Hi all. I decided I needed to come to the infinite pool of wisdom here at Chazhound to get some advice for my pups.
I have five dogs, three girls, two boys. The two boys are the sons of our baby, Sadie. (Sadies four now, but you know how it is.)
These boys are wonderful, brilliants dogs and I love them to death. But I am very concerned about their aggression towards people coming into my yard.
Let me say first though, I have very mixed emotions about my situation which is why it's so hard to figure out.
These boys are very protective of my family and our yard. They have bit a few people who were hanging over, and in once case, near our fence while talking to me or my husband.
In the situation with the person near the fence... the man creeped me out and made me very uncomfortable, so, don't take me wrong, but I'm not unhappy about it. I asked him what he was doing and he wouldn't answer me until he approached me at the fence and I had my two small children with me.
But, they have also bit some friends. All of them were leaning on our fence and talking to us but they weren't anyone that should send a dog's radar off.
They seem to be worse when someone is holding an object.
So, I know that there are kids around here that tease my dogs, though I'm home all the time so it is kept to a minimum. But there have been sticks thrown and barking at the dogs (which drives them crazy) and hitting the fence while taunting.
So I know that my dogs have a reason to be leary of people in this situation. But I don't know what to do. If I put up signs, stupid people will ignore them. If I don't, friends pop by and don't know. And they can't come knock on the door unless they come in the fence....
Calling first doesn't always work. So what do I do??? We're hoping to move to a better location but I still want to know how to train them to not bite people so quickly. Because frankly, I don't want to castrate them. (figuratively speaking of course)
But people need to be safe too. So what do I do?
Any ideas? Suggestions? Thoughts?
Thanks all.
I have five dogs, three girls, two boys. The two boys are the sons of our baby, Sadie. (Sadies four now, but you know how it is.)
These boys are wonderful, brilliants dogs and I love them to death. But I am very concerned about their aggression towards people coming into my yard.
Let me say first though, I have very mixed emotions about my situation which is why it's so hard to figure out.
These boys are very protective of my family and our yard. They have bit a few people who were hanging over, and in once case, near our fence while talking to me or my husband.
In the situation with the person near the fence... the man creeped me out and made me very uncomfortable, so, don't take me wrong, but I'm not unhappy about it. I asked him what he was doing and he wouldn't answer me until he approached me at the fence and I had my two small children with me.
But, they have also bit some friends. All of them were leaning on our fence and talking to us but they weren't anyone that should send a dog's radar off.
They seem to be worse when someone is holding an object.
So, I know that there are kids around here that tease my dogs, though I'm home all the time so it is kept to a minimum. But there have been sticks thrown and barking at the dogs (which drives them crazy) and hitting the fence while taunting.
So I know that my dogs have a reason to be leary of people in this situation. But I don't know what to do. If I put up signs, stupid people will ignore them. If I don't, friends pop by and don't know. And they can't come knock on the door unless they come in the fence....
Calling first doesn't always work. So what do I do??? We're hoping to move to a better location but I still want to know how to train them to not bite people so quickly. Because frankly, I don't want to castrate them. (figuratively speaking of course)
But people need to be safe too. So what do I do?
Any ideas? Suggestions? Thoughts?
Thanks all.