 Re: How to teach your dog to be suspicious...
[Re: Michael_Wise ]
#294123 - 08/30/2010 01:14 PM |
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Is she on leash when you guys are out?
This is going to be the best way to keep her from wandering or getting stolen.
I don't get why this did not answer the dog's safety problem. What did I miss?
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Re: How to teach your dog to be suspicious...
[Re: Elizabeth Anderson ]
#294124 - 08/30/2010 01:15 PM |
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I've likely seen more grinding poverty and animal abuse then you ever will.
Yeah right, I have lived in these places for 8 years and I am only 20. don't tell me what I have or haven't seen.
Spend some time in Sub-Sahara Africa, and you'll see that Mexico, no matter how bad you think it is, is a vacation spot in comparison.
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Re: How to teach your dog to be suspicious...
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#294127 - 08/30/2010 01:30 PM |
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Eliza,
One of my friends worked Peace Corp in Guatemala and adopted a boxer (?) from a animal pound/rescue while she was there. Mainly for protection. Her dog did not scare me at all. Passive, small (OK, relatively, about 60 lbs), had recovered from distemper and had a twitch. Just, to me, not an impressive animal.
When she told me people there were scared of her dog, I was a bit stunned. She had trained the dog (Maya) the 'bluff' bark, and assured me it had saved her from a mugging. She used to tie the dog up front of her house to scare people off with the barking as well.
Unfortunately, I can't help you because I don't know exactly how she went about training this. It's also tough to ask a dog to be OK with kids or other people in some situations but not others.
This is not my area of expertise by any means, but if you could give us a better idea of what your dog's day is like, in terms of who she meets, and how long and where she is left alone (if ever), that might help.
From your video and description, I don't get the feeling that you're anywhere close to neglectful or inconsiderate of your dog.
Very much the case...All she needs is a little bark and no one will come near.As it is there are some that are still fearful of her. She is never off leash unless I am with her. She spends some time outside in the daytime tied with a chain. She spends a LOT of time inside on a foot an a half leash (take note that the leash is not longer because I live in a space of 8 by 16)because I don't want her to be taken, mistreated, messed with. We were right there when the guy looked around to see if anyone was watching (to take her), I had never seen him before and he walked right up to her and started playing with her. My brother walked out into view and he quickly disappeared. Another german shep pup was stolen from here a month ago. In that case the pup was not cared for and she was lose. I found a little info on teaching a bark on the site leerburg. If I would have known that some were going to be so judgmental I would have never asked for help on here.
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Re: How to teach your dog to be suspicious...
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#294129 - 08/30/2010 01:32 PM |
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I've likely seen more grinding poverty and animal abuse then you ever will.
Yeah right, I have lived in these places for 8 years and I am only 20. don't tell me what I have or haven't seen.
Spend some time in Sub-Sahara Africa, and you'll see that Mexico, no matter how bad you think it is, is a vacation spot in comparison.
I never said it was not bad. I KNOW it is worse.
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Re: How to teach your dog to be suspicious...
[Re: Elizabeth Anderson ]
#294130 - 08/30/2010 01:34 PM |
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"If I would have known that some were going to be so judgmental I would have never asked for help on here."
Really?! I sure would.
I would understand that the dog comes first here and that if I had the dog's interest at the forefront, I'd roll with anything else to get experienced dog-first advice.
I'd stick around and get the best and most experienced advice and try not to have a big chip on my shoulder. 
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Re: How to teach your dog to be suspicious...
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#294131 - 08/30/2010 01:35 PM |
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Is she on leash when you guys are out?
This is going to be the best way to keep her from wandering or getting stolen.
I don't get why this did not answer the dog's safety problem. What did I miss?
She does not "wander" and she is always on a leash or chain unless I have let her lose and am standing right there.
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Re: How to teach your dog to be suspicious...
[Re: Elizabeth Anderson ]
#294132 - 08/30/2010 01:38 PM |
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Then I don't understand how she would be stolen, or how her barking would help. If you, actually attached to the dog, could not prevent her theft, how can her barking?
I am honestly not understanding. No sarcasm at all.
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Re: How to teach your dog to be suspicious...
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#294134 - 08/30/2010 01:46 PM |
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Then I don't understand how she would be stolen, or how her barking would help. If you, actually attached to the dog, could not prevent her theft, how can her barking?
I am honestly not understanding. No sarcasm at all.
If she is tied outside and I am inside I can hear every little noise. However if someone comes and takes her off the chain and leave than I have no Zuki. If she was to bark at anyone coming up to her than I know someones out there and I go outside and see who it is. But right now she won't make any noise at all. I know when kids are out there because they make noise but if someone wants to steal her than it is easy. I have thought about using a chain around her neck and a small padlock but sounds uncomfortable.
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Re: How to teach your dog to be suspicious...
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#294136 - 08/30/2010 02:00 PM |
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... If she is tied outside and I am inside I can hear every little noise. However if someone comes and takes her off the chain and leave than I have no Zuki. If she was to bark at anyone coming up to her than I know someones out there and I go outside and see who it is. But right now she won't make any noise at all. I know when kids are out there because they make noise but if someone wants to steal her than it is easy. I have thought about using a chain around her neck and a small padlock but sounds uncomfortable.
What this says to me is that my dog cannot be tied outside without me.
Even a barker can be drugged, muzzled, etc. And I could never rely on people not deliberately befriending her to avoid barking, either.
I'm in a small city, what you'd call a safe older neighborhood, in coastal California, with a fenced yard, but my dogs are never outside alone.
It's just one of those things ....
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Re: How to teach your dog to be suspicious...
[Re: Elizabeth Anderson ]
#294137 - 08/30/2010 02:02 PM |
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Elizabeth,
You say that you have received some information on how to train a dog to bark at strangers. My suggestion is to try those techniques and see if they work.
FWIW, in my experience, not all dogs will perform this. Dogs are individuals and some just don't want to bark at people and instead seek to get attention from people. Only time and training will tell which category Zuki is in. If she is not willing to alert bark, than my suggestion is only to have her in an area accessible to others when you are with her.
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