Quote Originally Posted by chocolatepuppy
You got that angry over a sock? Angry enough for the mad face? My dogs always steal socks and I never get mad.

I would never hurt one of my dogs to teach them something!
Have you tried teaching her to 'give' or 'drop it' with a different item? And then praising her and/or giving her a treat? Maybe by teaching her with another item the sock will be easier to get from her. Good luck.
Clothing are not dog toys.

I've tried offering other toys & food... Once she has something, she will NOT drop it & will then shred it... Mr. Goose & a nother sock have already died.

Karen & I tried for 30 mins to get her to drop an expensice cloth, by offering things to her... Tried being stern, tried the gentle tap on the nose, nothing worked... We tried telling her other commands & she did those just fine, but still would NOT drop my cloth.

I didn't just go out & use the jaw grab on her... I didn't know what else to do & couldn't afford to loose more things to her. I also didn't do it fast.. It took me 10 mins of ever so gently squeezing her upper jaw harder & harder... it was up to her how hard I would have to squeeze until she listened.

This is pretty much our only BIG problem with her that needs to be corrected in a timely mannor.... She is VERY smart, I just don't think she was taught this command before, so she has no idea what we want her to do.

Once I got the sock from her I held it to her face & said Said Bear No, when she slowly tried to take it from me... she didn't touch it when I told her no.. .shes good for that... just not the drop...

We don't want someone to come into the house & think they can play with her toys & have her grawl at them.. thats 100% unacceptable, esp with the stupid BSL laws... I don't want Rottweilers added to that retarded list.