Lol at pet rescue/rspca programme!!!

[CAYLA]

Was an episode on aggression and an rspca behaviourist was going to use her well behaved sociable stooge dog to help a cairn x over come aggression

*Cue* behaviourist and her humungus German shepherd.

The cairn was muzzled and they let if of when the shepherd came into the fenced off area and it made a bee line for the well behaved stooge shephy, "Leave it" she commanded, "he will ignore the little dog and not retaliate in any way" (famous last words)

The shepherd immediately smothered the cairn and began to maul it

this lasted a good few minutes whilst behaviourist was trying vocally to get the stooge dog back

The presenter was shocked and asked why the "well behaved" stooge dog, did this

Behaviourst said, because he interpruted it as the little terrier was swearing at him, and he was physically retaliating with a "don't u swear at me" and putting him in his place

(where a body bag)?

The terrier was a little git

but somehow, I feel that may have made the aggression 10 x's as bad

Seriously though I laughed

, at the wifey not the little dog

it apparently suffered no injury.

 

[MurphysMinder]

I would have laughed too, and then been peeved that the Shepherd was shown in a bad light

Some of these behaviourists do make me laugh I have to admit, if the Shepherd had ignored the cairn what would it have proved, certainly wouldn't have stopped the cairn having a go at other dogs.

 

[Lucy_Nottingham]

I sometimes feel so sorry for these stooge dogs!

what a life! youv been trained to be well behaved (well most of them!

) and then you life revolves around being a target for naught little sh*ts of dogs!!!

wohoo!!

cant blame it for going "o bugger this!" and putting the cairn in its place. Although ye, prob didnt do much for the cairn! hehe

 

[FinnishLapphund]

I don't think all behaviourist are capable of knowing what dogs that is suitable to either be used as a stooge or which dogs with problems that are suitable to meet only one stooge. To use César Millán as an example, he has lots of dogs, "throws" in the newcomer and the newbie is immediately surrounded by so many new dogs, new impressions that they're unlikely to be able to focus on one dog and try and have a go at it. If they still do, both César Millán and the other dogs are there to step in.



Some dogs are great at making, learning other dogs how to behave but that doesn't mean they will, or should, tolerate everything. My first late Norwegian Buhund, Nessie, was a lady that knew her own value, she was also great at dog language. F.ex. she knew the art of staring out in the distance with an air "glowing" around her saying "You're so not worthy of my attention!" but she could also sit down and look away a little, usually together with a few yawns, to say "Look how harmless and calm I am".

But out on a walk at a dog club one day, when a young Tervuren (already bigger than Nessie) suddenly standing in the middle of a group of dogs, felt the need to boost its confidence and without thinking just tried to stand over the nearest dog, Nessie suddenly found herself lying under another dogs stomach! Have you ever heard a dog hiss? I did that day. Nessie hissed and spat and I'm sure she said something along "How dare you treat a lady like this, just wait until I get up and I will let you know you live, you young, badly brought up, ill-mannered stripling!" The Tervuren just froze and didn't dare to move a muscle until Nessie had crawled out, given it one last glare and snort, before walking away in her usual dainty, lady-like strutting way.

In a way "your" example Cala is a good example of that when a well behaved dog "fights", though it might sound like the worst mauling, the other dog will likely be without injuries.

In a way I think some problems with dogs today comes from that some people think that adult dogs should and must accept anything from a puppy or young dog. Yes healthy, sane adult dogs do have a lot of patience with young dogs but there is limits, that not even they're allowed to cross. But it becomes more and more usual, that if a sane adult dog tries to say that to a young dog, people steps in and "saves the young dog", the adult dog is no longer classed as sane with young dogs and the young dog doesn't learn that there is limits...

On other hand, a few other persons seems to be the complete opposite and believes in always letting their dogs settle things amongst themselves. By some strange reason, they're usually the ones that didn't own "sane" dogs to begin with and from then it just goes downhill.

 

[CAYLA]

Agree FLH she should not have expected the dog to be a battering ram for a short tempered knat

, Im not sure if the little dog was injured, thats what they said, Im not to quick to believe that, but indeed the shepherd acted naturally for what he had to deal with.

I always do the multi dog meetings too, using my own dogs and indeed the aggressor has too many targets and less likely to make a bee-line instead they try to make themselves small and slowly move away or approach in slow motion to make themselves less noticable by a larger pack or bear teeth and growl to warn dogs off..........and I myself would block any advance from a charging dog, not leave the non aggressive dog to deal with the battering