Ray'sMom
02-18-2003, 08:04 AM
Hi, Pet Talk Members. I have a cat, 14 years old (not a misprint) named Fluffy; and I have three dogs, a female Rottie-Blue Heeler mix, 4 years old and named Evita; a female Chihuahua, 6 months old and named Sophie; and a male Chihuahua we are calling Scooter-Pie. We found Scooter-Pie dumped on the side of the road:mad: this past weekend so we adopted him. Our guess is that he is a year old, maybe a little less. He is a full male. It is obvious that he had lived a house. We also suspect that he had been hit for any time a man raises his hand above Scooter-Pie's head, the dog goes into extreme submission-mode. It will take a long time to gain his trust, I know. In any case, he has fit in well with the other dogs and with the crabby old cat (so far), but this little boy has to mark everything in sight! It doesn't matter so much in the back yard but in the house, it the first thing he does after greeting us! EEEEEWWWW! Is this insecurity? a "boy thing?" or what? I know he's probably been through a lot in his short life. How can I break him of this behavior without terrorizing him?:confused: