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Reina

Her royal- heiness		 
 
Barked: Tue Sep 8, '09 4:00pm PST 
Reina has always guarded her food and bones when other dogs were arround. But she loved all other dogs when there was no food involved. SHe loved going places and meeting new dogs and people. Recently, within the last 4-5 months or so, she has started getting aggressive when meeting new dogs if they met noes to noes. But she was still fine with people. I talked to her trainer about this and we just assumed it was a teritorial thing she was doing. She told me to keep her on her leash when we were at my work and if that didn't help to get her a remote collar. She gave me some guidelines with it. So the last two times we were at work, Reina was attached to me and she snapped at two men who were standing above her and petting me (did not make contact, just a warning). She also barked at another man who came in to drop off newspapers. Then when we went on vacation with some family (5 other people one is a baby, but at home, she loves all of them) and their 4 other dogs. We were in a small cabin so things got a little crowded. Things went great until the last night when she was in my lap and the baby pulled himself up by my knee. Reina growled at him!!! I quickly flipped her on her back and told her "NO!" then I made her get down. When she got down, she tried to lay at my feet, but I made her go into the back of the room away from me and everyone else. Then when I went into another room, one of the other dogs (whom reina adores!) followed me and reina got in between us and showed her teeth to the other dog. Again, I pushed her down and gave a stern "NO!" Then for a little while later I ignored her and wouldn't let her be really close to me. I've recently started a new job where she can't come with me and must be in her crate in the morning. My husband said he has never done any of these behaviors with him. It is all me. Our trainer said to continue being stern with her and possibly even more stern and that the correction HAS to come from me, not a collar (which we never purchased) or my husband. If you have delt with this or know of any tips/tricks that may help, please let me know.
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