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Rottweilers => Rottweiler Discussions => : Britz July 17, 2007, 11:56:51 PM
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OK So my in laws none of them are animal lovers dog lover not ta according to them its an animal and is meant be out outdoors not seen not heard etc.. What drives me up the wall. Well We have told them to remember are dogs name because with Zeus he will bark and growl at ppl that come to the yard until they say his name if the stranger does see him and speak to him HE will calm down. HE is only a pup yet and already showing he is protecting are home he does the same in the house. Well my in laws are always come in over unannounced since they have things in are shop in the yard and in the barn. They will even walk right in to the house with out knocking.
Well I have tried to reason with them to get them to call me before coming over so If Zeus is out I can make sure he;s in before they arrive etc.. Well I was sitting outside and of course Sheldon Lil bro who is kinda scared of Zeus since he will be a big boy and is really growing went straight to the shop of course zeus started to bark and growl. " some one he didn't know well he knows but could tell who he was, was stealing stuff" SO I tried to talk to sheldon sence I know there will be days that We won;t be home for a couple hours or so and zeus is outside. I don't want to be at fault for my stupid in laws Either walking in to my yard etc and Zeus well scaring the pants off of them. I have no clue what to do any more i have tried to get them to come socialize with him and I have took him over there but Since they are not dog ppl they are just ignorant about me bringing him even though he doesn't come into there house. They think I baby him to much and don't see why im spending so much money on him etc.. They drive me nuts
So seriously how do you tell these ppl to be cautious or just call me before they decided to trample in to are yard or house? Or will they eventually figure it out?
I have told Them that Zeus's breed is Protective of his family and they just made a comment about t hat they are family. I Tried to be serious with them telling them about pack instinct etc. But Not ta thing... GOSH what do I do.
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have you tried tying up your in laws in the back yard instead?
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have you talked to your husband and asked him to talk to his family? might be better coming from him.
NOTE: i thought i hit reply to this message and hit report to moderator instead. come to find out you can not report yourself to the moderator!!!
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do you suppose they would be willing to bring some treats with them when they drop by unannounced, or could you make some available where they could find them? would that reassure him at all and would they even do it?
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do you suppose they would be willing to bring some treats with them when they drop by unannounced, or could you make some available where they could find them? would that reassure him at all and would they even do it?
wonderful idea. i used to carry treats with me to hand people to give to Grace. the only problem i had with that was that people were afraid to put their hands by her mouth.
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have you tried tying up your in laws in the back yard instead?
LMAO I would so tie them up in a heart beat if i could g et away with it. THe simply drive me nutz.
HUbby has tried talking to them on many occasions and they do not listen, they just s hrug it off. Before we got Zeus we had to talk to them about not going so fast through are yard with there vehicles. We have had many problems with them in the past and still on going. When I had Nikki MY husky malamute My MIL promiced to come over to my house every day and feed her and my LIL BIL was supoose to stay here with her when I was in the hospital when I had my first baby. Well we get a call when we got shipped to edmonton from a neighbor who lives over a mile away that if are dog comes in to his yard again he was going to shoot it. YEAH MY INLAWS DIDN'T TKAE CARE OF MY DOG. MY mom ended up having to come pick her up well fist she ha dto find her sence nikki started running right then sence my lovely inlaws who I thought and they promiced me woudl feed her. Sence then I have not trusted them with any of my animals. Whne I had my POM * we sold when I i had baby two* MY mother in law Kicked him because he sat down beside her. ARgg ok sorry for the vent i just truly hate my inlaws.
This is the one reason why Zeus comes every where with us because i have lost all trust for any one around here to care for my animals .
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Zues won't put up with that kind of thing. He's a sweet looking boy, but Rotts will finish what someone starts. Grace has shown me that several times.
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They are obviously not going to stop until someone is bitten, and you need to legally protect yourself and Zeus.
Stella
first and foremost protect you and the dog. lawsuits only lead to euthinization. i hate that.
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If I even brought up to them about treats or if hubby did they would shrug it off they irritate me so bad They have for 5 years now. We are seriously looking to move away from them far away but finacialy we cant do it right now. MY MIL for instate is the type of women who thinks she runs are house. She has walked right in wearing her yukky shoes in to my house and walked all over when I brought my Daughter home. Im going to talk to sheldon today because he has tried to talk to them so much We are picking up a BEWARE OF DOG Sign Today just so ppl who don't know will be cautious. TO me MY dog woudln't hurt a fly but when he gets older i have no clue. Thats why I need to get them to SHUT UP and listen to us for once.
