was i correct ? my dog just attacked his 'elder'...

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i've got a 9month old rottie and a 9 year old lab. initially it was clear the lab was in charge but now am not sure as rottie is getting sure of himself.
just now rottie was playing with a treat ball and i was giving older dog treats from hand, i dropped one and it rolled near the rott. older dog sniffed for it and the rott growled at him and a viscious mix of sounds ensued with both dogs going at each other. i shouted loudy which caused the lab to drop to the floor and 'look guilty' and the rott to run away. i ignored that and grabbed the rott speaking to him a deep growly voice and put him outside for about 5 mins. when i let him back in both dogs were fine. didn't want to leave them to fight it out so thought seperation was best ?
 
The situation was one to be expected, it's perfectly normal for dogs to react this way, and yes IMO you did right, you gave a warning and made them dispurse, thats what I would have done.
 
Tazhazzamoose said:
thats what i thought, however i can put my hand in his bowl whilst he is eating, take it away, take his toys, bones etc and he doesn't make a murmur :confused:
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Well that whats you want, he knows the difference between you and another dog. Just never leave treats down when they are unsupervised and by all means dish them out when you are there and can supervise and reprimand if need be, which sounds like you did just fine.

Ps, it had nothing to do with respecting or attacking an elder it was SIMPLE food guarding.
 
Taz,

Reading a few of your posts it sounds like your boy has hit his "kevin" stage also known as ASBO teenagerhood :D

IME you now have about 6 months of *ahem* challenging behaviour to deal with - he's feeling like da man, big and bold and knows better than anybody about everything!

As you know Rotties are goons but they are also bright, strongminded and very capable of pushing boundaries and he will do all of those. All you can do (IME) is constantly reinforce his training and really don't give him an inch or he will take a country mile. Fear not he will come through this and eventually become the near perfect dog.

Years ago I used to foster rotts for a rescue, many that came into rescue were young males between 8 - 16 months because their owners found them too much to handle. 99% responded extremely well to a doggy boot camp (mainly Nothing in life is free type training) and something to occupy their brains and were rehomed in 6 - 8 weeks with basic manners. When I got my pup I was smug and said that MY dog wouldn't be like that as he's had training since birth and the rescues were only difficult as they had never had manners put on them :o Well, you know what they say about pride before a fall? Mine was a nightmare from 8 - 14 months, recall went out the window, tried to be a hard man with other dogs, generally just a bratty dog. All I could do was remind him of his manners ie off lead walking was restricted, lots of training exercises - I seemed to spend those 6 months retraining all the stuff he already knew and constantly nagging. Many a time he was threatened with Battersea :D but he did eventually grow up. A friend of mine (v.v experienced) also had this with her young male and he know has his KC Gold - he was known as GPBP - Good Puppy, Bad Puppy - for quite a while :D
 
yeah definately the right thing you did :)

my older BC used to pin my young spaniel down to teach her a lesson (she was trying for top dog as he was 13 bless him)

We let him growl and have a go at her (he would never ever bite her) and when point made drag the spaniel away....

good luck..... your rots his the ASBO age :D
 
noodle_ said:
yeah definately the right thing you did :)

my older BC used to pin my young spaniel down to teach her a lesson (she was trying for top dog as he was 13 bless him)

We let him growl and have a go at her (he would never ever bite her) and when point made drag the spaniel away....

good luck..... your rots his the ASBO age :D
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joy !
 
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