| littlemissmom_23 |
| Posted 5/6/2008 12:58:45 AM |
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I don't want an attack Dog but I would like my puppy to intimidate strangers that come to the door just by growling once she is an adult. How do I do this? I know someone that had a shepherd, nicest, friendliest Dog but when he would say "release" the Dog would snarl, bare its teeth and growl ferociously, standing in one spot, as soon as he would say "okay well done" the Dog would stop and wag its tail for a treat. I am not saying I want her to do that but I have yet to even hear her bark once, let alone growl. She is very easy to train, any ideas? Will she just begin to do this on her own? |
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| maoseger1010 |
| Posted 5/6/2008 7:15:15 AM |
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| Quote littlemissmom_23: I don't want an attack Dog but I would like my puppy to intimidate strangers that come to the door just by growling once she is an adult. How do I do this? I know someone that had a shepherd, nicest, friendliest... |
I would work with a trainer in this one. |
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| moggie |
| Posted 5/6/2008 9:17:35 AM |
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 you didnt say what breed your puppy was?? |
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| naturaldane |
| Posted 5/6/2008 9:47:34 AM |
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most dogs that behave like the one you have spoken about are pro trained and it cost hundreds if not thousands of dollars, and the Dog has the right personality for it. |
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| gbat1stop |
| Posted 5/6/2008 11:48:54 AM |
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| Quote littlemissmom_23: I don't want an attack Dog but I would like my puppy to intimidate strangers that come to the door just by growling once she is an adult. How do I do this? I know someone that had a shepherd, nicest, friendliest... |
Why would you want your Dog to intimidate people? |
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| moggie |
| Posted 5/6/2008 12:21:30 PM |
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 i would think this question would be a pretty cut and dried one, especially in todays society. it certainly is not a bad idea for a woman living alone to have something to intimidate!! maybe you didnt hear last nights news, the serial killer in boca ratone who murdered a 47 year old mother and her little girl, at the mall, in the middle of the day?? this is his 3rd victim!! he ties their hands and feet together and puts swim goggles on them and tapes up the lenses??? duh!!! i wouldnt stay where i live alone if i didnt have a Dog to wake me up inorder to pull the trigger!!! if i were you, i would wake up and realize you need some sort of protection!!!! there are some real sicko's living amongst us...didnt you know??? |
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| moggie |
| Posted 5/6/2008 12:25:32 PM |
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i would like some info from dane. i would like to know what the problems with vaccinating dogs are?/ where is the proof, and what are the numbers?? also, now that i have read this, what does this dogs "getting mean" have to do with when it was vaccinated, also would like to know what your opinion is on dogs being "outside dogs" and last...how did the cheese turn out??????????????????? |
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| moggie |
| Posted 5/6/2008 12:26:09 PM |
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one more thing....where did bb go?????? |
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| naturaldane |
| Posted 5/6/2008 12:33:18 PM |
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| Quote moggie: i would like some info from dane. i would like to know what the problems with vaccinating dogs are?/ where is the proof, and what are the numbers?? also, now that i have read this, what does this... |
Personally I do not any longer believe there is a such thing as an outside dog.
I think you wrote this under the wrong thread, but as I have said before, sometimes a reaction to the distemper vaccine can cause agression, the more the vaccine is given, the more likely it is. Currently they are trying to link the distemper with cocker rage or other breed rages as being sensitive to the vaccine. My mentor had this happend to her.
The cheese is a work in progress trying to get consitant taste and results. considering I only get about 4 ounces of cheese at a time its all got odds of being slightly diffrent depending on several things. All that I have made has been good, Im just now getting to the really good stuff using rennet. I have ordered my cultures to make hard cheeses like chedder and of course brie which is my fav, to bad it takes 3 months to make |
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| moggie |
| Posted 5/6/2008 1:05:35 PM |
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i must have thought i was 10 people when i bought this farm. i had visions of having every farm animal and also being self sufficient, had bad luck with the chickens. cannot slaughter the cows..have decided it isnt something we can do since we bottle fed and made them extra large pets, read about making cheese which seemed very very difficult to me. even planned on tapping some maples...not..the dogs and horses and plain old regular workload..leaves NO time for anything else, not to mention that my standard will kill and eat anything in sight...you mentioned the distemper vaccines adverse effects...what about the others?? no, i didnt post on the wrong thread, didnt know how else to ask you. |
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| naturaldane |
| Posted 5/6/2008 1:26:18 PM |
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Thats one of the larger issues with certain breeds is the aggression after affect of the distemper. Distemtper and lepto are the only two Im dead set against.