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They are obviously not going to stop until someone is bitten, and you need to legally protect yourself and Zeus.
Stella
first and foremost protect you and the dog. lawsuits only lead to euthinization. i hate that.
I know, its sad. and im seriously affraid that will happen. I guess maybe once he is full grown are bigger they will clue in. IM picking up signs today
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i had to teach Grace not to bark at the neighbors once. They were scared of her (and Lady, the other rott) and because the PEOPLE were afraid i had to train Grace to more polite than most humans. it worked till i just didn't care anymore.
funny thing is...if you bark back at Grace, she backs down. amazing. people don't realize even a scarey Rott will submit to an assertive person. they feed off fear though. grace does
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Wow! Your in-laws sound like people that don't understand or respect boundaries at all. Honestly, that would send me off the deep end, so I commend you for your patience, but it's time for them to learn a few new things! Grrrr.... I absolutely agree with the idea of locking all doors and you can say that it's to prevent theft, etc., but do you have a fenced yard with a gate? If so, I'd put a padlock on the gate and tell them that it's there to keep people from letting Zeus out by mistake,to keep people from coming in and surprising Zeus b/c he might bite them and maybe you can point out that it's safer for your children to play in a locked yard, too. We have padlocks on our gates to protect our dogs. Our family isn't near by, but our neighbor's 4 y/o granddaughter opened our gate and walked right in one day to pet the "pretty doggies". Agh, that was just too close for comfort for me. She could have let the dogs out or they might have knocked her down in their excitement. I don't *think* that mine would've bitten her, but they are dogs and they do have teeth, so anything is possible. Our padlocks went on the same day! I'm all for locks on fence gates. Not only can you help protect Zeus this way, you might just get some well deserved privacy, too.
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Hi,
Time for a reverse treatment here. Take a leash and Zues and just start parading him into the InLaws houses unannounced. Get a short leash (maybe even harness) So you have complete control over Zues. Keep bringing him everytime you interact with family (on his leash) When THEY Start complaining tell them Sheldon and you have ASKED THEM REPEATEDLY TO RESPECT you, your home and Zues, since they ignored your requests, you absolutely need to socialize Zues to the people who are constantly trespassing on his territory so he will be familiar and (stress this)HOPEFULLY not bite you next time they come over unannounced.
If they can be so disrespectful of you Sheldon and Zues you need to disrespect them to get your point accross.
I am sure after the 2nd or 3rd time you stroll into their homes with your dog they will get the message.
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Hi,
Time for a reverse treatment here. Take a leash and Zues and just start parading him into the InLaws houses unannounced. Get a short leash (maybe even harness) So you have complete control over Zues. Keep bringing him everytime you interact with family (on his leash) When THEY Start complaining tell them Sheldon and you have ASKED THEM REPEATEDLY TO RESPECT you, your home and Zues, since they ignored your requests, you absolutely need to socialize Zues to the people who are constantly trespassing on his territory so he will be familiar and (stress this)HOPEFULLY not bite you next time they come over unannounced.
If they can be so disrespectful of you Sheldon and Zues you need to disrespect them to get your point accross.
I am sure after the 2nd or 3rd time you stroll into their homes with your dog they will get the message.
Fabulous idea. i have that mental picture in my head
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Hi,
Time for a reverse treatment here. Take a leash and Zues and just start parading him into the InLaws houses unannounced. Get a short leash (maybe even harness) So you have complete control over Zues. Keep bringing him everytime you interact with family (on his leash) When THEY Start complaining tell them Sheldon and you have ASKED THEM REPEATEDLY TO RESPECT you, your home and Zues, since they ignored your requests, you absolutely need to socialize Zues to the people who are constantly trespassing on his territory so he will be familiar and (stress this)HOPEFULLY not bite you next time they come over unannounced.
If they can be so disrespectful of you Sheldon and Zues you need to disrespect them to get your point accross.
I am sure after the 2nd or 3rd time you stroll into their homes with your dog they will get the message.
Fabulous idea. i have that mental picture in my head
Awesome, awesome, awesome!!!
I'd still lock everything, including the shed in the back. If they have a key, change the locks and don't give them a key. They are acting like spoiled children, treat them like children that need to be taught a lesson!
