[NAGDU] Cricket can growl?

Sun Dec 27 13:44:55 UTC 2015

The other issue to consider is whether or not the dogs were being aggressive 
or was it a play growl.  If they're being aggressive, then it's not just up 
to you to fix the problem and maybe you shouldn't bring Cricket there unless 
the dogs aren't lose or until the problem is fixed.

I don't like correcting either, but a high tension situation isn't the time 
to start trying new techniques or philosophies of training.
Lisa Belville
missktlab1217 at frontier.com
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>I do correct; I tr not to, but I would in a situation like that. But what
> has already been said, if the dogs greeted her first. Eacj pm ;eash, so 
> they
> could ssniff one another, Cricket may have been able to get used to the
> others. This was one thing I knew to be true of Fisher. If he is 
> confronted
> by a new dog, he has issues, growling, barking, and lunging. If the dogs
> present together on leash, with all involved being very calm, then he
> usually is finished unless the dog gets in his face in a way that he seems
> to regard as threatening.
> I believe you didn't do anything wrong; I'm glad you didn't put the dog in
> the car. That's a really bad idea. But I think you handled it in the best
> way you could at the time. Don't fret over it and think on how you will 
> want
> to handle that in another such situation should it arise again.
> Cindy Lou Ray
> cindyray at gmail.com
>
>
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> Cc: Abby Bolling <violingirl30794 at gmail.com>
> Subject: [NAGDU] Cricket can growl?
>
> Hi all!
> I hope you all had a wonderful holiday!
> I went to my uncles house for our annual  family get together. My aunt and
> uncle have two black labs and they said that of course, cricket was 
> welcome,
> that Stella and Lulu would love to play with another dog. Well, that 
> didn't
> go as planned.
> I was working Cricket into the house because we don't go there very often,
> so the layout is very unfamiliar to me.
> So Cricket and I are walking up the steps and she is doing really really
> good. She steps up and is on the landing and all of a sudden I hear puppy
> paws on the wood floor. Crickets harness handle is 20inches long because 
> she
> is super short, but this means, when we go up steps, I am usually two 
> steps
> behind her. So I wasn't on the landing yet. But all of a sudden, I feel
> Crickets head jerk around a little bit, then she turns to the right to 
> body
> block me. at this point, I can feel Stella and Lulu like dancing around
> Cricket and getting in her  face and jumping at her.
> I could tell they were playing, but i have no idea what was going through
> Crickets head. I was very surprised when I heard my little 48 pound tiny
> black lab let out one of the most terrifying growls I have ever heard. I'm
> serious, I was taken-aback for a split second.
> I corrected her so hard that she actually did a 180 degree turn, but 
> Stella
> got back in her face and she growled again. At this point I was able to 
> get
> on the landing and correct her hard again, but even through the fact that
> the collar was tight around her throat, she was still trying to growl. At
> this point, my cousin was able to grab Stella and then Lulu and put them 
> in
> a separate room, but Cricket was still wound up and was jumping in the 
> air.
> I literally had to almost tackle her to get her to lay down and calm down.
> My family doesn't understand dog corrections, and they cringe and squawked
> because they thought I was hurting Cricket. I told them that I wasn't
> "hurting her," sure it wasn't comfortable, but I wasn't debilitating her.
>
>
> Now the question! In your guys' opinion, did I handle the situation
> correctly? Should I not take cricket over there? And what would yall have
> done in that situation?
> My Boyfriend asked why I didn't take Cricket out to the car, as it is 
> really
> warm here, so temperature wise she would have been safe, but I didn't do
> that because she has really bad separation anxiety and will cry and whine
> and howl if she is left alone very much.
> And since I have only had her home for 4 months, I don't want to make her
> mad too early in the game.
>
> So anyway, thoughts? Opinions? Suggestions? All are appreciated!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Abby and the currently snuggly peaceful sleepy cricket.
>
> --
> Abigail M. Bolling
> Wright State University-2018: Rehabilitation Services
> Phone: (513) 512-3456
> Email: bolling.8 at wright.edu
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