My Toy Yorkie Elvis has recently become very vocally demanding and wicked when he doesn't get his own way! He has attacked and bit my cat's face whom he used to get along with tolerably and bit my hand tonight when I was combing my hair because I was too busy combing my hair to pet him. He has recently come out of surgery in which he had 24 hour care so could it be that he has turned uber spoiled? He was already spoiled beforehand. And for your information he is in no pain because he is able to walk, run and play and these incidents only seem to occur when he doesn't get what he wants immediately:)
I hate to say it, but the main reason is because he's spoiled. That and a combination of just coming out of surgery. He may not seem like he's in pain, but it doesn't mean he's not. And if he's not in pain, it doesn't mean he's not uncomfortable. When he doesn't get what he wants, he might get so excited that he does hurt himself because of the surgery. Dogs are not like us, when we have something wrong with us, we know we're going to get better and we rest and do what we need to . Dogs ... animals ... think they have to live with that the rest of their lives so they learn to ... live ... with whatever is wrong with them. They work through the pain if they really want to. You have to discipline him or he's going to walk all over you and he won't give you the respect that he needs to give you, as his owner. Right now, he's the dominant one and he is your owner. Believe me, dogs are a lot smarter than a lot of people give them credit for and they know when they can get away with stuff and when they can't. Discipline is not a bad thing, you don't need to be mean when you do it, but you do need to be stern. The cat might have been doing something that you didn't see, that could have hurt your dog. I got bit in the face by two of the nicest dogs because they were sick and I just hit the wrong spot when petting them and it hurt them. You have to remember that a dog can't push people or animals away, their main defense is their mouth. When my dog got older, she would tolerate a lot, but if another dog got too rambunctious and she had enough, she'd whip around and snap at them or mouth them. She'd never bite, but more like warn. She'd bite if she had to, but that was always a last resort for her. That was our dog though. We taught her the command don't bite because when she'd play, she'd bite our arms and she'd get so excited that she would bite down hard, and when we gave that command, she 'd loosen her grip and she'd be fine until she was done playing.
well it is possible for sure. Start NILIF and do not give in to him when he comes and starts demanding instead ignore him and start playing with him on your schedule. He make have a tantrum if he does then you can put him in a settle position or a timeout in his kennel till he is quiet. Then let him out or up as soon as he settles down he should learn fast the you are in control of what he wants in life.
You are allowing him to act in such manner so he thinks its ok.
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Get him and yourself to a Dog Behavior training. Ask your vet for recommendations.
He may be acting up as result of just having surgery .. his venting. Yes, he does need to be repremanded by a stern No, but he will learn.
You have allowed him to become leader and he is dishing out dog discipline ... so start NILIF today and get back in control
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