start again and you 'should' be onto a winner.

Good luck.

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ifotograph
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From:East Petersburg, PA, USA
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posted 03-06-2004 04:58 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for ifotograph     Edit/Delete Message
Maisey,

Thanks for the advice ... and no, I found no offense to what you said. I agree 100%! I take responsibility for Bosco's faults - as a new dog owner, we were not fully equiped with the information on how to handle some issues and were too nonchalant when we shouldn't have been. I know that these issues are all solvable ... these aren't the only issues (or the first time that my fiance got fed up with Bosco) but they just added more spark to the fire.

I wanted to get obedience classes for Bosco long ago, but he thought it was useless - and here we are. I refuse to give up on Bosco, he is a sweet dog and very intelligent ... it's not his fault that we don't know how to better tap into their intelligence!

Thanks again for the advice. I will continue working with Bosco.

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Jamiya
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posted 03-06-2004 06:13 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Jamiya     Edit/Delete Message
I may be totally out of line here, but this could easily become a major issue between you and your future husband. Take it from someone married to a man with very different ideas about animals than I have - it makes things very difficult.


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ifotograph
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From:East Petersburg, PA, USA
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posted 03-06-2004 07:45 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for ifotograph     Edit/Delete Message
Yes, you are onto something ... having different "parenting" styles makes it very challenging. He loves animals but has never had to deal with a "challenging" dog ... growing up, his parents had animals but it was never his responsibility or choice on how to train it. I know that he was just reacting out of frustration - but when he realizes how hurtful it is to me, he usually backs down and is more patient.

Thanks for all the advice. This board is the best!

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