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Permalink Reply by Bev Levy on July 17, 2011 at 10:10am

Obedience training will help. Check out Nothing In Life Is Free also. Pick up the food dishes after they are done and be sure that they are fed separately. I would leash her for a while when they go out so you can stop her from being so aggressive with your older dog. Hopefully she will learn not to be so pushy with the older dog. Unfortunately a shy dog tends to bring out the worst in other more dominant dogs.

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Permalink Reply by Sammy on July 17, 2011 at 11:22pm

Excellent advice....i'm picking up the food dishes as soon as they finish.  The leash in the front yard allowed me to sit out with her but control her charging up to the fence when others pass.  Looking for an obed trainer this week.

 

 

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Permalink Reply by Donna and Lilly on July 17, 2011 at 10:50am

About a year ago we had the same problem with my daughters corgi Ein.  Shortly after I had put my mastiff to sleep, my parents came down with their  dogs to visit.  Ein started attacking their Cavalier.  We got through that visit, but after they left, Ein then started attacking my min pin.  I tried calling some guy here that was supposed to be great with dogs, and after a very distressing call( let me tell you I was livid after talking to him)  I went to the bookstore and found some books, and ended up with Dog training for dummies.  Something with the other dogs triggered Eins prey drive.  So we started over.  Ein didnt do anything without us letting him.  We reestablished the pack, and he learned quick.  The cage we have in the living room is actually for the min pin when we leave the house, but it also has turned into Ein's timeout space.  He ends up there if he misbehaves and all we have to do is tell him to get into his house.  Since we did that, he hasnt attacked anyone else, we have taken him to the dog park, and my parents actually came back to visit and brought all the dogs and we did not have one problem with Ein!  So hang in there!  You can do it!!

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Permalink Reply by Napolean (Joan and Gabby) on July 17, 2011 at 7:17pm

You should visit the Dog TV section and take a look at Caesar Millian's tips to help aggression, and maybe get a professional dog trainer to help you. Although, if it's not all that serious then you should just self obedience train her.

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Permalink Reply by Sammy on July 17, 2011 at 11:24pm

TY for the tips.......will report back from time to time..........she IS a sweet dog and she will be well worth whatever time and money I invest.

 

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Permalink Reply by Anna Morelli on July 18, 2011 at 2:20am

You can also put her on a long  leash while she is eating, until she's learned that she cannot go to the Sheltie, or his dish.  When you adopt a dog, you usually don't know what their habits or issues were  around food, but they do learn once they realize that 1) food comes regularly, that 2) no one bothers them when they are eating, and that 3) going to another dog's food dish is simply not an option.  You need to enforce this consistently and my guess is that within a month, if not sooner, you will have a peaceable household. Obedience classes are always useful, as the dog learns to listen to you in spite of being around other dogs.

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Permalink Reply by Sammy on July 26, 2011 at 10:15am

Thank you.........it is Day 11 since adoption and I think we have the food dish thing OK....picking up the dishes as SOON as they're done took care of that.    We start with a trainer tomorrow evening working on along the fence barking chasing issues.

 

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Permalink Reply by Anna Morelli on July 26, 2011 at 10:27am

Not bad for day 11  :-)      As the saying goes: "Be patient, God isn't finished with me yet."

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