Daisy bit a person!!!

[luvofallhorses]

poor Daisy. I would call yourself if you can procrastinating it can just lead to her biting another person.

[bckrazy]

Umm... I guess I'm missing something... Daisy is your & Shaun's dog... why are you dumping her off with some one else at the drop of a hat?

If this is such a sudden and shocking incident, then why are you acting like Daisy is a lethal dog? Ok, so she left a blister. I'm sure you are aware of the damage that a dog CAN EASILY DO, with very little effort. They have big, sharp teeth. What Daisy did is not right, but I would consider it a nip. When several dogs are all rushing to greet a "new" person (even if the dogs have known her forever, she is not one of the pack, at least not now), they can get excitable, and they can get confused, and they can do stupid things. EVERY dog on the planet CAN bite; it just depends on the individual's level of tolerance, or of stimulus, or of fear, or of pain, etc. I do not allow either of my dogs to barrel up to people coming into the house and jump all over them - that is just rude to the person visiting, and pretty dangerous, especially when you have several large dogs.

Now that you know Daisy is so excitable, and has a tendency to become defensive, why can't you even try to manage the behaviors? Even try contacting a behaviorist? I just cannot imagine giving up on either of my dogs like that, and I would never believe you would, either. You have SO many options to nip this in the bud!

http://www.animalbehaviorassociates....or_chaos_1.pdf

[Catty1]

bckrazy - here is the background on this thread.

http://petoftheday.com/talk/showthread.php?t=138306

[tikeyas_mom]

Bckrazy..

I was not willing to ,as you say "dumping her off with some one else at the drop of a hat".. But now that she has actually bitten somone, its not the same.. I dont care if it was a nip, or a bite.. Nither of them are acceptable, I would keep her if I didnt have kids.. But I do.. You'll understand once/if you have children. She has charged at people in the past, and she is VERY unpredictable.. She needs a home where no children are or ever will be present.. also she needs to be in a low traffic house (people arn't coming and going all day long, like at my house).. I have contacted three trainers already, one dog behaviourist in Vancouver.. and there is no way I can drive 4 hours to Vancouver with a newborn who is breast feeding to go see the trainer.. But the lady who I contacted in my area, said that Daisys fears are due to genetic background, and my never be fixed.. the only thing we can do is make her life easier by getting rid of her fears.. Fear aggression is the hardest aggresssion to correct.. because if you force the dog into a situation it fears it only triggers the "fight vs flight", and if you confort her and get rid of the fears it only makes her think it was okay to fear it... So this is a little more complicated then you think it is.. This wasnt just a nip either, it was a bite.. Daisy has a HUGE underbite and she cannot grab ahold of anything properly.. But she bit Shauns mom the same way as she bit Baby (Great dane)...