Papillion dogs
Is there anyway/any product you sell that can let me know if my pup has the "hardness" or "drive" to be a working dog? I have noticed that when he annoys my 6yr old female Rottweiler, she pins him and he submits fairly easily. papillion dogs Pet dogs. I think he may be on the submissive side, but I want to be sure. Another example is when I walked into my dark kitchen after work tonight, I didn't say anything, but I walked towards him. He was barking like he usually does when someone comes into the house. papillion dogs House-training-a-dog. The house was completely dark, and he ran away and stopped barking. It was then that I realized that he was scared, I turned on the light to make sure he knew he was in a safe environment. I found him in his crate (I leave the crate door open for him), and he had eliminated in the corner of the crate. papillion dogs American eskimo dog. It is for this reason that I am not sure if he has the ability to be a protection dog. If I had knew that he was going to react like this, I never would have tried to see how he would react. Can you let me know what you think about this?ANSWER:A couple of points here: Your dog sounds like he has prey drive. This is very important. If a dog does not have prey he can not be traind to be a realiable safe protection dog. At 11 months the dog is still a puppy. Its too soon to expect very much in the way of defense out of him - which is what you saw when you came into the house. This was an unfair test to do for an 11 month old dog (as you found out. )It is not unusual for a bitch to be the dominant partner in a male female pair. I do think it is a mistake to allow this to happen to the young dog - again another handler mistake.
Papillion dogs
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