May 13, 2011
We have a 6 year old Male Lahsa Apso. We need to find a muzzle to fit him so that we can bring him to the vet. Any advice as to which would be best for us?
Full Question:
We have a 6 year old, Male Lahsa Apso, 22 lbs that we rescued 2 years ago. We need to find a muzzle to fit him my wife has purchased 2 and they don't fit. When we took him to the vet on saturday they have insisted that we have a muzzle on him next time we bring him in. He hates anyone going near his face. They finally had to sedate him to examine him. He has bitten us several times since we rescued him. But my wife refuses to put him down, she thinks there's a good dog in there. We don't know much about his life prior to us adopting him. We thought he had turned around he hadn't tried biting anyone for almost a year and he went for me a couple of weeks ago. Your muzzle seems nice looking, the only thing I see he would not be able to drink with it on. and it maybe hard to put on him since it has to be buckled instead of a quick release. Thank you for any information.Bob
Cindy's Answer:
We have a good page of information on how to measure your dog for a muzzle, if you need to talk to someone about which muzzle would be best you can call our office 715-235-6502 between 8 and 5 Central time.
While a muzzle will prevent your dog from biting, it really doesn’t address the behavior your dog is showing. Most likely you have not established clear leadership with your dog, and if we don’t give dogs the leadership they need then they will structure things in their own way. This is absolutely normal dog behavior, but I would make a couple of recommendations in addition to a muzzle.
I believe that the first thing you need to do is to establish clear leadership with your dog. This is achieved by restructuring your dog’s daily life and controlling all privileges through our groundwork program. Please read this article first.
Pack structure and how to live with a dog in your home are the very first issues to deal with whenever you add a new dog to your family or have problems with an existing dog.
I feel that this DVD could really help you. It’s titled DEALING WITH DOMINANT AND AGGRESSIVE DOGS and was a 5 year project.
You can go to the web page and read the outline of what’s included on the video. These DVDs are not meant to be watched one time. The fact is anyone who needs this information needs to watch it many times because every time they watch it they will pick up new ideas.
I hope this helps.
Cindy
While a muzzle will prevent your dog from biting, it really doesn’t address the behavior your dog is showing. Most likely you have not established clear leadership with your dog, and if we don’t give dogs the leadership they need then they will structure things in their own way. This is absolutely normal dog behavior, but I would make a couple of recommendations in addition to a muzzle.
I believe that the first thing you need to do is to establish clear leadership with your dog. This is achieved by restructuring your dog’s daily life and controlling all privileges through our groundwork program. Please read this article first.
Pack structure and how to live with a dog in your home are the very first issues to deal with whenever you add a new dog to your family or have problems with an existing dog.
I feel that this DVD could really help you. It’s titled DEALING WITH DOMINANT AND AGGRESSIVE DOGS and was a 5 year project.
You can go to the web page and read the outline of what’s included on the video. These DVDs are not meant to be watched one time. The fact is anyone who needs this information needs to watch it many times because every time they watch it they will pick up new ideas.
I hope this helps.
Cindy
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