Problem with biting
Hello all,
Desperately need advice. Waffle,our 6-year-old Pem, has bitten my husband and my son (age 22), more than once. Pretty sure he is protecting me, but this is way too dangerous. I am willing to try some training, but don't know if we can cure him! Will also consider a rescue, but how we pass our problem on to someone else? Do not want to put him down!
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Permalink Reply by Priscilla, CARLY, and Frankie on
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my advice is very limited , having said that. my 1yr old Carly, was getting possessive with me, not with my husband or family but with my sons corgi... and i began applying the NILIF very strictly, with her.
She is finding out that she is not the boss and i can touch anything or any dog i choose... i hope its not to late for your waffle... when did he start this?
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Permalink Reply by Susan Spitzer on
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Priscilla and Carly - Thanks so much. I don't accept that it's too late, because I feel I have let down the dog. We only did basic obedience when he was a puppy. In hindsight (where we all do things perfectly!), I would have kept training him! We will work with him. My son and I cannot face the prospect of losing such a smart, beautiful dog.
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i dont blame you... you'll be glad you did..
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Permalink Reply by Chris West on
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Here are a number of past discussions about biting that might help. Have you taken Waffle to obedience classes? That is my #1 recommendation!! They are never too old for obedience classes and it makes a HUGE difference! Good luck!!
Biting, biting...and more biting
Biting
Good tips to discipline biting
There are just a ton of other discussions. You could also try google for solutions to prevent protective biting. DO NOT put him down please!!
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Thanks, Chris. I will do everything we can to train this out of him.
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Permalink Reply by Jane on
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I would definitely google NILF and start implementing it right away if you haven't been using it. I would also look into having a private session with a behaviorist in your home so they can see first hand what is going on, along with the obedience class.
I'm fairly sure rescues will not take dogs with a history of biting people.
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Thank you so much, Jane. I am reading up on NILF and talking to a local trainer.
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Permalink Reply by Rebecca and Ellie on
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My ellie's biting is becoming agressive - and jealously biting when the focus is not on her. I have a behaviourist coming tomorrow. will repost any great tips which may help you!
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Permalink Reply by Bev Levy on
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Obedience training and Nothing In Life Is Free is essential for a bossy corgi. These dogs were used to herd cattle! Their teeth were used to make the cows do what they were told and that is what a bossy, cute little corgi will do if they missed out on the part where they learn you and all other humans are in charge. I have one of those at my house and although he has never bitten anyone, we had to learn that if he is given an inch he will try to take a mile. He is a very good 12 year old guy now but we did have to learn that he could not be spoiled and that it was not cute when he tried to tell us what to do. The great news is that corgis are very trainable with firm positive methods.
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@Bev, Carly is like your old guy and she is 1 ihave taken her to obedience school twice and will praobably do it again , and the NILIF has helped tremendously! I absolutey have to stay on her about me being the boss at all times..
Its weird to me that they are not all like this...my sons 3 yr old corgi has never had any issues behaving the way hes told, never once pulled on his leash ...whats the deal with that? He passed the cgc first time through with flying colors...oh boy, Carly has failed it twice. lol
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Permalink Reply by Donald Till on
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You need to talk with your vet as well as a dog trainer. We put our Snoopy down at age 12 because he become vicious and not trustable around my wife and daughter. We had no choice - I've attached photos of his mauling of my wife that happened about 18 months before we put him down, she also had bit marks on the top of her arms. I wanted to do it then but the family needed additional time. Our dog was much older than yours but he was always a biter and it just got worse as he aged. We had discussed finding him a new home when he was younger but our conclusion was that there was no way we could guarantee his safety someplace else - he was ours to deal with.
In hindsight I believe if we would have given him more mental and physical challenges we could have avoided these issues - but that's jiust a guess on my part. We are much more active with our current crop of Cardigans and have no problems anywhere near the seriousness of those we had with Snoopy. The thing about Snoopy was he was by far the most intelligent Corgi I have ever known but on occasion he would become a different a dog and this behavior appeared more and more often as he aged. Up until the end he was a great loyal dog and was really good with Star and Scout as puppies. No doubt he became a dangerous dog and I hate to say this but I was relieved by his passing - ie. we did the right thing.
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Donald, that is a heartwrenching story, and I will hold onto hope for improvement (with training, of course). Biting is such an unacceptable behavior (my son had to have his hand stitched) that I know how hard a problem we have. Believe it or not, even that injury wasn't the one that made me go public on MyCorgi. This week Waffle lunged at my husband when Jim got "too close" to me. That is beyond the pale. I appreciate your honesty, and know this will not be easy.
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