I am worried.

[printzess]

My Rotty Shanee. she is the most loving girl. She likes to play with every one. She is not a biter. We never even had a problem with her chewing on furniture. She is around my step kids often. She is so good with them and the naighbor kids play with her. But the reason I am concerned is that she does not like our new owner of the Townhouses I live in. She hates him. I don't really blame her for not liking him. He is a creapy man. He wont look any one in the eyes and he just walkes into peoples homes with no notice or nock on the door. He is scary. I have been scolding Shanee for this behavoure. Am I doing the right thing. Shanee is 10 month young. And a big baby.

[LavenderRott]

You might want to call the police. I do believe that it is illegal for your landlord to enter your home without knocking.

[Carina43]

Well, holding onto her might be rewarding her for the behaviour - but I agree with LavederRott, you might want to check if it's legal where you live for a landlord to just walk into your home without permission!

What does she do, exactly, when he walks in? My dogs are friendly, but quite frankly I wouldn't expect them to just sit quietly when a relative stranger just came through the door unnanounced! Does she also act up when she sees him outside your home? A correction would be in order, if she just goes off when she sees him walking around the property - she should know that YOU have control of the situation, not her.

She's still a pup, you don't want her to get into the habit of going off whenever she decides she doesn't like someone. She doesn't need to like everyone she sees, but she should learn to keep her opinions to herself when out in public.

But I'd ask this landlord to knock before entering, and talk to your neighbors about it too. I used to be a landlord in Colorado, and without good reason, I could not just walk into the house unnanounced, by law.

[printzess]

I confronted the landlord about walking in unanounced. He nocks now and nows i need to put Shanee out and waits patiently.

She barks at him even if he is outside walking around. Then when he comes in Shanee growls and pulls (because i am holding onto her) to get at him.

She has hated people before when we went for walk. She would then just stop were she was and make a small warning growl but would not do anything else because i would tell het IT"S OK. Once I said it was ok she would get happy again. I think it was just she did not now the person and she did not now the area we were in. She don't growl any more on our walks. But she wont listen to me with this guy.

How do i corect her? I though about a muzzle for her barking. But not sure if i want to use one. See she wont listen to me when i say IT"S OK. So the muzzle would at least let her no I said IT'S OK and she needs to have it on till she can not bark. Any ideas. would help. I don't want Shanee biting the landlord. Even though the guy gives every one the creaps

[Rottnlove]

If my landlord ever did that I'd be so pissed!!! I've gone around in my undies in the day when I'm not going anywhere. So if he ever did that he'd have one pissed off woman!!!!

Just one question about Shanee. Is she enrolled into obedience classes?

[printzess]

She is not in clases yet. We are in finacial bind right now. But I have searched for a place and now how much it is going to cost me. Our new owner said get rid of the dog or get out. So we said we are leaving. We are looking to Rent to own house. Our credit is very bad so that is our only choice. We don't want to rent any more. And my hubby just got laid off. So we are trying to get the money saved but it is hard right now. I do work with her every day for about a hour. But this barking at the landlord and not listening to me about it is new. I just don't want her to bite him. That is why i need to find a way to corect her since she wont listen to the IT'S OK comand that i tought her from the day we got her. I might use a muzzle to help corect her and use the IT'S OK comand with it. I just need her to listen to me. She started this not listening to me when we left her at the vet to get spayed. So it has been a strugle to get her back on track. She is one of those dogs that you have to do training every day so she don't forget who is boss. She like to be very indapendent, to indapendent some times.

[Carina43]

Nothing wrong with an independent dog! You might want to do a search on watch me or attention commands, that is something you can practice with her. When she growls or starts acting up, I would correct (using stronger language than "it's OK" - growl AH AH or something) her and MAKE her sit/down or something where she's not focussing on the person she doesn't like. This can be a very bad habit for her to get into, and won't earn you or her many friends if it becomes a habit.

And remember that one or two effective, strong, sharp commands (use a pinch collar with small prongs if she's really hard headed) are much better - and more fair to her - than constant nagging.

You may call around training places and ask if they could use some help with something in return for attending classes. That certainly would not hurt to try! Good luck with finding a house, that's a wise move.

