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Behavior, Housebreaking, Obedience / Re: I need help
« on: December 02, 2008, 02:54:14 pm »
Hello everyone,

  Thank you for the replies and support. To answer Jacks Mom
her breeder is actually very good. The father of the litter comes from one Spain's best fila lines and the mother is one of the top protection dogs in the US.

She's not badly bred she just has an extremely alpha personality. I've dealt with man an alpha dog in the past but it was before I had children.

The breeder is also a dog trainer and a behaviorist (I'm aware they are two different things.) and she gave me some tips on how to solve this. We're going to nip this in the bud quickly before it escalates.

I really like the idea of having the girls feed her handfuls of kibble instead of having them just lay the food down. I'm also going to keep her on a leash while in the house so I can do an immediate correction if she displays unacceptable behavior.

Puppies can be such a pain sometimes!

      Kes.

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Behavior, Housebreaking, Obedience / I need help
« on: December 02, 2008, 10:44:29 am »
Hello Everyone,

  I am hoping those of you out there who are more experienced can offer me some advice.

We have a 4mo old female Fila Brasileiro puppy, she's our second Fila and we love the breed. Our older Fila is amazing, she'll tolerate anything from anyone in the family.

The puppy we've gotten is from a friend of ours who bred her female. The issue we're having is biting.

Not normal puppy biting or protective biting which I would not be worried about. If my four year old touches her toys, goes near her food, or tries to move her when she doesn't want to be moved the puppy growls and snaps. She's made contact a couple times and has bitten her on the face three times drawing blood two of those three times.

I know it's most likely a dominance issue and I've tried working on it. I've tried having my daughter be the one that feeds her, I've involved her in training sessions and I've sat there and supervised while she gives things to the puppy and takes them back again. It just doesn't seem to be working though.

We also have a two year old and there is limited amounts of things I can think of doing to put the girls higher in the pack order. I'm afraid if we cannot solve this we won't be able to keep the dog.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

        Kes.


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