Correcting bad behavior
The scenario; the little frog takes toys/bones away from other dogs, runs and hides it in his bed. Then when anyone, dog or person gets close he snarls with full tooth exposure, takes an aggressive stance, and lashes out. Same sort of behavior if a game starts and the dogs are running. I put up with his crap for a couple days just closing the bedroom door so none of my guy's had to suffer. That worked until I had to do some work in the room which meant walking by him frequently. After two passes, and a snap at Margie, I'd had enough. I walked into the bathroom grabed a bath towel, threw it over him to keep him from biting me and took the toys out of his bed. I removed the towel, showed him the toys as he continued to snarl and told him, "no toys!". I had to do the same proceedure a couple more times before he got the point. Now, the toys stay out of his bed and left unguarded for others to pick up. No more growling. I'm not a trainer, I get by with lots of advice from everyone here. So my question to everyone is, did I take the right action or did I tramatize the little frog? In my defense, he's a much more pleasant and happy little guy the last few days. |
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Who cares if you traumatized him!  If he's acting more decent.......I'd say you did the right thing!  |
| If he's acting happier then I'd say he wasnt too traumatised. I think it was a great idea, I wouldnt have thought of the towel. Perhaps 'cause I've always owned big dogs and it would have to be a big towel.  It sounds to me like you setting some rules and being in charge is meaning he doesnt have to stress out about keeping control himself. He can just relax and be a dog. |
It took me reading the post a few times to remember you are dog/house sitting. I couldn't figure out the why/how of a tree frog being in the house much less taking the dogs toys.  You did the right thing considering that the "tree frog" was snapping at you. And if it makes for a more pleasurable dog...I'm all for it. |
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