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Chewing Paws
HOWEDY Rodger,
Rodger Reid wrote: Can anyone give me some advice. 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Dogs chew their paws for two reasons: 1. They're SICK OR 2. They're UNHAPPY. and sometimes seems like she is in a frenzy when she does it. Yeah, that's NORMAL for OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDERS. THAT'S HOWE COME they're CALLED "OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDERS". Recent research at Purdue has PROVEN that ALL OCD'S are CAUSED BY MISHANDLING. It is hard to distract her. Only on accHOWENT of you don't know HOWE. I am at this time trying to change her diet She COULD have a food alergy, HOWEver, she PROBABLY DON'T. (to lamb and rice) per Petco and see if this works. You'd be better off researchin and trying an ELIMINATION diet to see if / what she's alergic to. As, it could be an allergy. COULD BE, but then it PROBABLY AIN'T. What do you think. It could be an OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER. If so, you can CURE IT NEARLY INSTANTLY, and FOR FREE, to boot, by simply DOIN EVERYTHING EXXXACTLY PRECISELY OPPOSITE of HOWE you been taught by your ETHICKAL BREEDER, PROFESIONAL TRAINER and VETERINARY MALPRACTICIONER {) : ~ ) Merekat HOWEver, you AIN'T gonna be gettin no doGdameneD advice from the Gang Of Miserable Stinkin Lyin Animal Murderin MENTAL CASES you're askin for advice {) : ~ ( From: Paul B ) Subject: dog chewing he paw raw. Date: 2004-01-01 22:19:01 PST Both my dogs at some stage have licked a spot somewhere on their bodies and I have always managed to train them to stop. In all cases there was nothing wrong that licking would have helped (Roz has had cut pads, stitches in her belly and skin irritations, all tempting her to lick), none of their licking has been due to any allergies. When I see the dog licking more than normal I look at the spot to see whats there and decide if a vet appointment is needed or to wait and see, keeping a close eye. To stop the licking I distract the dog and give it some friendly banter, when it starts licking again I repeat, usually after about 4 times the dog stops, for the moment at least, if it starts again then repeat, before long the dog has no more desire to lick that spot at all. Paul From: Hennie van Dalen Hennie van Dalen www.chello.nl/~h.vandalen11 The same thing worked with my lab licking/chewing problem too. He had an itch due to blocked anal glands and started chewing and licking his tail at the root. After the glands were squeezed, and the itch was gone he still wouldn't stop. (because the place he chewed raw was itching) After some training (roughly the same methode as yours) he stopped. -- Hennie van Dalen www.chello.nl/~h.vandalen11 http://www.chello.nl/~h.vandalen11/f...oggy-pictures/ ) --------- -- Hennie van Dalen www.chello.nl/~h.vandalen11 http://www.chello.nl/~h.vandalen11/f...oggy-pictures/ My dog (a 1 year old Yellow Lab) was biting his tail at the root (Vet said his anal gland was blocked, and was causing an itch). After squeezing it, he still wouldn't stop biting his tail. The vet advised a neck-funnel (don't know wat you US-guy's call those) so he couldn't reach his butt. I hate those things, i think they will drive a dog nuts. I tried the wits end method. (difficult to read such a long textfile if English is not your native language) Luckily this is without all the "HOWE's" etc.so at least it's readable for somebody like me. The minute he started to bite i trew my key's next to him on the floor, and praised him (he stopped biting and looked up when he heard the sound) I did this 7 times, after that the tailbiting completely stopped. Just give the wits end method a try. One of the possible downloadlocations is http://www.doggydoright.com/id3.html Hennie van Dalen www.chello.nl/~h.vandalen11 From: Paul B ) Subject: Can packleader influence rank? Date: 2002-02-25 00:51:48 PST I use sound to distract the dog and praise it immediately. The reason for the immediate praise is that as soon as the dog is distracted it's no longer thinking of the inappropriate behaviour so the praise reinforces the "not doing" the unwanted behaviour. I use various sound sources, a soda can with stones in it, car keys, Click my fingers, etc. Varying the direction of the sound each time is important too, otherwise the dog may begin to anticipate the sound and it will lose it's effect, if the noise direction is random the dog won't get too familiar with it and it will remain an effective distraction. Remember too that we aren't trying to scare the bejesus outta the dog, simply breaking it's train of thought while it's thinking of the unwanted behaviour. Sometimes you won't even see a reaction but the dog will have been distracted fleetingly. (Recently one of my dogs started habitually licking my feet while I was watching TV, I clicked my fingers on her left side and told her "good girl" even though she only paused her licking briefly, next I clicked over her right side and praised, by about the 4th repeat she suddenly stopped, I repeated this over a few nights and now she doesn't lick any more, on the few occasions she absent mindedly licks now all I do is click and praise and she immediately stops). Timing is important too, learn to anticipate when the dog isthinking about doing the "dirty deed" and distract and praise then, with any luck the dog will try again almost immediately so distract and praise again, if the timing is correct after about the 4th rep the dog will stop. I could go on but this post is long enough already, remember too that the dog isn't being a "bad dog", it's behaviour is simply inappropriate for the circumstances. Happy training, :-) Paul ========================== |
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