Comments on: How to Deal with Bad Dog Behavior

By: Candice

Candice — Thu, 22 Apr 2021 14:28:29 +0000

In reply to Mel. Hi, my 4 year old terrier is constantly barking, peeing, and taring my things up. Can you give me some advise to STOP this.

By: Arcy

Arcy — Fri, 24 Apr 2020 21:46:18 +0000

Hello! I was wondering if you had any advice for this situation…I have a 7 month old Shiba Inu. She is very smart and knows what she is allowed and not allowed to do. I know she knows because if she does it and I look at her she runs away into a fit of zoomies. The problem is that if she has something that I need to take away from her or her “crime” was enough to warrant a time out, I can never get her with ease because she will run under the bed where I can’t reach her. This is with me just walking over to her. She knows she was bad! I’ve tried sitting on the floor and waiting her out. Or calmly calling her to come out but she won’t listen and won’t come out until I leave the room. How can I stop her from retreating under the bed? Any ideas?

By: Connie musaraca

Connie musaraca — Wed, 29 Jan 2020 05:09:20 +0000

I got my half husky half Sheppard from a dog shelter over the last eight months he’s become a bully to my other dog he doesn’t listen he jumps in front of the other dog when ever he gets pet or gets a treat he jumps on me and I can’t walk him it’s impossible he does whatever he wants he poops in the house and pees on my carpet he is like getting me back for something he attacks other dogs too help

By: shibashake

shibashake — Wed, 22 May 2019 19:26:07 +0000

In reply to Mel.

That sounds a lot like separation anxiety. For some dogs, it can be extreme. There are many articles and books about this, and I would consider getting a positive based trainer, especially one with Shiba experience, to help with this. I did desensitization exercises with my Shiba when he was very young to get him accustomed to alone time. He is ok with it as long as it is according to a fixed routine. When it is out of routine, he still gets a bit stressed.
https://shibashake.com/dog/separation-anxiety-dog-why-how-reduce-dog-stress#desensitize

I also set up a safe play-pen space for my Shiba when he is alone so he can’t run around and cause damage to himself. He has some arthritis now, so I don’t want him jumping and running around too much. I connect together multiple play-pens so it is a large but safe space. Some dogs may do better with a larger space compared with a crate, but it is something that I would test on for very short periods of time at first. Desensitization is also very helpful for a pup to get used to a crate or play-pen.

By: Mel

Mel — Wed, 22 May 2019 05:47:53 +0000

Hello,

I have a one-year-old Shiba that I have owned for four months. I work from home 3x days a week and go into the office 2x a week. On one of the days I go into the office I take him to doggy daycare and the other day I leave him at home and a dog walker will take him. On the days I leave him at home for the dog walker, he destroys the house until she arrives. Even when I leave nothing of mine around and provide chew toys and treats he still finds something of mine to destroy. I’ve tried to leave him at home for one to two hours in the evening and the same result. I’m having a hard time not being able to leave him alone at all as I have errands, work and things I need to get done and can’t afford doggy daycare every single time. I tried crate training and that did not go well. He chewed through the bars and did the Shiba scream and whining the entire time I was away. I know he requires exercise and mental stimulation but he destroys the house even on the days that I provide this. He simply refuses to be left alone, any recommendations?

By: Mary Crane

Mary Crane — Sat, 19 Jan 2019 08:23:59 +0000

In reply to Mary. Please help I adopted a lab mix 79 lb dog from a shelter, he is 13 years old, We were told he liked dogs and cats wrong he has attacked three cats and he has attacked our pom and another small lb dog several times , he is really smart loves to play ball 24/7, I took him to vet he has bad bacterial skin infection, and slight ear infection, He was neutered 5 months ago, My husband wants to return him to the shelter my daughter and I want to keep him but do not want our pets hurt or killed, Please help Thank You Mary Crane

By: Pam goodwin

Pam goodwin — Sun, 02 Dec 2018 22:18:51 +0000

Hi, Bobbie my two year male dog come to me when he was eight months old, he came from a bad home. Everyone loves him and he behaves for every one but me. Mr problems begin when I am leaving him mad sometimes when I am putting his lead on. He jumps up and has sometimes left his teeth marks on me.when I come home he is so pleased to see me, a different dog .this only me he does it with and I live alone with him . He his a great the rest of the time, I love him .can you HELP please.

By: Annie

Annie — Mon, 05 Nov 2018 20:33:58 +0000

In reply to Matt. I have the same issue with my 7 months old puppy, we were unable to take her to puppy class because of her giardia ever since we got her at 3 months old. I'm having a hard time to socialize her to the vet and other dogs, she would try to bite the vet and gets very excited and bad around other dogs. for exercising, I live in Canada, so the weather gets very cold by late October, but I still try to take her 2-3 time a per day, 45min-1hour each time so she can get her energy out and not get anxious/bad in the house.

By: suja

suja — Wed, 11 Apr 2018 05:58:15 +0000

Hi,
I live in Coimbatore in South India. We hardly have any good dog trainers here. If at all there are, they have no time for my 1 year old German spitz. My problem is that we are first time pet parents. So we worked from the heart more than the mind and now he’s quite spoilt. The concern now is that he’s become very aggressive. He bites even house members if we try to make him do anything he doesn’t want to. It’s now getting out of control. Also his peeing used to be in 1 place and in the recent few days he does it wherever he feels like. I’m just losing it. Please help me. I’m banking a lot on this.

By: Huong

Huong — Mon, 26 Mar 2018 18:12:31 +0000

Hi,

My fiance and I just got a 3-month old shiba (Oni). And he has been with us for 3 days. I am so happy I found this helpful website of yours.

The first 2 days, he was a very good pup to my surprise since I read a little bit about shiba and is aware how challenging shiba can be. He peed on his puppy pad, followed us and listened to our call even when we were at the park and he was on a dragging flat leash.

Starting on the 3rd day (yesterday), he got comfortable and started acting like a puppy, chewing things, running around, stealing fluffy rugs from our bedroom (we found it adorable and funny), barking playfully at our 9yr old doxie. So I guess he passed his honeymoon phase.

1 thing I found annoying is he pees every time he gets into a carpeted area (bed room and office rooms). He is very good peeing on puppy pad and outside when we take him. But right when he gets access to a carpeted area he starts peeing.

If he does not get access to the carpet, he will get up and go to the pee pad to pee.

Is there a good way to fix this behavior? I tried taking him out, spraying bitter water on the carpet, and cleaned the carpet with enzyme breaking solution. But he still finds the exact spot to pee on.

We are trying to house-train him so we can trust him around the house but right now I can’t trust him around carpet and rug.

Thank you so much for your help!

Bests,

Huong