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Hi,
Time for a reverse treatment here. Take a leash and Zues and just start parading him into the InLaws houses unannounced. Get a short leash (maybe even harness) So you have complete control over Zues. Keep bringing him everytime you interact with family (on his leash) When THEY Start complaining tell them Sheldon and you have ASKED THEM REPEATEDLY TO RESPECT you, your home and Zues, since they ignored your requests, you absolutely need to socialize Zues to the people who are constantly trespassing on his territory so he will be familiar and (stress this)HOPEFULLY not bite you next time they come over unannounced.
If they can be so disrespectful of you Sheldon and Zues you need to disrespect them to get your point accross.
I am sure after the 2nd or 3rd time you stroll into their homes with your dog they will get the message.
Fabulous idea. i have that mental picture in my head
Awesome, awesome, awesome!!!
I'd still lock everything, including the shed in the back. If they have a key, change the locks and don't give them a key. They are acting like spoiled children, treat them like children that need to be taught a lesson!
I love it! LMAO My only fear is that people that are as dense regarding boundaries and social cues as these folks sound, will pitch a royal a fit if Zeus and his parents come visiting, but will have no problem still doing it themselves. They sound to me as if they think that there's two sets of rules, one for them and one for everyone else. So I'd go for it, b/c I still love the idea, they deserve it, and just in case they are trainable, but I'd still fence & lock them out of my property (for their own good, you know ;) ::)) just in case they just don't learn.
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i agree, it's hubby's family, it's his responsibility to talk to his parents about things they do that are unacceptable. however, if the problem doesnt become resolved i fear that sweet zeus will be seen as a "nasty mean dog" by the ignorant inlaws. and end up causing a major rift between you guys. dont let zeus take the fall for their stupidity, if the inlaws need a serious talking to and not a nice polite one then so be it. and if they dont like it, well too bad, this is your house and your the woman of the house and it sounds like they have no respect for you or your wishes. it realy stinks but being polite doesnt work sometimes. :-\
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lol WInslow I did that with my pom when we had him, sence he had seperation auxiety I had to take him every where IM sure to god my MIL owuld bleache the floors once i left with him lol. IF it comes to that though I will be doing it.
Sheldon and I were talking about it last night and we are going to try to knock some sence in to them. Sheldon says he is once again going to try to talk to them and if that don't work. I Will and HEY Im PMSing SO I guess it shoudl nock some sence in to them.
See We would love to lock them out But we are renting from them >:( We have been wanting to get out of here and just go find are own place but as of right now we are kinda stuck her hopefully in the next year or so we will be gone. We have changed the locks in teh house and usually dont have to worry about them comming in to the house if we are not home.
One thing that chokes me is sheldon was telling me that sence they think the dog should know them sence they seen him a couple times when we first got him. ARggg then THey were asking sheldon if I PLanned to take that DOg every where I go even when it is full grown. (Im really bad Zeus is hardly left at home if im leaving for the day excpecially if Sheldon can't pop in and cheack on him. Sheldon looked at them and just said What's it to you but he couldnt say any more i Guess he said his Dad Changed the subject and that IS one thing his dad is good at doing.
Ill keep u all updated i just hope we can g et some sence knocked in to them.
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I love Winslows response. We had a sign at our old house that was posted on the gate with a picture of a big old rotti head on it that read" I can make to the fence in 3 seconds. Can you?" They have them on ebay ;)
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I love Winslows response. We had a sign at our old house that was posted on the gate with a picture of a big old rotti head on it that read" I can make to the fence in 3 seconds. Can you?" They have them on ebay ;)
HAHAH I think Im going to go look for one of t hem on ebay.
Well update.
MIL just showed up here unanounced once again. She made a comment on how the dog chased her to the door well "ok he is a puppy he wanted you to pet him dumb bum" I told her she needs to talk to him when she comes to the yard and say his name. Guess what her responce is " WHAT IS HIS NAME?" arggggg I was pleasent and just said Zeus. I then told her she needs to call me before she comes over etc. Of ocurse today Zeus was outside when she came, and she said she will be walking over her later. WALKING arggg Zeus will freak I know that for a fact if she just walks to the house he has growled when it was just sheldon walking from the barn to the house untill sheldon accnoledged him he then wagged his tail and walked up to him. SO I trie dto tell her TO Call me we will see. I also warned her that Zeus's Breed is Very protective * i have told her this many time* and that if they just show up unanounced that he may growl and not let you in. THEy Supposably know his breed but only bad things. SO if they know the breed and only bad things why can't they just Listen to us when we tell them stuff.
When MY mil walked in to the house she seen Zeus kennel that is under are air hockey table and all his toys scatered around downstairs she gaveme a dirty look and said " I SURE HOPE YOU Arn't planning on keeping him in the house when he is fullgrown" UMMMM Yeah we are.
