Question:
okay you guys know I LOVE Sasha to death and she is my baby but Im running into some problems that need to be taken care of NOW!!!
my landlords havea nephew named Yanick,,hes about 10 yrs old,,Sasha HATES this kid,,,I mean HATES him!! Now this kid has teased her but nothing major, she was sleeping one day on the living room floor and she started barking..when i looked I seen Yanick growling at her through the window ...
so now when he walks by the windows she growls at him, I ALWAYS watch her around kids and everyone for that matter, we dont even leave her tied out alone anymore, we ALWAYS ALWAYS go out with her so we can watch her!! well yesterday morning I took her out for her pee, it was about 8:30, Gerald(Yanicks father) was outside cleaning his 4-wheeler up, he LOVES Sasha and as soon as he seen her he called her over to him and they started playing(she was still tied),,then Michel(landlord, Geralds brother) comes out and starts playing with her also, everything was great,,,THEN all of a sudden the fur stands up on Sashas back and she starts growling like crazy looking up at the door way,,I look up and theres Yanick standing in the door way,,,,,,,I immediately grab her and hold her by her collar so she cant move,,,,i pull her way over to the other side of the yard far away from them all,,,then gerald says why does she do that with him, and i said the only thing I can think of is he teased her one day through the window, then he gave Yanick a blast of crap, couldnt understandit ,,it was in french, then Gerald asks me to see Sasha, I said why and he said he wants to take her over to see Yanick, I said,,umm,,No I dont think thats a good idea, she WILL bite him, he said I will hold her, no worries and took her,,,I figured,,well okay hes got the dog and its his kid, it will be his fault,,,anyways he took Sasha over, (I was right there) and he slowly took her close to Yanick, well Yanick put his hand out for her to sniff and Sasha crouched right down like she was scared of him,,,I foound that quite odd,,,,,,,all the hair still standing on her back,,,,then he pulled his hand back and as he did that, she lept showing teeth, growling, viciously,,,lunging toward him, I immeditaely grabbed her chain and Gerald grabbed her collar and pulled her back( she did now bite him, she wasnt close enough)
Then Michel took Sasha to the other side of the yard again like I did and started playing with her and calming her down,,I was still right there, she was fine but about every 10 seconds or so she would turn around look at Yanick and the fur instantly stood up,,,,,even Michel commented how she couldnt relax with that kid around,,,,
also theres 2 cats who hang out in our yard and Sasha gets super upset when they are around,,to the point of jumping on the patio door, growling barking like a lunatic(but shes fine with my 2 cats)
WHAT DO I DO???? Is this my time to step in and have her put to sleep,,i cant even imagin doing that but I cant have her biting someone either,,,,,,, everyopne sayd the owners miss the signs,,,,,have I already missed them? is it to late?? can i fix this?? I actually wasnt going to post this, I was going to pretend this didnt happen but I was reading neuros post and it got to me,,i dont want to be the owner of a dog who did one of these attacks,,,,,
Craig and I have already come to the conclusion that sasha was inbred, we know she came form poor breeding,,etc,,,,,,,Ive learnt my lesson about buying from them kind of situations,,,
Im very thankful for Sasha, shes been there for my kids, shes super overly protective of them to the point she nipped my babysitter once for taking the kids out of my yard,,,,shes so smart and so good,,,,,and shes my baby,,,......but she is changing and I dont like what Im seeing,,
WHAT DO I DO?????? HELP


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Did I read the post right? She only dislikes this kid and this kid has a history of tormenting her whether growling at her or giving her menacing looks? If this is the only child she doesn't like, can't you simply keep them away from each other?
Regardless, I think it is a good idea with bring a dog behaviorist into the picture as soon as you can. One that comes right to your house would be perfect. I don't see grounds to euthanize her yet.


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a dog behaviorist??? our SPCA people dont even know what they are doing, I wish we had something like that around here!!!
Sasha got lose on us one day last yr and we had the cops called on us,,,,the cops showed up, we still couldnt catch her, they called the SPCA to come get her, but I caught her before they arrived, I had the cops come to my house after i caught her and took all of my info, I had to prove she was all uptodate on shots, etc becuase there was a fmily up the rd saying Sasha bit their little girl, I denied it and didnt believe it, and told them i wanted to see the child, they said No,,,yadda yadda,,,
that was the end of that, then Nicole my landlord was talking to the father of the little girl and foind out the truth,,,Sasha only growled at her!! Now I still think she might have been playing, but I cant be 100% certain!! but since the cops and SPCA have already been called about her and aggression issues,,i could get into ALOT of troouble if anything else ever happened!!!


