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Dixie Mae

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Barked: Mon Mar 2, '09 6:58am PST 
does/did your beloved bloodhound had/have an attitude? Dixie Mae has a major one! no idea what went wrong there since this is week 3 we had her. she growls at our big dog over food at me too! i pick her up and give her kisses and she growls she even snapped at me and got my nose!? cry im concerned.she is such a lovley dog but she has some issues i guess!? what do you think? i dont want her to be a problem around my family specialy not arround my daughter!

thank you for reading!
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Copper

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Barked: Mon Mar 2, '09 3:56pm PST 
Sorry I can't help with that but I wish you luck. I saw some discussion about that in here not long ago so hopefully someone will help you soon. Copper has never been the least bit aggressive about anything. It's good I guess that it's showing up now while she's so young because it will be easier to deal with and work through. It's important to deal with it now because as big as she will get you don't want to be dealing with it when she's 80+ pounds. It's pretty rare for Bloodhounds to be aggressive.

Have you taken her to any kind of obedience classes? Being around other dogs in class might help a lot. Also, if they are eating out of the same bowl you might want to separate them. Even the best dogs will sometimes be aggressive about their food. She still needs to learn better though.

I hope you can work it out because she's such a sweetie!
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Dixie Mae

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Barked: Tue Mar 3, '09 7:02am PST 
thank you so much! they are getting fed separate! my big girl gets hers in the kitchen and Dixie gets it in her kennel.i hope she will change i really do! we are thinking about classes i will have to look into that!
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Lady Bird

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Barked: Tue Mar 3, '09 12:48pm PST 
Miss Birdie Has a Big Attitude Problem.....I Got Her At 2 Months And From The Get Go She Had To be fed Away from My Other Male Dogs.....And Still Has To be Now That She Is Almost 2 Years Old.....She Did Try To growl And Snap At me If I Put My hand Near Her Bowl Or Even Tried To take A treat Or Toy From Her......But I Kept On Taking Away From her And Now It's No problem......She trusts Me That I Am Going To Give back What I Took....I Can Even Put My hand In her Food Bowl While She is Eating......But When It Comes To The Other Two male Dogs She Will Not Let Them Have Any Toys They Are All Hers !!! She Is very jealous Of Me And The Other two Dogs.....If They Come Near Me While I Am Petting Her She growls & Snaps At Them.....I Am Working On That problem Now.....I Did Take her To Obediance School And That seemed To help.....All I can Say Is You need To Let Her Know NOW That You Are The Boss And Your Not Going To Take her Crap.....Even If You Have To Put On Gloves And Put Your Hand In Her Bowl Start Doing That.....I Bet She Grows out Of It And it Won't Be A Problem.....She Is Trying To be The Dominant One Of Your Family.....Miss Birdie Is The Pack Leader At Our House....The Two Boys Dogs Just gave In To her.....And They Are Much Older Than her.....Good Luck And be Stern With Her Cause They Are Hardheaded
Birdie's Mama....Ann
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Copper

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Barked: Tue Mar 3, '09 1:14pm PST 
I saw Cesar Milan do that trick with a beagle. This beagle was snapping and attacking everybody and anybody that got near his food. Cesar would start walking toward him while he was eating and when he growled and snapped he just kept crowding him. Cesar wouldn't let him near his bowl until he stopped growling. It took a little while but the beagle got the idea.
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Lady Bird

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Barked: Wed Mar 4, '09 2:45pm PST 
Birdie Would Lay On The Floor With Her Bone And I Would Approach Her And She Would Get All Snotty And Start To Curl Her Lip At Me.....So I Would Keep Going And She Would Watch Me As I Got Closer She Would Actually Growl At Me.....I Put My Foot On Her Bone And Stood My Ground She Got The Message And When She Turned Her Head I Would Pick The Bone Up.....Then I Would Give It Back To Her And Continue Doing This.....She Has Since Gotten Comfortable Enough That I Can Take Things Away From Her And She Doesn't Put Up A Fight.....But Don't Let The Other 2 Dogs Try To Get Her Toys.....Then The fight Is On....I Think As A Puppy She Was Fed From One Big Container And Out Of A Litter Of 12 Pups I Think She Had To Fight For Her Food And This Caused Some Of Her Aggressive Behavior....Cause When I Got Her She Ate like Someone Was Going To Take It Away from Her.....
Birdie's Mama....Ann
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Hank

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Barked: Wed Mar 4, '09 6:36pm PST 
Absolutely, you have to let her know you are the boss. She is testing you, and you have to win. I agree, puppy classes are great for socialization and even will give you tips on how to behave with her. Its so easy to give into these guys because they just steal your heart, but you will be doing everybody a disservice if you don't teach her now. Like said before, she will grow FAST, and it quickly becomes worse. (Just due to size and puppyhood.) Hank was a great puppy, but it was still amazingly trying!

Birdie Girl, you remind me of Sam. He never growls or nips at us (never has), but let one of the other boys near him while he is getting his love time, and there is a 50/50 chance he's going to let them know this is HIS time and we are HIS parents. We don't let him get away with it, but he still tries. Poor Sam, he's not the best tempered dog.
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Copper

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Barked: Thu Mar 5, '09 2:26am PST 
I think its instinct for pups to spar over food but when they get bigger they need to learn, especially that it can't be done at their people.

Copper is the best natured dog I've ever had. I can take anything away from him at any time and he just gives it up. He won't even challenge the girls for bones or food. He just gives it up.

One thing I've always done with my dogs is to start playing "tug" with them when they are little. We tugged everything from sock toys to bones. We made it a game. The thing they learned from this was that it's OK to give stuff up. There is always a lot of play growling and tail wagging. In the end they always get the toy. I think it has conditioned them to "share" if that makes any sense. Even now they play three way tug with scraps of cloth, rope, and toys and they don't fight. While I do feed them separately, I don't have to. I have three dishes and if I put food in all three they might switch bowls but have never fought over food. If one dog wants a certain bowl she might growl and the others move off.

I don't know if "tug" helped them or not but I know that I am able to remove anything from any mouth without getting growled at or bitten.
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Lady Bird

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Barked: Thu Mar 5, '09 10:24am PST 
Hello My To All My Boyfriends.....You Know Who You Are.....Hee Hee....Seems My Mama Has Been Spreading Rumors That I Have An Attitude Problem.....I Don't Know Where She Comes Up With These Silly Notions......I Have Never Been Mean I Only Let Everyone That Lives At My House Know That " EVERYTHING IS MINE " End Of Story !!!! Take Care And I Love All Of You...
Written By Miss Birdie.....
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Dixie Mae

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Barked: Sat Mar 7, '09 7:44am PST 
thank you so much for all your input on this! i hope she will get better! i had my hand in her food bowl the other day and it didn't bother her. now we still have top work with the potty training she still has a few mishaps.
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