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Dog Training - A Systematic Approach
- Well you can always try the dog whisperer.
Aussies require a firm owner and lots and lots of physical and mental exercise. Herding dogs are very intelligent and active, they must have a leader, She's doing this because she's always been allowed to, When you want something she has, take it while replacing it with something else she likes, do this repeatedly with lots of praise when she does not growl, give her a firm "no" when she growls, but don't back off. You might also give her a treat when she does not growl. Eventually you should be able to take anything without replacing with something else. - You can help train this baby to learn that people taking her food or bone etc is a GOOD thing.
Start at feeding time. Pick up her empty bowl, put a few kibbles in her bowl. When she finishes, put a hand full more in....Your hand goes over to her bowl, you can be sitting next to her as she feeds. This gets her use to your hand near her food, and that it is a very good thing,,,,it means food.
Later, you can approach her bowl -while she is eating, pick it up and drop a piece of chicken or other wonderful treat into it,, and put it back down. If she might still bite your hand, use a broom stick to help get it safely.
A behaviorist from the APDT (http://www.apdt.com) can help you with this methodology.
Helping the dog learn that humans approaching her food is a good thing. If you make it negative with hits etc, you will increase her need to protect her possessions from humans.
This behavior modification should be accompanied with some "no free lunch" exercieses - where your dog must earn ever pleasure in life.....this will help humans have a higher status or leadership position with in the Pack.
This type of resource guarding is typical, and can be corrected with desensitization and counter conditioning.
Good luck - I dont know where ur located.. but top knotch kennel in modesto has behaviorist.. But I recomend googling it for ur area. Some dogs are just prone to aggresion..Also you could be helping this behavior unknowingly by letting her get her way. This needs to be assesed right away as it can be dangerous especially if you have young kids in the family.
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- Here is a website that has lots of info, basically a dog that does not respect you will be possessive. If you were boss/Alpha she would not do it. Obed training can help and if it is one toy or type of toy throw them out. Never take a dog removed from the litter b4 8 weeks, it often leads to biting problems.
- Your statement "she has known nothing but love her entire life" actually is the most telling.
Dogs are not people and so don't do gratitude for love given. Dogs need boundaries and rules and thrive best in situations where they know what the parameters are. This doesn't mean that you can't give the dog love, but first it needs to understand what the rules are in your house.
Do you have kids? Do they have rules and boundaries? Do they try and challenge them occasionally? What is your response? Most parents reinforce what the boundaries are. Perhaps they ground the child, or take away the toy, etc. Doesn't mean you love the child any less. The same concept needs to apply to the dog.
So you need to control the dog's access to toys. You give her one, you take it away. She gets to play with it for as long as you allow and then remove it. Your dog must understand that the toys (or what ever) actually belong to you.
The other problem that I see often is that dogs are NOT getting enough exercise so they tend to release energy in bad behaviors so please make sure your dog is getting consistant and adequate exercise. Opening the door to the backyard is NOT enough because a dog will not do laps on its own. - DO NOT FLICK HIM ON THE NOSE!!!! that will make things worse, have her on a choak chain and then when she starts to growl, give her a correction.
- This can be helped if you find a good positive reinforcement trainer.
You can find a good trainer here:
http://www.apdt.com/po/ts/default.aspx
The LAST thing you want is a Cesar Milan type trainer. Using anything BUT positive reinforcement in this situation is going to have a bad outcome. You don't need to be alpha or dominant. Those are great ways to get bit. APDT can help you find a REAL trainer with CREDENTIALS. There are a lot of bad ones out there.
A great book to check out is "Mine! A Guide to Resource Guarding in Dogs by Jean Donaldson." She's an excellent resource!
Good luck! I've had many friends overcome resource guarding with the help of a good trainer. - I'm not a professional or anything like that, but I'd have a family member grab the object away from the dog, and when it snaps tell it "no" and maybe hold it's jaw shut for a quick second or flick it's nose.
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