[printzess]

Thank you for the advice. I have thought about the prong collor. I will try the small one. Thank for the luck on getting a new home. We are excited to move. We have talked about it for so long and i guess now is the time the lord wants us to move. God has a plan for us. Take care. And yes Shanee is hard headed.

[Judi W]

My concern would be for anyone to simply walk into my home without being admitted, not about how the dog responds to such. He should be concerned about being shot even more than possibly being bitten.

I think you need to secure your home first and then worry about the dog. If your doors do not have deadbolts or latches then get some and keep them fastened. Then, anyone that you admit should be treated politely by your dog.

[Rott-Wiley]

As usual, Judi W has hit the nail on the head. Until you can find youself a nice rent to own place, get some cheap dead bolts that can be put on the doors (or better yet, have the landlord get them) and then only allow people to enter your home when they are invited.

I think the dog may also be picking up on your feelings here too. The guy does sound like a creep and probably should be shot.

[printzess]

Thank you.

[Luvs]

Is this the only person that she does this with? Maybe there is a valid reason that she doesn't like him. Dogs are a very good judge of character. Maybe he came into your home while you were gone and scared or mistreated her. He should not be going into your home without your permission. The fact that this man doesn't look people in the eye kind of bothers me. I feel that if someone can't look me in the eye then they must have something to hide.

Definately follow the great advice you have received on how to deal with Shanee when she behaves this way. When Akasha barks or growls at someone I immediately get her focused on me and doing something else. Usually we do some sits and downs. If I am in the car with her (which is usually when it happens) I make her lay down so she can't see what she was barking at and make her pay attention to me. Yesterday at class Akasha started growling at someone (she has never done that at class before). I am not sure if it was his large rottie who kept watching her that she was growling at or the man himself, but as soon as she started I immediately turned her toward me and made her sit and down keeping her attention on me. She didn't pay any attention to them after that. I think she may have felt threatened by that large male rottie that was watching her very intently and was sitting pretty close to us. Whatever her reason was it is unacceptable for her to behave like that at class.


I think that moving is probably a very good idea.
I am sure that you will be much happier when you are living in your very own house! We just bought our very first house this past year and I LOVE it! I love not having a landlord anymore. It's not a large house but it is out in the country, on an acre and I can have my horses and my dogs.;

Good Luck in your search for a new house!:)

[printzess]

The new owner is the only one she has acted like this with. She has growled at new people before but was corected quickly and she just waged her nub happily after that. This guy even gives me a wierd feeling about him. He makes my skin crawl.

[rottsnroses]

If you are uneasy with this person (and I can certainly understand why you would be!!!!), she may be picking up on these vibes from you. Our dogs are very tuned into our emotions and body language, and they can smell fear. However, I have to wonder, as Luvs said, that maybe this person has come into your home when you were not there, and that may be part of the reason for her intense dislike of this particular person.

All I can say is that your landlord is pretty stupid. I don't know about where you live, but we have "Make My Day" laws here, where anyone coming into your home unannounced and uninvited can be assumed to have violent intent and be met with deadly force. My husband is a certified range officer, certified personal firearms instructor and an avid hunter, so our home is like an arsenal. I pity the individual that decides to come into our home uninvited.

Although I haven't had this experience with Max, for the most part, the only people that Reno took an immediate dislike to were those that Bill and I didn't like or were uneasy with. In retrospect, I wouldn't go so far as to say he was a good judge of character as much as he picked up on our bad vibes. In a controlled environment, such as an invited guest in our home, any form of aggression would not be tolerated. However, if someone were to come into my home uninvited, on some level I'm inclined to say whatever aggression our dog sees fit to display is ok by me and that I would not discipline him for it, but how does he make that determination? Is he smart enough to know the difference? I'm not completely sure that he would be, so I would still expect him to listen to me no matter what.

Good luck to you in finding a new place to live. Renting can be the pits, especially if you have a sucky landlord.

[Brooke&Ryan]

Originally posted by rottsnroses
If you are uneasy with this person (and I can certainly understand why you would be!!!!), she may be picking up on these vibes from you.

I agree! A couple of times while Ryan & I have been out taking Julius on walks there have been a few people approach that made me a bit uneasy. Those were the times that Julius showed a bit of unease also & shyed away.....

:)
Brooke