http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a49CJ4h02aQ
Posted on 12/04/2013 7:00:11 PM PST by Usagi_yo
He's a male Blue point Doberman, rescued from the animal shelter at a very young adult age. He's actually grown a bit over the 2 years we've had him.
Well he's starting to have some biting problems now after 2 years. He's bitten my sister (the owner) 3 times breaking skin each time, bruising bone and requiring antibiotics. These have happened to her at night when he's sleeping with her and her husband. Seemed it was some type of sleep problem from being woke up from dead of sleep.
Now he's bitten me. I've had direct contact with the dog almost everyday and pet him, give him biscuits, he loves to get facial rubs from me.
After coming in, he had one of those giant burrs from a sweetgum tree in his front paw. I've picked them out of his paws many times, and I know how to pick up a dogs paw. Well this time he latched on to my arm, pretty vicious, drew blood in multiple locations. Deep enough I'll have to go to the Doctor and get x-ray and antibiotics.
If you own a doberman you know they don't growl or warn before biting.
Suggestions? We have 5 dogs between the two of us. We live on about 10 acres in separate dwellings with both houses fenced in for a common dog area. Non of the other dogs are problems, German Shepard, Red Heeler, Basset hound and a hybrid 1/4 wolf 1/4 Malamute the rest Husky. None of them have been a problem or challenge the doberman.
What to do? Is this fixable? My sister doesn't want to put him down. Her husband is pissed. I say have his canines pulled.
I just can't tolerate a dog like this. Not knowing it's going to go off on any slight, perceived or otherwise.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a49CJ4h02aQ
THIS!!! ^^^ THIS!!! ^^^ THIS!!! ^^^ THIS!!! ^^^
A thousand, times, THIS!!! ^^^
I agree with you about the muzzle. The craft market I participate in allows people (not the vendors) to bring dogs. It has become a popular place for people to socialize their dogs. I’ve told several people with dogs that were a bit overwhelmed by the experience that tying a yellow ribbon around the dogs leash lets people know the dog is unsure about being approached.
I think good dog owners know their dogs and can tell when something is off. Vets should respect this. Good for you for being insistent.
I sure wouldn’t want those people running a home for troubled kids.
:-\
I think there is a Rowan Atkinson sketch out there with that theme.
Our dogs will sleep on the bed, but not when were in. Not because we are strict (we gave that up after the 2nd dog) but because they can not stretch out as much as they like. In my opinion better the bed than under my computer desk. For some unknown reason lying under the computer desk really lets those puppy farts build up. Gas rises. I think you get the picture. At times I have been blinded and gasping.
What diet are your dobies on?
They’re not high strung but they are high drive.
Huge difference.
They need a job.
They need to work.
They need structure.
My first was a stray who ended a 4 year reign of terror at the hands of a pedo uncle.
I never forgot that dog’s loyalty and devotion and I’ve been “repaying” them ever since.
All but 3 of mine have been rescues.
I did my own self-financed Dobe rescue for about a dozen years and I *never* had one that was too far gone to fix.
The longest was 30 days for Merlin and that, only because she’d been horribly abused and had been living wild for several months before the shelter managed to catch her.
She was as close to truly feral as it gets.
After a month, she couldn’t even imagine sleeping on a bare floor ever again.
She wound up being one of the top 3 most obedient, easily trained dogs I’ve ever had.
I kept her instead of adopting her out because she only trusted me.
What a great dog she was.
I wish our “king” was as decent as Thailand’s.
After losing my beloved Minny to Lyme disease, I went beyond insistent.
I told *everybody* she had some kind of inner ear/neurological infection thing going on and no one listened.
But Lyme was not “popular” here yet so she was never tested for it and she died when she could’ve been saved with very cheap antibiotics.
A year after she passed, her nephew Jack showed the _exact same symptoms_ and our new vet SNAP tested him for Lyme.
~That~ dog lived another 9 years after having the symptoms that killed Minny, dying at almost 14.
So yeah, I’ve gotten really “insistent” with my dogs.
They’re on Halo and Nature’s Logic.
They were eating Taste Of The Wild but I’ve been noticing sub-optimal skin/coat with that brand and switched.
They also get real meat and coconut oil.
How did you that?
How did you that?
Its called “being the alpha” and they understand that.
Indeed.
[I just see as it being the Queen Bitch]
;D
That's what his mommy would do!
I recently had an older dog start misbehaving, jealousy or spite. Not biting. I was pretty patient for awhile, but one day he obviously did the activity out of spite. I immediately put the fear of God in him.
I find it funny on here that people say dogs are below children in the pecking order, but don’t be immediately harsh with them to reinforce who is the boss and what is acceptable behavior. Confusing message I see on here.
Anyway, the old dog immediately stopped the offending behavior and we are all peaceful again.
Yep, mine too and he had shepherds. Unfortunately this dog has multiple bad bites under its belt now and its definitely a danger to anyone around it. As much as I hate to say it, the dog has to go.
Personally, I don't like dobermans since they have a tendency to be high strung and I was bitten by one owned by an ex-roommate.......
I had a wonderful Golden Retriever rescue that was big and bouncy -- a "wild child". As part of the agreement with the rescue organization I had to take him to dog training. The dog trainer insisted that I use a shocker collar turned up to "5" with him to curtail his rambunctious behavior.
One of the concerns was that if he chased and CAUGHT a deer in my yard that he might get seriously hurt with flying hooves. I only shocked him once, and I hated the reaction. My trainer shocked him once for over leaping a jump in agility and skidding into the crowd of people watching with their dogs. I stopped using the collar entirely, but I discovered that when I was wearing a flash drive for my computer on a lanyard around my neck, he associated it with the shock collar controller (even though he was not supposed to know where that shock came from). If I wanted to curb his enthusiasm and to "sit", or "stay", all I had to do was to show him this little flash drive and he followed my command immediately.
OMG, I miss that dog. He died last February, and I'll never have such a wonderful dog again. And I don't think I'd ever use a shock collar on a Golden Retriever either.
LOL, I’ve always said the biggest danger labs pose to burglars would be the trip hazard of floping over for scritchies.
Fer Pete’s sake, dog out of bed! Kicked out as response to biting if they’re too stupid to do it before bedtime.
And fear/pain biting - not nipping a warning, but biting down to bone - don’t trust that dawg til the thyroid/tick panel as recommended already.
But don’t cause deliberate pain or fear as a reflexive response to the dog. Deliberately slow, painless correction, fine. Let him focus on what drew the negative response, not trying to avoid revenge.
I knew someone else who let the dog bite them if they shifted & disturbed its sleep in bed. Blew my mind, they treated it like that’s just the way it is. Heck naw, get your humble butt into to the crate!
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