You know, that's a GREAT point -- Our rescue Dobie (who does his level best to be a good dog, despite having come to us with a few serious issues) will sometimes display aggressively by growling & baring his teeth, but if we simply ignore that behavior & engage him in "hands-on" play instead, he immediately turns from Satan into Softie <:-)
(I can actually kiss him right on his nose in mid-snarl without any problem, but of course, I would never advise anyone who isn't a really good "dog reader" to try something like that!)
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I can actually kiss him right on his nose in mid-snarl without any problem, but of course, I would never advise anyone who isn't a really good "dog reader" to try something like that!
Mine too, though I don't think I'd advise anyone who isn't my Dobe's 'person' to try it. It's shameful what I can do to my dog; I'm all about the forced affection.
It's a good point that Mike made: My dog looks positively snarky and aggressive when he's guarding my yard, but if I'm outside and someone approaches that I'm friendly with, he switches from snarling to wagging his whole body with excitement. My guy was bred and raised by me so I know he has no abuse/neglect history (unless forced affection counts) and he still appears snarky if a stranger walks by the yard unless I tell him to cool it. Like Alex said, Dobes ARE watch dogs, and pretty darned alert, too. Being on the end of a chain surely doesn't discourage this behaviour. I'm curious to see how tonight goes.
Sounds like you are about to really make a difference in yet another dog's life and train an owner too! Cool that your realy actually LIKE the dog and WANT to help training the dog and owner. Sounds like everyone will get a little something out of it
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Not once, at any correction, did the dog show any aggression toward me."
Lucky for you. I underestimated a Samoyed I was working who had similar issues. I wasn't so lucky. That cute white ball of fur had teeth! "Sometimes you eat the bar', sometimes the bar' eats you". Still beats diggin ditches.
lucky it was a wimpy dog. the new owner has had the dog 2 weeks and now the neighbor is giving the dog corrections. that shouldn't confuse the dog to much..........., Doesn't sound like an ideal situation for the dog.
I'm thinking of the dogs best interest. the dog is a new rescue, right? Been there 2 weeks. The dog is in a brand new enviroment and learning his new house and owner, they are starting to build a bond and all of the sudden corrections are introduced by a stranger. This will confuse a dog for sure, but if you don't think so, then have at it. It's just not the way i would approach the situation. What happened to nothing "overt". I would've showed the lady the techniques on one of my dogs. If the dog let a stranger give corrections, then it's a wimp, lol
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