Dominant dog that submissivly pees!?
I am here to get help with a whole range of issues I am having with my 4 year old Rotti x GSD.
Blitz is very dominant dog!! It’s something that affects EVERY decision I make! Not that I mind about that, I love my dog, he is the love of life. He really does mean everything to me. And I know that I mean everything to him.
The only way I can think of explaing my day to day issues, is to outline the biggest parts of the problems and tell you how I deal with them, and rule I have put in place to ensure everyone safety really. But I need to know what you need to know? If that makes sense...?
Walking -
No going through the door first
This is something Blitz has always done, its proving a challenge but we will get there
Never leave him outside of the shops!
When Blitz was about a year old, he got loose from his halti while left outside the shop by my mum. He attacked a man in the street and made front page news in my local newspaper. But the police were very understanding. They said that considering the size of Blitz, if he really wanted to harm this man, he would have, the man’s injuries were minor, jeans were ripped right open but there was only a small scratch on his leg. But he still tried to sue my mum for dangerous dog handling.
Dog aggression
When I see another dog, I will turn and walk in the opposite direction and hope he doesn’t see it. If he does see it, I just say deeply ‘no’ then firmly walk him in the other direction which usually works. However, if he sees the dog first, I have to just stop and cling on for dear life, I have even had to sit down on the ground to keep him with me and controlled. But as soon as I loose my feeling of control, the walk ends.
Never let off the lead or alow to meet new people, unless muzzled!!
Play –
No tug of war
My mum never listens to me when I say this. So as soon as it starts I leave with him, I think this is more a case of training my mum than him.
Growling
Sometimes if the growl is obviously playful and the person playing with him is ok with it and knows Blitz, I let him carry on. The second it gets too deal or aggressive, I stand up and point to the door, saying firmly ‘out! now!’
Guarding
He guards EVERYTHING! Toys, pieces of food, my food if I leave it anywhere(although he will not eat it), he guards shoes, bags, pieces of paper, everything and anything. I gave up on just removing the toys ect as he just moves on to something else. Instead, I have now learnt to tell the signs, ears back head lowered and eyes wide open. The most effective way of dealing with it has been ‘go, get out take it with you’. Especially if there are other people in the flat, because I don’t want anyone to get hurt. If he can’t take it with him I just stay persistent and eventually always manage to remove him from the room, without touching him!
Food-
I feed him, NO one else.
I am the only one who truly understands his boundary’s when it comes to food. Not that I test them. But when I went to my sisters a while back I left strict instructions with my uncle. Feed and leave. Simple. Don’t attempt to enter the room until he has finished.
But now that I have started to feeling in control of my dog, he has started submissively urinating, everywhere, all the time, on everyone’s feet. Especially when he first sees them, if he hasn’t seen them since the day before or whenever. I personally make sure not to talk to him or acknowledge him when I enter the flat, and usually I’m the only one that doesn’t get peed on. But when we go over someone else’s home for example, my mums, he goes round the house first, checks the perimeter, then as soon as my mum goes to touch him or ever says anything to him, he pees. And then he licks it up!! I try to stop him and clean it up but it’s getting too much. Why is he doing this? He just isn’t that sort of dog!? I have never hurt him, or punished him physically and he’s been with me since 8 weeks old so what is going on?
Please can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong!??
Any help is grately appreciated! If you need to know anything else I am happy to tell you anything, also please do look at my [a social network] photos, they do show him in a few diffent ways
you will see what I meen once you have seen them!
Just search for Bliitz Walton, you will find him
Thank you in advance