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justan0therjess

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03/28/2008 6:28 PM
Joleigh growled and snapped at me a little while ago, she was just laying in my lap as i was playing on the computer and i was petting her and i started petting her legs and she growled at me... i left her alone for a bit but when i went to get up and had to move her, she growled again... she wasn't being mean, but i thought that she might have been hurt... so i let her walk around and she didnt limp, just wanted to get back in my lap... i started looking at her leg and when i touched a certain spot she turned around and snapped at me.. shes not limping on it or anything, is it jsut a sore muscle or something???

Amy

Bratty Ratty

03/29/2008 12:02 PM
Hmmmm....weird. Maybe she just doesn't like having her legs touched?

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justan0therjess

Newbie

03/29/2008 2:30 PM
she's never done anything like that before, and today she seems fine with me touching her today, so im assuming she was just sore

rattytatty

Training Moderator

03/29/2008 2:46 PM
Terriers are notorious for growling when they don't wish to be bothered. It's something I've had to work on with Bailey even as good natured as he is. For a period of time... if he would be laying on the bed... or in his bed in the office... and I touched him or attempted to pick him up... or in any way disturbed him... he would growl. He simply at that time did not want me to bother him. That is NOT acceptable behavior in my world. We worked through it and he no longer does it. If I know that he is not hurt or sick... and I'm relatively certain he's reacting this way because he wants to be left alone (which is perfectly natural behavior for a dog by the way...) then the behavior needs to be corrected.

~Nora~ Mom to Hoss, Lil'Bit, Buster & Bailey, CGC, OA, OAJ

Erinj09

Ratastic

05/09/2008 12:57 AM
how did you work with bailey to correct that behavior? funny thing i am thinking of the name bailey, im just trying to decide if i wanna spell it bailey or bailee haha im so indecisive (sp? its late lol) ~Erin

Proud owner of a rat terrier resides here. Kahlua is my new puppy,Olive is my kitty-kat, Oh and 3 fish (Bonnie, Indiana Jones, and Rafiki) lol I love my animals hehe "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take...but by the moments that take our breath away"

swatson6

Attention Starved

05/09/2008 10:35 AM
Off my lap she would go if nothing was obviously hurting her. Jack used to do this with the boys when he was sleeping on the couch. I emphasize used to. Off the couch he went, and everything else he deemed was "his". He worked for everything he got, whether it was a simple sit before he got his food or other commands done for other privlidges. He was only allowed on the couch (or lap) when invited, and only after he proved for some time that the possesiveness was gone. He has yet to have acted that way again in months.

Sarah Mom to Jack, Jeter and foster mom to Teagan

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