Malamute puppy killing and eating chooks
Mar 11, 2014 1:04:09 GMT -5
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Post by robynsa on Mar 11, 2014 1:04:09 GMT -5
Good on you for trying to make it work. Nothing wrong with kennelling a dog when you need to, I do it all the time with my Malinois when I don't trust that she will manage to contain herself for the time I am away from the house. She's happy in a kennel and I'm happy coming home to living geese and chooks
You've likely heard it before but, as with any trainer in any sphere for any thing, please make sure your "common sense button" and "bulls**t-o-meter" is switched on when you start working with the trainer and dog psychologist. I am a behaviourist and honestly I hate the word, I can't even begin to comprehend the idea of being called a psychologist. To me it indicates that the dog has some sort of mental affliction which is not the case. A good dog person works with the human, not the dog. There are very, very few dogs that have mental issues and if they do they are usually initiated by people. Or, they are genetic, and no psychologist is going to make them right.
Your dog is first and foremost genetically predisposed to killing. She's been there and done that and tasted it. She'll likely be A-OK for months at a time, possibly even years, and then she'll kill something. Or, she'll start disappearing from home and she'll kill somewhere else. Please don't let a psychologist tell you or make you believe otherwise. Please don't let them make you believe she needs to "go away for training". That does NOT work. Please don't let them make you believe she doesn't like her name or where she sleeps. That's hogwash. I apologise if I sound antsy about it but I've just had tooooo many run-ins with this kind of thing and I've seen many broken dogs and devastated owners as a result. I'm not assuming that you won't observe common sense, but a lot of dog people are excellent sales people and often appeal to people's guilt, and they can get people jumping through hoops of fire before you've even realised it.
Please don't ever let your guard down with her with the cats. Just on Sunday someone was telling me how a 7yo Husky they knew, grew up with the resident cat when it was a kitten, turned around last week and ripped the cat into pieces while the owner was outside.
Good luck with your girl and feel free to run anything that's concerning you by the folks on this board. There's a lot of knowledge on here.
You've likely heard it before but, as with any trainer in any sphere for any thing, please make sure your "common sense button" and "bulls**t-o-meter" is switched on when you start working with the trainer and dog psychologist. I am a behaviourist and honestly I hate the word, I can't even begin to comprehend the idea of being called a psychologist. To me it indicates that the dog has some sort of mental affliction which is not the case. A good dog person works with the human, not the dog. There are very, very few dogs that have mental issues and if they do they are usually initiated by people. Or, they are genetic, and no psychologist is going to make them right.
Your dog is first and foremost genetically predisposed to killing. She's been there and done that and tasted it. She'll likely be A-OK for months at a time, possibly even years, and then she'll kill something. Or, she'll start disappearing from home and she'll kill somewhere else. Please don't let a psychologist tell you or make you believe otherwise. Please don't let them make you believe she needs to "go away for training". That does NOT work. Please don't let them make you believe she doesn't like her name or where she sleeps. That's hogwash. I apologise if I sound antsy about it but I've just had tooooo many run-ins with this kind of thing and I've seen many broken dogs and devastated owners as a result. I'm not assuming that you won't observe common sense, but a lot of dog people are excellent sales people and often appeal to people's guilt, and they can get people jumping through hoops of fire before you've even realised it.
Please don't ever let your guard down with her with the cats. Just on Sunday someone was telling me how a 7yo Husky they knew, grew up with the resident cat when it was a kitten, turned around last week and ripped the cat into pieces while the owner was outside.
Good luck with your girl and feel free to run anything that's concerning you by the folks on this board. There's a lot of knowledge on here.