Miss Lola
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Help-any advice welcomed and sorry for the long post.
Lola our 6 month old female bully started a few months back to randomly attack our 12 yr old daughter. It wasn't very aggressive at first, mostly she would start jumping at her while she was sitting at one of the bar stools and then nip a bit. But it would generally cause scratches as she is usually in shorts or thin leggings. It also wasn't very often. Seeing how Lola acted we realized there was a problem with the pack order in the house. She was doing to Kaylynn exactly what she does with Floyd our 4 1/2 month old bully, treating her as a mate not a leader. We talked to the kids about how to show dominance with the dogs because she started to do the same thing to our 10 yr old son.
Our son listened to us and got the problem under control rather quickly now Lola doesn't try anything with him our daughter however goes into panic mode as soon as the situation arises and it has now escalated. It is happening several times a day and she turns into a crazy dog. Part of the problem is Floyd now attacks Lola when this happens which triggers a fight between the two of them and Lola's breathing becomes rapid as does her heart rate. She now bites her in an aggressive manor and has done some damage.
I'm very frustrated with the situation as I don't want my daughter hurt, that's unacceptable but so is Lola being in trouble all of the time for a situation that I think could have been prevented had it not been allowed to get to this point. We had the pups in a puppy obedience class and we had our daughter accompany me instead of hubby thinking this might help but this didn't help the situation. We have tried her taking on more of the leader roll, feeding meals, walking, ect. Didn't help. We tried a water bottle. Didn't help. I've also had to keep her harnessed and leashed to me in the house and that didn't help. The thing is if my husband and I aren't home and my daughter is home alone or babysitting Lola never behaves this way, she is always really good for her. So clearly when the adults are home she knows we are in charge and Kaylynn isn't.
My next step is to bring a behavioural specialist into our home to witness the situation and help correct it.
I love all of my babies, human and fur and I just want everyone to get along and feel safe.
Lola our 6 month old female bully started a few months back to randomly attack our 12 yr old daughter. It wasn't very aggressive at first, mostly she would start jumping at her while she was sitting at one of the bar stools and then nip a bit. But it would generally cause scratches as she is usually in shorts or thin leggings. It also wasn't very often. Seeing how Lola acted we realized there was a problem with the pack order in the house. She was doing to Kaylynn exactly what she does with Floyd our 4 1/2 month old bully, treating her as a mate not a leader. We talked to the kids about how to show dominance with the dogs because she started to do the same thing to our 10 yr old son.
Our son listened to us and got the problem under control rather quickly now Lola doesn't try anything with him our daughter however goes into panic mode as soon as the situation arises and it has now escalated. It is happening several times a day and she turns into a crazy dog. Part of the problem is Floyd now attacks Lola when this happens which triggers a fight between the two of them and Lola's breathing becomes rapid as does her heart rate. She now bites her in an aggressive manor and has done some damage.
I'm very frustrated with the situation as I don't want my daughter hurt, that's unacceptable but so is Lola being in trouble all of the time for a situation that I think could have been prevented had it not been allowed to get to this point. We had the pups in a puppy obedience class and we had our daughter accompany me instead of hubby thinking this might help but this didn't help the situation. We have tried her taking on more of the leader roll, feeding meals, walking, ect. Didn't help. We tried a water bottle. Didn't help. I've also had to keep her harnessed and leashed to me in the house and that didn't help. The thing is if my husband and I aren't home and my daughter is home alone or babysitting Lola never behaves this way, she is always really good for her. So clearly when the adults are home she knows we are in charge and Kaylynn isn't.
My next step is to bring a behavioural specialist into our home to witness the situation and help correct it.
I love all of my babies, human and fur and I just want everyone to get along and feel safe.