 Re: Can you?
[Re: Kristine Velasco ]
#102352 - 03/27/2006 09:01 PM |
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Along the same lines, approx 20 min ago I heard my 15+ wk pup doing his version of a serious bark on the front porch. I looked out the window to see somebody trying to hand him something through the fence. The pup didn't go up to the person until I came to the front door (at which time he just went right up to the person tail a waggin, & took a biscuit from the persons hand. I didn't know it was a biscuit until I took it from him. The person said "oh I was just trying to make friends". Just a couple days ago, one of my neighbors said they found some sort of "meat" thrown over the fence of their yard. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" /> This is very disconcerting, & I'm a little upset right now, so thannks for letting me vent.
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Re: Can you?
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#102353 - 03/27/2006 09:12 PM |
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Hi Susan! We had this same thing happen with our Chows a few years ago.The little old lady next door would throw her scraps over the fence to our dogs. I asked for her to stop (nicely)and she got very offended <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> She hasn't talked to me since <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> She did stop throwing the scraps over though. We were lucky! Sometimes its not just the little lady next door <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> be careful!
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Re: Can you?
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#102354 - 03/27/2006 09:21 PM |
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Yeah, I'm a little flipped out right now. This person also was a little old lady, & I have seen her around the neighborhood. I just told her thank you, but the pup has stomach problems, so not treats. I don't know if she believed me, because she looked a little miffed. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> I ususally leave my front door open because my front is fenced, but forget it! For at leaset a little while, my pup is not going outside unless I'm out with him.
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Re: Can you?
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#102355 - 03/27/2006 09:37 PM |
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It may be a good idea to check out the yard for stuff too <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />
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Re: Can you?
[Re: Beth Sparks ]
#102356 - 03/28/2006 01:20 AM |
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I suppose it does also matter wheather your dog is food aggression or not and the saying, leave feeding dogs lie <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> I know with my old male that my little brothers could take food out of his mouth or bowl, much to the dismay from my mother! I guess that maybe it's different in each case. Thanks for all the replies, it has widened my view a bit <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
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Re: Can you?
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#102357 - 03/28/2006 09:19 AM |
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Yes i can even small bits out off thier mouth. Only one condition and one exception
The condition: I warn them that i'm there so i don't "surprise" them and order them to give it to me
The exception: My wifes 3kg/20 odd cm Pappillion. I want to keep the use off my fingers as long as possible
Greetings
Johan
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Re: Can you?
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#102358 - 03/28/2006 02:52 PM |
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Both of my dogs, a 3yr old Golden Ret. (Noley) and a 13 mos. old GSD (Coach) are both comfortable with me putting my hands in their mouths. I have to do it when I clean their teeth, give medication, or when they were pups remove and unhealthy item. I can take their food from them without incident, but have taken the time and steps necessary to build a bond of trust with them. They know that if I am doing something it is for a reason. Like others have stated I do not do it just because I can. But if I need to do it, I can.
Terry
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Re: Can you?
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#102359 - 03/28/2006 09:09 PM |
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At our humane society, when they temperment tested dogs they gave them the food and took it away. Or they would give them a great rawhide and then try to take it away. Okay, this is a strange dog, that does not know you, you are in a strange place, with all sorts of smells and lots of barking dogs, only been there about a week, and you are hungry. This does not make sense to me. We tried to get that changed. Now they put the plastic hand in the food dish and if they go for the hand, they get put down. Nice, huh? Needless to say, we couldn't get it any better. No one thought we knew anything. I think you can find out if a dog food guards just by observance and if a family with small children would not be a good family choice for this particular dog. Dogs need to learn to trust where the food is coming from, who knows what they have been through before they ended up there. Crazy.
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Re: Can you?
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#102360 - 03/28/2006 10:04 PM |
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At our humane society...they put the plastic hand in the food dish and if they go for the hand, they get put down. Nice, huh?.....
That makes just about as much sense to me as the old "pick up and hold the pup with stomach facing up" (like you would hold a human baby) and see if the pup accepts that or struggles. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />
I had a dog, Luna, who liked to be held that way more than anything. One of my dogs now (Leo, a Pug) struggles with that position. But Luna was a feisty little girl and Leo has never barked a harsh word in his life.
And my sister adopted through Save a Sato (Puerto Rico "dump dogs"). Imagine how the food test would work on one of those dogs who had been living on the streets and scavenging in dumps for food.
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Re: Can you?
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#102361 - 03/28/2006 11:27 PM |
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I suspect the time, effort and skills necessary to "fix" a food agression problem are more that the HS and other rescue organizations want to handle. Not to mention the CYA factor in adopting out dogs with issues.
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