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We engaged an animal behaviorist who helped us work withWillie and the other two dogs to get the family dominance hierarchyclarified for everyone. dog shelters Small dogs. At the time the behaviorist suggested that we werereally not giving Willie a chance to be a good dog, by undermining hisrightful place as the dominant dog among the three (we had mistakenly triedto treat the dogs all equally), and by not making it clear to him that wewere in charge. We undertook a bunch of changes--like us eating first,making all three dogs work for whatever positive things came their way, andsupporting Willie's rise to the top of the dog hierarchy. We also startedleaving him on a leash basically all the time so that if something happenshe can be restrained. dog shelters Agressive dog behavior. Things improved greatly and the dogs appeared to haveworked out a nice peaceful coexistence (and we, probably unfortunately,relaxed a lot of our rules). Then we moved from Texas to Missouri andthings are back to a bit crazy. One problem is that Willie has developedsome serious separation issues--barking at us and trying to escape out thedoor when we leave for work in the morning. dog shelters Dog training commands. He has not acted aggressivelyagainst the two little dogs, but he has shown some unusual growling andnastiness. Also he is much more "needy" and constantly begging foraffection and attention. He just doesn't seem like he can relax. Lastnight was the worst aggression we've ever seen from him. In the middle ofthe night, my partner had gotten up to take one of the little dogs outsideand Willie had moved up to her spot on the bed. When she returned to bed,she reached out to stroke his head and tell him to move and he started towildly bite her arm, in a frenzy. He gave her about 6 deep puncture woundsand some serious bruising.
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