HERE IS something that made even madder when She asked about the dogs name she made a comment on how she will remeber it now sence they dont need to remebr there dogs name any more. (sparky the one that got ran over) I seriously held in everything I Felt that was cruel. I have actually called the breeder I told her aboutso they could get another pup and told Jennifer ( the GOlden Breed) That if they call simply tell them you have no pups and tole her about them. She was so happy I did so, I really hope they dont get another dog as cruel as they are about mine ( they were the same way with my pom) I know they will treat theres like Poo. i have s een it and sheldon is even with me on this one sence it was me who took there last dog to the vet all the time and just billed them for the money I spent on her
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why would these people even want another dog? "are you planning on keeping him in the house when he's full grown"..well, what's the point of having a pooch if you can't enjoy his company? no wonder you're frustrated they are just not absorbing anything you say to them are they? and people think DOGS are hard to train...
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why would these people even want another dog? "are you planning on keeping him in the house when he's full grown"..well, what's the point of having a pooch if you can't enjoy his company? no wonder you're frustrated they are just not absorbing anything you say to them are they? and people think DOGS are hard to train...
I will seriously be happy the day we get the you know what out of here. Sheldon is sick of there you know what. They even treat there childern like there animals make them WORK till they are dieing practically.. That woudl be a whole new rant to tell you truth I have had problems with them sence me and sheldon started going together. He is sorta of the black sheep of the family sence He left there religion, * there minanights* so meaning are childern and anything we have they dont treat that great. THey also Blame me for sheldon leaveing there church even though he left 3 or 4 years before he meet me .. ARGggggggggggg gggggggggggggg gggggggggggggg ggggggggggg
I truly can't stand my inlaws
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Wow that really sucks. But you really need to take back control. It is your house! They can't walk in when ever they feel like it, they is rude and they have no right to do that. Lock the doors, if they have a key then change the locks.
When I visit my parents house I never just walk in, I always knock. It is no longer my house therefore I feel it is rude to just walk in and help myself to anything.
Nina
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Well they don't have a key to the house and probley never will sence we dont trust them to even take care of are things when we are gone. I think I metioned about how responsible they were for are husky we had on feeding her.
There carpenter is here today and I wasnt home yet but I talked to him before he came over and just told him to talk to Zeus when I finally got home He oculdnt get over how friendly he was i guess zeus did a little growl but as soon as JIm are carpenter said his name He was just fine and came right up to him etc.
I just cant get over my inlaws any more im so ready to leave. putting up iwththem for 4 + years has gotten me to the limit and this is the last straw for me.
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let em get bit. your inlaws will learn that the dog will protect what is his and im sure if zeus is like my loki he will just nip at them. loki has never bittin anypne but me and has ran the telephone repair man up a power poll. Itialians are skittish of large dogs anyway. have you tried locking the gate to your yard. do that and leave a sign at the gate that says call this number to unlock gate. and if your inlaws dont have a cell phone they need to get bittin so they can wake up in the 21st century.
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well July21
They may finally clue in My Father in law showed up her un anounced came to the door Zeus was out side sence its a perfect day and ofcourse what does my pup do he ran to the door when my father in law aprouched and growled. When I went out cuz My FIL yelled my name he told me what Zeus did. I guess even though he growled at him my stupid fatherin law kept coming to the door my poor pup Peed himself :( So Tis was it I got ticked off and TOld him he has to call him by HIS NAME. Guess hwta the retard asks ..
WHATS HIS NAME Arggggggggg BUt I think this finally got something across to them I told him simply that its in zeus's nature and that they need to callus before coming over or atleast call are dogs name. He isnt even half the size he is going to be and I told him that so I think/ Ihope they get the clue
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it might " insult" your mil if you get down right dirty and to the point with her, and if you lock her out...haha, but it would solve the problems. if you are legaly renting from them, then it is tresspassing when they walk into your house like that...landlor d or no.
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I wonder if a call to the local police or animal control can give you an idea of where you stand. Tell them what you've told us. They should be able to help you on your legal rights.
Good luck.
Tina
I agree that you should call the police and see what they say. If nothing else they will have the call on record that this is an ongoing problem and that you have warned the in laws several times, and that your dog isn't vicious, just protective. Make sure you tell them that you have told your in laws what to do to protect themselves and they refuse to do it.. If you don't document EVERYTHING and Zeus bites one of them...HE is the one who will suffer, whether he deserves it or not.