We just got a husky from an elderly couple where we live. Our other two dogs love her to pieces, and she loves them. She has really opened up to them and loves every person she comes into contact with. But… She has one problem. Now I normally can grab my other two dogs by their scruff and pull them along when they are being stubborn. And most of the time I’m not angry when I am doing this. With our new dog, if either me or my husband grab her like that, even if its only for a second, she screams bloody murder and sometimes nips at us. Now the only reason I grab her is to make her come inside, I am trying to teach her to come when called because she is two years old and has absolutely no training, or to get her out of the other dogs cages. Each of them have their own cage and its like a bedroom to our other two. But the new one goes in all of them. I just want to be able to train her without her being afraid of us grabbing ger, so how can I help her to understand I’m not trying to hurt her?
How Can I Make Our New Dog Not Be Afraid?
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Some dogs are more sensitive, and some dogs are more vocal. I could positively drag my English Mastiff by his scruff and he wouldn’t make a peep, but my beagle is much more “opinionated” about being handled by his scruff.
. Additionaly, from a dogs perspective (especially one who isn’t familiar with being handled by its scruff) this could be perceived as an attack.
I would recommend two things… Positive reinforcement and training.
You can positively reinforce being handled by her scruff. Start out slow, and make sure you are calm but confident while doing so. When your dog is relaxed, go up and gently stroke her neck while offering her treats. As she becomes more comfortable with being stroked and touched, increase the intensity if the touch (gently take some of the loose skin in your hand, and quickly release). Give treats only as long as she’s calm, comfortable, and compliant. The idea is to reinforce her calm and compliant state of mind, not to simply distract her from what’s going on. Eventually, work your way up to holding her scruff in your hand for several moments, or encouraging her to walk forward while you’re holding her scruff. It wont be a quick fix, and will take several weeks of consistent work and gradual progress.
Secondly, if it’s a matter of her not being trained… Just train her. It wouldn’t be a bad idea to enroll her in a group class, or to hire a private trainer. A private trainer would be able to work in a more targeted manner, and many will come to your home.
Either way, it’s going to take some work. There’s no way to communicate that youre not going to hurt her without SHOWING her that youre not going to hurt her. And that takes time, repition, and patience.
Good luck!
Maybe you can pet her on the neck and give her treats when you’re not training her.
Give it give punishments in soon enough it will see the other dog doing and it will start to follow that my dog was the same way
there are tablets you can buy in a vet that will calm your dog down if he gets aggresive or if hes traveling
take to trainer and learn how to train dogs
why do you have to grab dogs to ge them to come?
by barking in the front of him. and to talk with him.
Husky’s are babies and will always scream and cry like your killing them. Even if you give them a bath or clip their nails. 100% babies.
They are very vocal.
They tend to have to have a gently hand when training them. You can’t be aggressive towards this breed but at the same time be very stern. I suggest you researching more about the breed because you will get bit. They don’t mean to … they are babies all the time. They can’t talk to you so that is their way of saying I don’t like that. They are also more mouthy than other breeds as well.
sounds like she was abused and remembers the things that happened to her previously before you that triggered what you did even if its just grabbing by the neck. maybe just feed her a treat bring her to her crate and put one in there then praise and give her one treat everytime she goes inside. just be patient show her love and move slowly. maybe have some treats in your hand and let her come to you then show some love and no more grabbing just say her name and if she responds or come then reward it takes time i guess
For starters stop grabbing any dog by the scruff of the neck. How would you like it if someone was making you do things by grabbing you by the back of the neck or your hair, dragging you and forcing you to do something? I’m sure you would not like it, nor do dogs. What you are doing is turning something positive into something negative, your trying to put fear into the dog so that it does what you want it to do. Everytime you do something to your dogs think would you like to be treated that way? The best way to train a dog is to gain their trust, reward them for good behaviour, teach them don’t yell at them, It takes time, you can’t just expect a quick fix you need to build that bond and that trust first. With a dog that is often fearful and afraid its all about, love, patience, understanding and trust.