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Female Dog Aggressive toward Male dog?
amesnatlzoo wrote in rec.pets.dogs.behavior:
Kaygie0610 wrote: She was sitting in my lap and I stood up. She Lounged off of me and onto him a pretty far distance. There is no way she thought he was attacking her, it was a clear attack on him. ... I'm making her submit to me, because I am the pack alpha. Dog's have to have guidance and chain of command. You control access to food, shelter, warmth, safety, and pretty much every other essential resource. Exactly what do you think you have to prove? If you're regularly making a big deal out of minor infractions, of course she's learned that that's the behavior you expect. Not rocket science here - even the dog has it figured out. The female dog is a 7lb muscle machine, and the male is barely 3lbs and doesn't even come up to her shoulders. Size difference (other than the humans) here is 12.5 lbs to 65 lbs. I haven't gone out of my way to demonstrate dominance over any of 'em. Why would I? They know who's got the big crinkly brain and opposable thumbs. LOL! 9 lb cat, alpha of the 4foots. 28 lb deaf dog, next in line. 56 lb dog, gets walked on by all but the fish. Most recent addition was the 28 lb dog and it took the cat about 1 day to make it clear 'if you want this comfy spot in MY home, you better learn to love cats'. The only battle the deaf dog won on the cat, was not to sneak up and startle her because she barks then and startles the cat. If I let them work it out A) that tells the female that she is pack leader Nonsense. A decent pack leader takes no notice of the insignificant doings of underlings. A super pack leader will even refuse to acknowledge direct challenges. Nothing deflates a wannabe quite so much as being ignored, just as nothing destabilizes a pack quicker than an erratic, insecure alpha. Hehe that *so* describes the cat and the 28 lb dog. If Aunti Mabel gets 'uppity' the cat ignores her ass but will saunter to one of Aunti's pillows and 'cat furrify it well' then saunter off. Next time Aunti uses that one, she smells like a cat. She 'gets it' right away (snicker). ... B) she could very well get carried away and severely hurt - if not kill - him. Yep, that would be one reason to interfere. You said you can stop her with a word. Do it. She stops, life continues. No need to make a huge deal out of it. Yup. *IF* she can stop her with a word. Seems from the posts that is bravado not truth. ...I do not believe it has anything to do with taking my position as pack Alpha seriously. Other than as a poor example to the other members of your pack, you mean? Also she is NOT fear aggressive, No, she's resource guarding, redirecting, and learning from your example. Humm! Good point. -- |
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