Trouble in Paradise....

[PrepH4U]

I'm like that too with Mily. And have been with every other dog I've ever owned. I'm top biatch and I don't have to play dominance games to get that position. I have never had to roll Mily or pin her to let her know I'm the boss. She's just an all around good dog. She misbehaves on occasion and a firm voice is all I need. I have never feared taking something out of her mouth or picking up her food bowl and certainly not clipping her nails. That's the way it should be. I'm the mommy and she's the puppy, end of story.

And that's the way it should be pixie, I have never encountered a family dog either that didn't know it's place in the family. Now that I am going through that and trying to explore every avenue I can sympathize with you. BUT, you have small children in the house and that can not be tolerated at all, he has challenged you already who next the kids? You just can never be sure, he would not try something behind your back. You tried to give him a good home and he blew it not you. If mine doesn't shape up after being altered and with his hormone therapy I will be facing the same decision. My "human" family is far more important. You know what you have to do, it's just hard to overcome the emotional part of the decision. No one would blame you for choosing your children over your dog hon, when there is a possibility of your children being harmed.

 

[greyhound]

sounds like you have a dog that is trying to be alfa male. Your small children are not big enough to "show him who's boss" and change his behavior. He wants to be dominant. He may be a dog that needs a house with adults. I have two greyhounds, when we got the second one he tried his best to be alfa, but my kids were big enough to show him they were in charge and he now cuddles with them. He acts like he is starved for their attention. I would think of the kids first. better safe than sorry. Please let the rescue or the place that you got him from know about his actions so they can better place him. Good luck with everything.

 

[Oz]

:muzzle:

 

[BuddyLee]

"When in doubt, throw it out" Enough said.

I'm always in doubt.

 

[vraiblonde]

This is why cats rule.

 

[pixiegirl]

Saturday Murphy got taken back to tri-county. :sad:

Thursday evening I sent Brent to get the kids while I went to pick up some chairs for the kitchen table. He called me and said that Muphy had gone ape$hit. He had one of Noah's toys and Brent went to take it from him and was scolding him in the process. He went off on Brent to the point that Brent had to throw a blanket over him to get him into a crate. Then even while in the crate he was going balistic.

Friday, my CWS day I was home alone with the kids. Again Murpy had something that didn't belong to him and after Thursday's episode I sure wasn't going to try to remove it from his mouth. I got the shaker can and shook it at him and told him "No". He got down on top of it and looked at me and growled with all the hair on his back standing on end. He wasn't budging. So I went into the kitchen and got a piece of meat out of the fridge and threw it into his crate. He was going nuts again so I put a couple towels over his crate to calm him down. He was going so nuts that he knocked the towels off and when Mily walked by (in route to the back door paying no attention to him) he was growling and barking at her.

Seems as if as the days went on his attitude got worse. The more comforatable in the house he felt the more dominant he got? Saturday morning when Brent got home it was back to tri-county.

 

[Chasey_Lane]

Thursday evening I sent Brent to get the kids while I went to pick up some chairs for the kitchen table. He called me and said that Muphy had gone ape$hit. He had one of Noah's toys and Brent went to take it from him and was scolding him in the process. He went off on Brent to the point that Brent had to throw a blanket over him to get him into a crate. Then even while in the crate he was going balistic.

My Boxer used to go crazy when I crated him. He was never aggressive, just went insane in his crate.

 

[morganj614]

Saturday Murphy got taken back to tri-county. :sad:

Thursday evening I sent Brent to get the kids while I went to pick up some chairs for the kitchen table. He called me and said that Muphy had gone ape$hit. He had one of Noah's toys and Brent went to take it from him and was scolding him in the process. He went off on Brent to the point that Brent had to throw a blanket over him to get him into a crate. Then even while in the crate he was going balistic.

Friday, my CWS day I was home alone with the kids. Again Murpy had something that didn't belong to him and after Thursday's episode I sure wasn't going to try to remove it from his mouth. I got the shaker can and shook it at him and told him "No". He got down on top of it and looked at me and growled with all the hair on his back standing on end. He wasn't budging. So I went into the kitchen and got a piece of meat out of the fridge and threw it into his crate. He was going nuts again so I put a couple towels over his crate to calm him down. He was going so nuts that he knocked the towels off and when Mily walked by (in route to the back door paying no attention to him) he was growling and barking at her.

Seems as if as the days went on his attitude got worse. The more comforatable in the house he felt the more dominant he got? Saturday morning when Brent got home it was back to tri-county.

I am sorry to hear you had to do that. Sounds like your only option after all that happened.

 

[pixiegirl]

My Boxer used to go crazy when I crated him. He was never aggressive, just went insane in his crate.

Nope not like that. It was only the two instances after Brent or myself "challenging" him that he took issue with getting crated. He was actually doing very well with being crate trained. I tell him to get in the crate, he complies and gets a treat.

 

[jwwb2000]

Pixie~~~Sorry to hear about the dog trouble. Hopefully you all will be able to get Milly a nice playmate very soon

 

[The Jackoholic]

Nope not like that. It was only the two instances after Brent or myself "challenging" him that he took issue with getting crated. He was actually doing very well with being crate trained. I tell him to get in the crate, he complies and gets a treat.

my dog finds solitude with her crate but shes a digger and is taring up up my plants and got my purple rose bush today. im beginning to think that rescue is going to be an issue this season