Moving in two days, advice needed ASAP
Alright so i finally got sick of my roomies crap about how I should kill Liam because hes 'stupid' and 'aggressive' when the human aggression is only towards men and heres the shocking part! Its only him and his friends(men) that kick the fence to 'teach the dog not to bark at them' yes we see how this is working out.
Anyways i'm moving in with my sister temporarily saturday, a few months tops. Problem is her husband wants to get a puppy while we're there. His mom who lives with them already has a dog and Liam is dog aggressive. This dog is no problem because my sister does not allow dogs loose in her house(Your room yes, vast part of house no) so the dog stays in his moms room with door shut and can go out front or to the fenced off side yard.
Anyways my question/fear is. Is it possible to teach Liam not to attack those two dogs if my sister and her husband do get a puppy? I know from dogs i've had before(her old staffie she dumped on me) that he caught on attacking roomies dog was frowned upon and eventually stopped. SO i guess i know it IS possible but that was with a full grown dog being the target(could hold his own)
Mother-in-law owns a pomeranian, they want a puppy dunno what breed. Advice?
Note: they are aware of Liams dog aggression because I informed them when we went to visit last month and stayed with them over the weekend. ALso no Liam is not neutered but where sister lives there are more job opportunities and I plan on getting him his yearly shots and neutered asap..
And another note xD
Liam has been doing swell on his training. When we were down visiting me and my mother-in-law took him for a walk and there was a chick walking her dog ahead of us. Liam looked right at them and kept walking calmly at my side. Then as we were nearing the end of the walk we passed a house with a black and tan coonhound behind a invisible fence and Liam looked when it barked then continued on. Before he would have lunged at it.
3 years old that is for tuarwen, not months
Hehe Liam isn't my only dog. Tuarwen is his 'sister' hes been with her since he was 2 months old and she was 3, we've always had dogs in groups of 2-3. Tuarwen was raised with three other dogs, ect.Tuarwen 'speaks' dog well and has gone to parks and played with other dogs.<br /> <br /> Liam because of roomie throwing a fit and fighting with me i never took him in the car anywhere<br /> <br /> As for dogs for sister and her husband I think he wants a big dog xD Like a rottie or doberman.
First of all, your friend is mean :< you don't take someone's life if one talks too loudly, you <i>teach</i> them how to talk softly.<br /> <br /> I'm assuming Liam was raised alone in the house? without other dogs? I suggest taking Liam to training courses where he can interact with more dogs, but i'm not an expert on this so yea ^^; not much help from here.<br /> <br /> But I did notice a small trend that dogs raised alone without other doggy companions tend to 'forget' that they're dogs. xD my little mini schnauzer was raised alone and she hates other dogs and ESPECIALLY schnauzers for strange reasons. She barks a lot at passing people and usually they just shy away from her. But if one is brave enough to approach her while she's barking will only find out that she'll clam-up and start rubbing all over you passionately. (but only to humans OTL)<br /> <br /> So yea. I think doggies should be brought up with others, and be taught how to 'act' appropriately around others. Be strict when he does something wrong, and reward when he does it right.<br /> <br /> Dog suggestion for your sister? :B<br /> <br /> <b>miniature schnauzer</b> <br /> <br /> andnoI'mtotallynotbiased<br /> <br /> Well Mini-schnauzers are actually incredibly smart dogs, they're incredibly fast and adorable too :3 if they manage to pick a sweet one, they don't bark a lot, and well their fur is at a manageable rate. <br /> <br /> Other dogs would be, Papillons, Pembroke Welsh Corgis (lol Ala dogs much?), cocker spaniels, pug? (not my favorite type but they can be cute), yorkshire terriors, beagles, and chihuahuas C:<br /> <br /> yea c: good luck!