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Personally id just keep Sasha away from the boy. He probably did more than you know. Grizzly is the same way with boys that we use to live near. He now because of them does not like most kids, so I keep him away from other kid but my own. As for the cats, Grizzly also dislikes yard cats, will bark at them so I keep them away from him.
If she's fine with you and your family and you want to take the percautions to keep her away from those who bother her is what id do.


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ohhh,,,and I also forgot, Sasha usually LOVES all other animals, (youve all seen pics of her with mine) but today our nighbors little white dog wandered up onto our patio while visiting and Sasha went completly bonkers, hair up, growling, barking, teeth showing, literally dancing at the patio door trying to get through it at the little dog,,,
that is all of the instances thats shes shown aggression,,,but shes not even 2 yet!!


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Thanks Christy,,,,,,thats what i said to,,but can I guarantee that i can keep her away?? Im petrified,,,,,Sasha is a strong dog, shes broke cable wire chains, etc,,,I dont know how many collars,,, *knock on wood* she doesnt even try anymore and we are always out there to watch her, but now I take her out to use the bathroom and its right back in the house, I dont even let her play out there becuase Im SO paranoid she will somehow getloose on me!!!
I know I can keep her seperated from this kid, ,,,,i dont think he could have done anything else to her becuase Im ALWAYS with her, shes not outside alone and hes never been in my house,,,,,,,
oh I forgot this,,but this might be normal,,she HATES trick or treaters,,,,,,, she growls and barks at them but I, not worried about that


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YES If you commit yourself to it you can keep her seperated from others. Do what your doing, dont let her out unsupervised, Check the tie outs you use each time you let her out. ANd I think MOST dogs hate trick or treaters, alot of people at once, scary new sights.
Wasnt for a while you were allowing her to be just on tie outs ? Its possible he could have done anything from tossing a rock at her yelling at her and you not heard. Belive me ive been there with idiot kids.
BUT its something YOU have to decided are you willing to take the percautions JUST IN CASE? I know I do, all though I feel with some kids grizzly would be fine with I dont take that chance, hubby let him in one day when sil and her bf was over, grizzly had never met the BF I wanted to kill hubby I was waiting for the run and CHOMP but grizzly sniffed him and walked away that was the night hubby got told off and to NEVER EVER IN A MILLION YEARS do that and has never done it since.
When Kids come over grizzly goes to the laundry room till they leave, Guests other than realitves same thing. Animals come into my home they get carried in MY ARMS (including cats) as long as there in MY ARMS and he sniffs them in my arms he could care less, put a stray cat in the yard he's barking at it.


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Im in no way ready to put her down,,,,but I didnt know the true signs of an aggressive dog!!
yes I used ot let out by herself but I was on the other side of the door watching,,,,there was the odd time she was left out alone,,,*but i dont think he was there, hes only there with his parents and I know when they are there because of the car* and when ever they have company upstairs shes NEVER outside on her tie out,,,,we put her on her leash and take her way into the back yard that way shes away from everyone!!
I wish we had our house by now,,,,then we could make her a huge dog run or a nice huge fenced in back yard then i wouldnt worry half as much!!!
I completly brushed this off and said to Craig, dogs sense things we dont, you never know this kid could grow to be a serial killer or a child molestor...who knows,,,
OHHH,,I just thought of something else this kid has done.......one day without asking me he took my sons toys and werte using them ,,i had no clue until i seen Dakins bike going down the driveway with Yanick on it,,,,Michel gave him a blast and hes never touched the toys sense,,,maybe she thinks he stole them????
I love kids but I wish this one would disapper...also Yanick has a brother and sister who Sasha is absolutely fine with


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If she's fine with all other kids and its just THIS kid I wouldnt worry about it so much. Just keep that brat away from her. Grizzly is usually fine with most adults, all though I do keep him away from new ones comming into the house, back at our last place this strange guy comes up and grizzly is ready to go throughthe window at him, turns out the guy was a druggy and went to the wrong trailer so I think they truly can sense things about people.


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sounds to me like this kid did something to her, but I'm no dog expert at all. Maybe Sue or GC could shed some light on this. My suggestion would be to find sasha a trainer that could deal with bahaviour as well. Maybe it could help control her just in case?