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Westie Paw Prints
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Location: Manchester, UK
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Registration date: 2009-03-07
 | | Subject: The Postman Sun Mar 08, 2009 5:24 pm | |
| Does anyone have any advice about aggression when visitors arrive at the door, especially the postman. :san42:
I have tried everything to calm her down...but it is a race to the door when the post arrives. I had one of those letter cages, but Molly caught her claw in the rack, so we had to take it down.
I'm not sure if it's excitement or fear aggression, she is fine when the visitor says hello...they usually get kissed to death or peeed on. :san42: |
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Judes
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| | Subject: Re: The Postman Sun Mar 08, 2009 5:55 pm | |
| Marley goes crazy when he sees the postman coming that I'm terrified he goes out of the window one of these days, he sounds and looks like a mad dog BUT he loves our postman, he's been introduced to him from being 6 weeks old and he licks him to death when we take him to the door!! Its the same with the window cleaners.......but the window cleaners have said its only at the front of the house! When we are out he sits and watches them at the back of the houseand not a peep out of him! I think he is just protecting his territory if he knows them or not!! _________________  |
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Westie Paw Prints
Number of posts: 23
Location: Manchester, UK
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Points: 1175
Registration date: 2009-03-07
| | Subject: Re: The Postman Sun Mar 08, 2009 6:29 pm | |
| Yes we have that problem with the window cleaner...we also have non stop barking. I'm just nervous she may one day bite someone. |
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GR8GSD
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Location: happy land
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Registration date: 2008-12-28
| | Subject: Re: The Postman Sun Mar 08, 2009 7:02 pm | |
| it may be nervous excitment with her weeing also can be solved hun see this a lot with pet dogs
how is she wen ppl come the the door, how do you introduce her, how do you correct her?
just so i can get a idea and then some help lol :love: |
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slynico
Number of posts: 4202
Location: Derbyshire
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Points: 4272
Registration date: 2009-01-06
| | Subject: Re: The Postman Sun Mar 08, 2009 8:27 pm | |
| Never had a problem with the postman but we had a GSD once who hated the binman. In those days they had to come into the garden to fetch the bin & Max would literally lie in wait for him behind the gate. Funniest thing ever!! :2445: |
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fredsmum
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slynico
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| | Subject: Re: The Postman Sun Mar 08, 2009 8:29 pm | |
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liverbird
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Judes
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| | Subject: Re: The Postman Sun Mar 08, 2009 8:34 pm | |
| | slynico wrote: | | Never had a problem with the postman but we had a GSD once who hated the binman. In those days they had to come into the garden to fetch the bin & Max would literally lie in wait for him behind the gate. Funniest thing ever!! :2445: |
:san42: :san42: Marley hates the bin men too and the wheelie bin cleaner bloke is terrified of him!!_________________ |
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slynico
Number of posts: 4202
Location: Derbyshire
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| | Subject: Re: The Postman Sun Mar 08, 2009 8:39 pm | |
| Someone told me that it was because he thought they were stealing from us!! :san42: |
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Westie Paw Prints
Number of posts: 23
Location: Manchester, UK
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Registration date: 2009-03-07
| | Subject: Re: The Postman Sun Mar 08, 2009 8:42 pm | |
| | GR8GSD wrote: | it may be nervous excitment with her weeing also can be solved hun see this a lot with pet dogs
how is she wen ppl come the the door, how do you introduce her, how do you correct her?
just so i can get a idea and then some help lol :love: |
Well...first I don't get chance to introduce her...she just goes hypo! barking...she seems to want to greet the person before I do...or maybe she is just protecting me. I've tried to make her sit...& wait..she will but for one second only...lol.
It's worse with the postman...if she gets the mail...she is better than a shreader.... :san42: The window cleaner...she jumps up at the window barking. I just put her on a lead now...to control her. Last week we had a new postman...it was so funny...because the postman was scared to death...he thought it was a Rottweiler barking. He just ran out of the gate...Molly is a little dog...but with a really loud bark. In April I'm having work done in the house...god knows what will happen to the work men. :san42: I do introduce her to visitors...she is OK with family...its just strangers. Also, alot of visitors don't like dogs or they are afraid to meet her....because of the barking. |
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Westie Paw Prints
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Location: Manchester, UK
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| | Subject: Re: The Postman Sun Mar 08, 2009 8:44 pm | |
| | slynico wrote: | | Never had a problem with the postman but we had a GSD once who hated the binman. In those days they had to come into the garden to fetch the bin & Max would literally lie in wait for him behind the gate. Funniest thing ever!! :2445: |
Lol :san42: |
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Westie Paw Prints
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| | Subject: Re: The Postman Sun Mar 08, 2009 8:46 pm | |
| | liverbird@home wrote: |  so do we bev
tilly and bailey are more bark than bite with anyone at the door
any post comes through shady chews it to bits, she's great for shredding bills :san42: |
:san42: That's what I say...great for shredding bills. |
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liverbird
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| | Subject: Re: The Postman Sun Mar 08, 2009 8:48 pm | |
| :2445: i'm trying to teach her to shred just the brown envelopes :2431: _________________  "My sunshine doesn't come from the skies, it comes from the love in my dogs eyes."  R.I.P Scouse xx Saffron xx and Roxanne xx I will Never Walk Alone..Still Miss you all. I am a Volunteer for UK-German Shepherd Rescue.http://www.ukgermanshepherdrescue.co.uk/ |
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Westie Paw Prints
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Location: Manchester, UK
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| | Subject: Re: The Postman Sun Mar 08, 2009 8:50 pm | |
| | liverbird@home wrote: | | :2445: i'm trying to teach her to shred just the brown envelopes :2431: |
:san42: ...good idea! |
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