jos
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Post by jos on Nov 12, 2017 7:27:00 GMT
Hi everyone. We have had our 4 year old bitch 3 weeks now. Myself, my husband and our 12 year old. I was wary of getting a dog but love her to bits. For 2 and a half weeks everything was fab.... she loved fuss, cuddles (or seemed to) and apart from being a horrendous scavenger all good. Suddenly 4 days ago she growled at my daughter while she was eating and since then has growled at her every day, once on the sofa (ok i now realise dog should not be on sofa) once when she was over the other side of the room for absolutely no reason and then last night while my mum was babysitting my daughter tried to cuddle her on the floor (which she has been fine with up til now) and she growled, barked loudly and ended up scratching her.Apparently daughter was screaming in fear. My mum looks after my daughter while we are at work and is now totally anti the dog, understandably. I have been up all night in tears. I am happy to get her trained and correct any mistakes we have made but is my daughter at risk in the meantime? Beside myself.
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Post by pat on Nov 12, 2017 10:52:03 GMT
hi
go back to square one, no dog on sofa , make sure when it is treat time your daughter feeds the treats, calling the dog to her not her going to the dog, rewarding the dog with a well done and a pet when she takes the treats nicely, a very firm no when the dogs growls ect, then make her go to her bed if she growls or barks, so that she knows she has done wrong.and plenty of fuss when she has done well. It is all about her trying to be boss, you cannot let her do this
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jos
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Post by jos on Nov 12, 2017 13:55:01 GMT
Thankyou so much for your reply Pat. Yes we have decided to put her on probation ☺. As you say back to square one. We are doing as you advise and i have also contacted a trainer with a view to a home consultation. We will watch them like a hawk in the meantime. We very much want to do the best by both dog and child. My daughter is desperate to keep her so i really hope we can fix the situation. We have made it clear to our daughter that she is not to get on the floor to cuddle her etc. Thanks again.
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