My dog bit me...

ixwood

It's true that some dogs are better than others, and some will happily let you take things off them. BUT it's also true that some dogs haven't learnt this and will defend their property/food. It's natural.

Oh and I'd be pretty sure that if most of the dogs mentioned were hungry, it'd be a different story.

My advice is still the same, Try upgrading the bone. Without force.

Justie

mizmir wrote: »

That dog recently watched another dog steal a sock, went and took it off that dog and brought it to the owner to get the better reward!

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :T

Curious_George_2

walwin wrote: »

I really have to disagree with you here Curious George.

I worked with our dog in a gentle way to get her to give me her bones, chewies, etc.
Not so that children could go near her when she had a bone, we don't have children and I wouldn't give her a bone if children were visiting, it could be asking for trouble, but so that if she ever picked up anything when we were out she would leave on command.

I've always been able to get bones from all of my dogs without an argument or a growl.

then you have obviously spent time training your dogs to do this and done a good job too by the sounds of it,
does what cheekymole described (trying to prise its jaws open while it was growling) sound like a "gentle" way of training it to leave things?
because it doesnt to me... it sounds like the run up to a bite mark.

I understand the need to be able to command your dog to drop or leave things, but surely doing this with a bone while its already growling its box off at you isnt really the way to go?

DanceInThe_Dark

Curious_George wrote: »

I have to say when i posted on the first page i had NO idea you had been bitten while trying to remove a bone from your dogs mouth!!!
frankly im not surprised you got a nip.
most dogs would at least growl at you in that situation and if you continue to try and get its most prized of treats away from it then YOU ARE GOING TO GET BITTEN!
i would have thought this was common sense really! why were you even trying to take the bone?

our dogs didnt get bones too often as it was the only time they would get sneaky and aggressive, and i have to say that none of us were silly enough to try and take the bone away, particularly not when in was in the animals mouth!!!!

Have to agree.

I can take bones from my dogs without being bitten but personally I think it would be rude to do so.
If you were eating in a restaraunt and someone came over and took your chicken leg off your plate wouldn't you have something to say over it? Or if they just came over and started prodding your chips round for the fun of it?

I like to respect my animals space and only interfere with their eating if I need to do so for a serious reason.

Danni1979

Hiya Cheeekymole,i'm sorry your in this prediciment,it is a hard for you when you have a child to consider.
I agree with some of the posts but not all of them.
I have 3,dogs 2 jrt and 1 Staffie and they are all completley different in all ways.
1 JRT was a rescue and so was the staffie,i can take real bones off the jrt which i have had since she was a pup but not the others,it brings out a very territoral attitude in them,and too be honest i dont have a problem with this,normal treats are ok but not real bones,so we let them eat them outside so it solves our problem.,and yes it is different to take or make them give it up,they will willing let go of their bones if i ask them too.


When i first got my jrt(the rescue)we had so many problems with him and yes he did nip me and my OH and my sister,we were very concerned and rather than put him down as was suggested by many people we took the advice of our vet and got in an animal behaviourist.
That was the best thing we ever did,our poor dog had fear aggression,we also have had her treat our Staffie when we got him as he was quite aggressive.
Have heart hun cos it really helped us learn to understand how to help them and when its explained to you from thir point of view its amazing how easy it is to understand things.

I know its costs a fair amount of money for a behaviourist but i just couldnt reccommend it highly enough
I totally agree with every thing Kimitatsu said she is talking an awful lot of sense.
Let us know how it all goes.
Good luck

walwin

Curious_George wrote: »

I understand the need to be able to command your dog to drop or leave things, but surely doing this with a bone while its already growling its box off at you isnt really the way to go?

Absolutely agree there:rotfl:

moj1966

do you have pet insurance as my insurance would cover cost of seeing a behaviouist if recommeded by a vet.

Penny_Watcher

moj1966 wrote: »

do you have pet insurance as my insurance would cover cost of seeing a behaviouist if recommeded by a vet.

Good point The insurance company might see it as good idea because if (in the small chance) Doggo actually bites someone someone outside the family they may have to payout for a third part claim.

Petal_3

Hi there

Many years ago we had a german shepherd/rottie cross which my younger brothers brought home as a pup...we never did get to the bottom of where it came from but it was in a bit of a state. He got big! He started to dominate my youngest brother and one day he bit my brother's face leaving part of his lip on the carpet resulting in plastic surgery for my brother! In fairness to the dog, my brother was on all fours pretending to be a dog and "going for" the pup. He also then bit a decorator who had put down an apple core when he had finished eating the apple - when he went to pick it up again the dog bit his hand quite badly. My father said that the dog would have to be put down so I sought the help of Roger Mugford in the hope that he could help. He suggested getting the dog neutred and helped us with training. This helped enormously with the dog's domination over my younger brother and I can't recall that he bit again - the dog went on to live to a riple old age.

I don't know if any of that helps at all...I guess I just wanted to say that it can work out.

Good Luck!
~x~