We've had Maggie about 2+ months now, we fostered her for a few weeks and then adopted her. She's 9 months old. Came from a home with another bullie and one or two young kids. We have two kids, 7 y/o boy and a 5 y/o girl. Maggie has become very aggressive with my kids toys. Every time something hits the ground, she's on it. She doesn't take toys from them, just takes them when no one else is playing with them or they fall on the floor. We are working with a spray bottle (of water) and spraying her in the face when she's got a toy, telling her to drop it, and replacing with one of her toys. We've been doing it for 8+ weeks. It's not working. I used to be able to pry the toy out of her mouth but she's gotten wise to my tactics and now has a tighter grip. Any suggestions? I'm thinking part of it is that she's a puppy but we fostered a 6 y/o bullie before her and he was the same way, after about a week of being with us.
We are also starting to have a problem with humping. She mostly humps my son but has started with my daughter. I know it's a dominance issue but how do we get past it? She was spayed just after coming to live with us.
We had a bullie before we started fostering so we have experience with the breed. We had our Louie for 10 years and he was our baby before kids so we weren't used to a puppy and kids at the same time.
Any ideas on how to deal with the toy eating and humping issues?
Thanks,
Heather
We are also starting to have a problem with humping. She mostly humps my son but has started with my daughter. I know it's a dominance issue but how do we get past it? She was spayed just after coming to live with us.
We had a bullie before we started fostering so we have experience with the breed. We had our Louie for 10 years and he was our baby before kids so we weren't used to a puppy and kids at the same time.
Any ideas on how to deal with the toy eating and humping issues?
Thanks,
Heather