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From: ThePuppyWizard@EarthLink.Net
HOWEDY malinda,
Your dogs GOT THE SAME PROBLEM on
accHOWENT of you ABUSE them. ALL
AGGRESSION IS FEAR and ALL FEAR
IS CAUSED BY MISHANDLING.
"Melinda Shore" wrote in message
news:cs3och$ehb$1@panix2.panix.com...
> In article ,
> Cate wrote:
> >Interesting. I hadn't thought of solo time as enforcing his
idea that he's
> >all that as much as letting him know he doesn't have to fight
to be with
> >her.
>
> Again, without knowing anything beyond what you've posted
> here, there's a risk of the dog developing a sense of
> entitlement. What I've noticed among my dogs is that
> "alphaness" really involves a sense of prerogative more than
> it does rigid behavioral characteristics, and that if a dog
> feels he's entitled to something in particular he'll simply
> take it, and if it involves a smackdown on one of the other
> dogs so be it. Fortunately they work these things out
> through countless tiny negotiations every day. One of the
> most interesting things in straightening out Saber's
> fighting problem was realizing that he couldn't be allowed
> up on the furniture - inevitably he'd pick a fight within
> the day after having gotten up on the bed or one of the
> sofas. It was like clockwork. Obviously I can't know
> whether or not there's a similar situation here but I would
> tend not to risk allowing the dog to think that he's got
> more status than he has. Dogs tend to figure that out
> anyway as a normal part of the training process, but
> sometimes it takes more than that.
> --
> Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis -
shore@panix.com
>
> Fibbers' forecasts are worthless
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