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Originally Posted by krhall
Need a bit of advice (for my mum).
To cut a very long story short:
She bought a ****-zu (sp?) about 18 months to 2 years ago, as a pup. She has never really trained him and after having him 6 month bought another puppy, to keep him company...yeah that's what I thought.
Anyway, she has now had both of them done (bits chopped off etc.), but the male one is a bit growly and has had a few nips at people and even bitten her and has no recall what so ever.
I think this is just because she hasn't trained him properly and treats them both like babies, I have seen him growling but never more than that.
After he bit her this week she is wanting to get him rescued, but apparently the rescue place she spoke to said 'no' and also apparently said that 'it sounds genetic and he will always be like that!'...
That seems a bit harsh to me, but not being an expert I can't argue.
I have offered (subject to conditions) that we could take him off her hands for a short while and try to train him properly for her as we would be very clear in showing him his place in the pack! But obviously she (and me) are a bit anxious as we have two kids 7 & 11.
So what do you experts think? I mean seriously he is a small dog, who just needs to be taught his place - Right?
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As someone who can give his dog a verbal command to drop a piece of meat that he has already started eating, and the dog will drop it on the floor, sit down and wait for the command to pick it up and start eating it again....
No, personally I wouldn't bring that dog into a household with a 7 year old.
You are absolutely right about treating the dog like a baby.
You think you can train the dog, when it comes to dominance issues and pack hierarchy it's not something that can be 'trained' out of a dog. It won't make any difference when you give it back to your Mum. Dogs live in the moment and react to the situation they find themselves in, therefore it's your Mum that needs the training.