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Originally Posted by mamamia1  UPDATE: We had a set back with the bone guarding. Kali had a nice juicy new marrow bone, and hubby and I got into the discussion that she shouldn't be guarding or growling at all when you come near here with it. Which I agree with, but then he said that even our daughter [5] should be able to take it away from her. Ideally, yes she should but there is no way I'm going to let her even attempt this right now, or maybe ever. I said "NO" absolutely not. So he went over to take the bone away, to prove a point I guess. He didn't warn Kali, he didn't give her a command he just lurked on over like he was king of everything. Well as you might expect, she growled. Not a lot, just a little. So he decided he was going to correct her, and ended up grabbing her skin under her throat. "FIGHT OR FLIGHT" initiated and he gets bit! I'm freaking out, cause we've discussed this, agreed on a game plan [positive reinforcement & trading up for valued items], and now he [hubby] totally ignore all of that. We argued for about an hour about how wrong I think he handled the situation, especially after I have been working so hard on correcting any aggression with high valued items. VERY FRUSTRATING! He eventually agreed that he took the wrong approach.
Now I was so worried I would be back to square one. So the next day I started back with the marrow bone and some juicy bits of wiener to trade. Worked great.... worked on it again on the next day and she actually dropped her bone at my feet and waited for praise and treat. Hopefully we are back on track, maybe even a little further ahead. |
Get a newspaper...and give hubby a whack with it.
I think he's got that macho male stuff going...it's going to take awhile for him to change his thinking. I think the hubby needs more training, then the dog.
Honestly, I would NOT be giving this puppy a raw bone right now...or only give it to her in the crate. She is not going to die without chewing on a raw bone. Trying to take something away from a dog, that is working on a highly prized item is not fair...it just makes them want to guard it all the more.
Why don't you work on things she does not care about as much...such as a toy?
I would NEVER expect a 5 year old to take a raw bone away from a dog.
Not fair to the child or the dog.
Gina