anniesews

Poor baby.

SuzyQ

As you can tell from my avatar I don't have a little dog, but what I do when Thor is rude or obnoxious is "be a tree". I turn my back on him, cross my arms across my chest, and look up at the ceiling and say nothing. If he shifts to my front then I shift so he gets my back again still saying nothing. He doesn't like being ignored!!! He quickly gets the point and lays down by my feet. Yeah, he pouts but still, enough is enough. When he settles down then I love all over him. If she jumps towards your face to get attention, turn away and don't give it to her. When she settles down, then reward her with a cookie or the attention she craves. I wouldn't interefer with her being the alpha bitch to the other dogs, but I certainly would not let her be rude to me. I also use a loud "unhunh" coz he ignores "no" ... it's used too much in conversation so it has no meaning to him. I don't agree with the dominance theory for all dogs, that is one you will have to decide based on her personality. No way in the world would the dominance games work with my dog ... but boy, a ginormous hissy fit gets the message across when warranted LOL. Thankfully I've only had to throw a couple.

BTW .... you babies are super cute!

Suzy

desertrose

I know just what your going through. My friend has two Chiuahuaua's and the younger one is exactly like Daisy. There's just no breaking this syndrome it's in their genertic make up. Their antics are funny but I feel for the other dog whose always pushed aside and settles for less. If you try to give the other dog special attention the alpha dog always crashes the party and takes center stage. Poor Harley :-( :-( :-(

Learner747

When we got our little poodle, he barked at everything all the time. As a child a trainer told me to loosely fold a newspaper and pop it in my hand while saying, "No bark." It actually works not only with our dog but with my daughter's dogs also.

ladybug45

Mine hates for me to talk on the phone. She either tries to bite my feet (I wear flip flops) or she jumps on the couch and starts chewing on the blankets we keep there to cover her with. Some of her blankets look like swiss cheese.

She always wants to be center of attention. Heaven forbid if we ever tried to bring in another dog. She also deals the cats a lot of misery. We use a water squirt bottle when she won't leave the cats alone. But we love her to death.

jaciqltznok

jaciqltznok

DOXIE lovers UNITE..hehehe

DaylilyDawn

Sugarfoot here is Grandpas girl but Coal is trying to be the top dog. My hubby sits in a chair and both dogs will try to get in his lap. Coal wants to sit up on my hubby's big belly and be higher up than Sugarfoot. Coal is a mini long hair-short smooth hair (has both types of hair on body) Sugarfoot is supposed to be a mini too, but she is a little larger and heavier than Coal. he weighs about 7 lbs and Sugarfoot weighs about 10-12 lbs. Any time we go for a drive if the dogs go Sugarfoot has to be in Grandpas lap with her head out the window. out

jaciqltznok

they are both so pretty....

DaylilyDawn

You should see them when they see a lizard. They both start whining and scratching at the door to go out and get it. They have caught a few of them from time to time. Some of the lizards will deliberately tease them and then shoot out of sight as soon as the door moves the slightest.