08-01-2009, 07:02 AM
Are these the dogs that got lost earlier this month? If so, you really might want to rethink them being walked without leashes. Two days ago we had an aggressive loose dog bust open our gate and get into it with our 3 dogs. Big mistake for that dog, one of mine is a rescue dog who has been attacked in the past and when this dog went after one of our puppies she tore into that dog, and then the other two joined in. Huge dog fight, blood flying everywhere, screaming dogs, yelling people. When we got our dogs washed off none of the blood was theirs, thank god, but it was still horrible, and now my dogs are on a hair trigger about other dogs. If that dog hadn't been running loose none of it would have happened.
You are dealing with issues of disobedience to humans, pack placement and aggression, which is fairly common once you have more than two dogs. You have three choices: a concentrated period of working on behavior with a dog training professional, keeping them separated and always on leash, runner, or inside with you since you don't have consistent voice control, or giving at least one of them away to a good home where they will be an only dog. If you don't choose one of these options, in all likely hood one of them will either be badly hurt or kill the other one, or even one of your neighbor's dogs, or one or both will end up lost again. Continuing to take them out together without a leash is asking for trouble with their past history. If they were my dogs I would keep them separated at all times and walk them on leash separately while working on training them to voice control. My dogs are kept in our yard (chained until we got all the holes in the fence plugged) and only leave it on leash. Hawaii just has too many temptations for off leash dogs unless they are unusually well trained: other dogs, wild pigs, chickens, vehicles, kids, livestock. If you love your dogs keep them safe by being in charge; you have a bigger brain and opposable thumbs, that makes you the boss and you need to call the shots. Good luck.
Carol
You are dealing with issues of disobedience to humans, pack placement and aggression, which is fairly common once you have more than two dogs. You have three choices: a concentrated period of working on behavior with a dog training professional, keeping them separated and always on leash, runner, or inside with you since you don't have consistent voice control, or giving at least one of them away to a good home where they will be an only dog. If you don't choose one of these options, in all likely hood one of them will either be badly hurt or kill the other one, or even one of your neighbor's dogs, or one or both will end up lost again. Continuing to take them out together without a leash is asking for trouble with their past history. If they were my dogs I would keep them separated at all times and walk them on leash separately while working on training them to voice control. My dogs are kept in our yard (chained until we got all the holes in the fence plugged) and only leave it on leash. Hawaii just has too many temptations for off leash dogs unless they are unusually well trained: other dogs, wild pigs, chickens, vehicles, kids, livestock. If you love your dogs keep them safe by being in charge; you have a bigger brain and opposable thumbs, that makes you the boss and you need to call the shots. Good luck.
Carol
Carol
Every time you feel yourself getting pulled into other people's nonsense, repeat these words: Not my circus, not my monkeys.
Polish Proverb
Every time you feel yourself getting pulled into other people's nonsense, repeat these words: Not my circus, not my monkeys.
Polish Proverb