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RE: [pyrnet] Worried mom
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Nina;
Congrats on your new rescue and hopefully I can shed some light on your
questions.
A. Try
and start over as though you had just brought him home. Even if he doesn't
have to go, take him outside using the exact same door each time, and use the
same call word such as "outside" "potty", whatever you have developed.
When you do go outside and he does pea, have a parade! Lots and lots of
praise and maybe a small treat outside at the time he pees, would help.
Make it fun and rewarding for your little guy. Repetition,
positive and reward are the key! If this doesn't work, you may want
to have him vet checked to make sure he does not have a bladder or urinary
infection.
B.
Aggressive play in your pup. Czar, my Pyr, plays this way with Raisa, my
Alaskan Malamute, all of the time. When he grabs at her, all he ends up getting
is her thick winter coat in his mouth. I know they are just playing,
because both of their tails are wagging, Czar does the "play, down" stance,
and they chase each other around like a couple of little kids. She treats
him the exact same way. If either one of them ever gets too rough with the
other, they let each other know it and it stops. As far as nipping at
adults, this ended with Czar at about 4-5 months of age, and my words to
him when he did it were "off", and he eventually quit. Now, if anyone even
try's to put their face near his, he turns his head away. Traditionally,
the personality of a Pyr is such that they would crawl away in shame if they
ever harmed a person or another animal. Feel confident he will outgrow
this, but keep reinforcing "no" when nipping at a human.
Good
luck, be patient, he is still a little baby....
Beth,
Czar (Pyr), and Raisa (Al Mal) in Rural Wisconsin
Hello
I really need some help on this I am a new Pry mommy, his name is
Dilbert. He is the sweetest little guy ever, we got his as a rescue pup. I
have two problems though and any suggestions would be greatly
appreciated!!
The first one is potty training, ( we have another dog, and we had no
problems with potty training her). The thing is he comes to tell us when he
needs to go out to do number 2, but when it comes to number 1, no matter how
much we watch him to see any mannerisms of him having to go out. He gives no
sign at all!!! Even when we put him out every 30 min sometime he'll whine and
scratch at the door to be let in, we do and, not all the time, but sometimes
when he comes in not even 5 minutes later he will pee.??? We are at a real
loss. We have tried everything. And we know that he can hold it in because
when he is in his den he never messes in it.
The second question I have is, and I am hoping that it is a puppy thing
is his aggression/nipping. He is only 16 weeks old and when he is playing with
our Lab he sometimes becomes what I perceive to be aggressive. He starts
biting and pulling at her. And every time Harley(our lab) comes in from
outside he run at her jumps and starts biting her. He also nips at us,
although not at bas as when we first got him. We do correct his
behaviour, and it is getting better toward us, but it does not seem to be the
case towards Harley, and we are worried that when he gets bigger he might
hurt her. I am just hoping that it is a puppy thing and that he
will grow out of it.
I would really appreciate any feed back of any kind .
Thank you
Nina Kelly
Alberta Canada
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