Snowball is 10 months old. She's an angel to us. We have 4 kids 12, 10, 5, and 6 months. She has never harmed them. Aside from chewing up everything - (ANOTHER trait I'd like to fix) she is perfect. BUT.. she will BARK VICIOUSLY, BARE TEETH, SNARL, GROWL and even NIP at the ankles of people who come onto our property. When we try to calm her, she just runs away. If she isn't on a leash, she will make a big circle around us and dive in for their ankles again. It's really scary to see. She recently bit one boy who came into our yard after his dog.
Is this typical behavior for Eskies? How can I break her of it? If we can't break her of attacking other people, I will have to surrender her or have her put down. I can't have her attacking people who walk into our yard.
Any help will be appreciated.
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"when we try to calm her" - I can't tell for certain what you are doing here, but if it's along the lines of "that's okay, take it easy", etc. YOU are doing the wrong thing. "If she isn't on a leash". This is very simple. She shouldn't be OFF leash if she's going to do this.
It's impossible to diagnose this without seeing the dog. Can't tell if the problem is people aggression, fear aggression or territorial aggression. All of these are different issues and all are handled in different ways.
The dog needs to be trained that this is unacceptable. Punishing the dog is not training. You and your dog need to go to someone who has resolved these types of issues.
Talk to your vet. Find an obedience club. Either one should be able to give you a reference to someone who can help you with the problem.
In the meantime, this dog should NEVER be allowed into an area where strangers are going to be accessible to her. Always on leash. NO ONE goes into the backyard while this dog is out, other than the family.
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- One word, TRAINING!!
She's already established dominance, at a tender age of 10 months. This needs to be handles asap. I'm not sure just how far her aggression will go, but before you surrender her, please invest in training.
I completely appreciate your need for safety and applaud you for inquiring BEFORE the dog gets out of control. Definitely try training first.
G'luck - i had the same breed good to my 3kids but with other kids he didn't like them at all one girl came to close and the dog bit the kid so we got rid of the dog. last thing i want is to get charged. hope u have better luck
- American Eskimo's are beautiful little dogs, but they weren't bred to be fuzzy little sweethearts. While you definitely need a trainer, sooner rather than later, a few tips now would be: this girl should NEVER be off leash at this point. There are 2 reasons for this. First, at 10 months, she already bit someone. Second, you need to start getting her under control. You cannot control her while she is off leash at this point. If she is on leash and starts exhibiting this behavior, tell her "no" and give her a correction with the leash. You don't want to yank her off her feet, just give it a little pop. If she persists, repeat the correction. If she still continues with the bad behavior, take her into the house, preferably into a crate for 15-20 minutes (a crate is also the way to stop the chewing at this age. She needs to chew to help her adult teeth form stong attachments to her jaws, but she also needs to learn what she can and can't chew). One thing you don't want to do is try to calm her. To her, that's just you saying "Good girl! Keep it up!", because a calming tone sounds like praise. Snowball really needs a trainer, so find a good one. This advice is just meant to help you keep the problem from getting worse until you do. She needs basic obedience in addition to work on reducing the territorial aggression. Unfortunately, since you unwittingly reinforced it, it will take some work to correct, but you sound like a dedicated owner, and I'm sure you can turn this behavior around!
- No personal experience with the breed- but you need to take her for training. Sounds as if you have a full plate, but some obedience classes will allow the 12 year old to participate as long as there is a parent present. You need to get the aggression under control ASAP. Until you have better control of the dog, she should be leashed or crated, especially when other children are present.
- I have an Eskie she is 1 year old. She is a wonderful pet. Yes, Eskies can tend to be nipppy, with some obedience training and consistency on the part of the handlers (family members) she will be fine. As far as chewing yep my "Misty" loves to chew also! I provide her with durable chew bones and she is happy for hours! No rubber one's though, they did not hold up well and can cause a tummy ache. When she was a puppy whenever she would try to chew shoes ect I would firmly let her know this was a no and gave her the chew toy. She no longer chews furniture or shoes. One more thing that helped us tremendously is the show "The Dog Whisperer" on National Geographic. Cesar Milan is amazing with dogs, no problem behavior is too difficult to rehabilitate with him! very insightful show for all dog owners. Good Luck! Long Live the Eskies they are a special breed!
Check out Cesar's website:http://www.cesarmillaninc.com/ - We have had 3 Eskies, one of whom just passed away 6 months ago. We now have two including a 1 1/2 year old girl.
Eskies come with all sort of quirks and training as soon as possible is your answer. If you do have to get rid of her please visit
http://www.heartbandits.com/pages/chapte…
and contact your closest Eskie Rescue.
Please do not surrender her to a dog pound. If you have to surrender her then do it to an Eskie Rescue that will see she gets a new home. If there is no rescue in your state contact the one closest to you. Our little girl started in Ga, and when through TN on her way to IL before we got her and brought her to Ohio.
But training should be your first avenue of help.
They don't call Esies "Heart Bandits" for nothing, give her a chance, please.
Chic K
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