You can make a few simple cheeses just by warming milk, adding a tablespoon of lemon juice or vinigar, sometiems it takes a little more, strain and wrap in cloth for a few hours and let it set and finishe draining. Using the cultures to make cheese can get a little bit more tricky, but the simple cheese is pretty good. google cheesemaking and find the .com to that and check out the sites recipes. |
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| moggie |
| Posted 5/6/2008 2:11:24 PM |
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we do not, have not, and will not do lepto...we have had out own issues with it in the past. |
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| maoseger1010 |
| Posted 5/6/2008 8:29:50 PM |
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| Quote moggie: i would think this question would be a pretty cut and dried one, especially in todays society. it certainly is not a bad idea for a woman living alone to have something to intimidate!! maybe... |
The world has always been a dangerouse place. There have always been sicko's out killing others. Women no more at risk today than they were 50 years ago. There are lots of ways to protect yourself. If you want a Dog that makes people cross the street when you walk it, get a American Bulldoggy. Trained right they are wonderful loving dogs but will bark when someone comes to the door and looks scary enough to make the "baddest a$$" think as they cross the street to avoid you. Becareful when looking for a breeder. You want a breeder working for temperment as well as size. |
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| moggie |
| Posted 5/7/2008 8:53:06 AM |
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i agree and disagree...i think crime has certainly gone up!!! and not down over the last 50 years!! i am very thankful that i have a Dog (standard poodle) who IS intimidating enough by size and also deep loud bark...when something is around, i get the noise i need to wake me up, then, its up to me as to what happens next, but, at least i wont sleep through someone comming through a door or window!!! this is what i meant...standards make excellent companions, pets...and are intimidating enough to ward off strangers with less than good intentions in mind!!! |
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| maligirl1 |
| Posted 5/7/2008 11:02:59 AM |
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unfortunate but true that in todays society you need a guard dog.the rottweiler that i had was very intimidatin but the biggest sissy Dog i had ever seen.i never trained him to attack or anything but he just took naturally to protecting me and my family and home |
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| littlemissmom_23 |
| Posted 5/7/2008 2:54:46 PM |
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Thanx for all the input. I hope since we got her when she was only 8 weeks old she will take to protecting us. She follows my daughter and I around everywhere, and everywhere we go I try to take her with us (not to the store, but for walks and to family's houses) I heard her bark for the first time this morning when I let her out of her kennel...I jumped. Partly b/c I wasn't expecting it and it's a really big bark! I was happy to hear that. My Doxie has a good bark too but she barks non stop, day in, day out so for the most part she is ignored when she barks, and our Chi looks like a gopher on steroids and sounds similiar! I am hoping the puppy will bark now when someone comes up the steps to the door. |
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| maoseger1010 |
| Posted 5/7/2008 6:53:42 PM |
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| Quote moggie: i agree and disagree...i think crime has certainly gone up!!! and not down over the last 50 years!! i am very thankful that i have a Dog (standard poodle) who IS intimidating enough by size and... |
Actually in most parts of the country crime has gone down. Sure there are some hot button cities were the crime rate is still high or even slightly elevated but they do not reflect the country as a whole. IF you live in one of those cities its likely you feel like crime has gotten worse. Another factor that has been proven to make people feel like crime is worse than it is, can traced back to the fact we now have 24 hour news reporting. Ratings matter and the worse the news the better the ratings. Not to mention they have a lot of time to fill so we hear about crimes that happen on the other side of the country that we would have never heard about before. Hearing about it makes you feel effected by it even if your not.
If your really worried about your safety your better protected by an alarm system than your dog. I can name several pretty high profile cases were the owner had a Dog and were still killed. 90% of all violent crimes are committed by someone you know...so they are also committed by someone your Dog knows.
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