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Glad too see Rover isn't the only one! He just seems to really enjoy it. Especially my dad, his legs are the bestest most tasty things to lick ever haha.

One of Rovers joys in life is licking. He just loves to lick! Summer is the best season cause people wear SHORTS! . If he can't lick you he will lick the air so hard you can hear his teeth clacking togethor. One of the commands he knows is "No Licking", and when you say it, his whole happiness just seems to deflate and he'll stand there, not licking, looking depressed (then again he always manages to look depressed) Life isn't great unless hes allowed to lick! So is Rover the only one?

*eye roll at offended people* Who cares if someone wants to dress up their dog? When you have the tiny dogs that are so locked up in layers of clothing that they can't move, then I don't think its funny. But other than that? Who cares! The dogs certainly don't! Regal says "Yes we do this is horrible"

Its so interesting the different breeds people love. I think huskys and all the spitz breeds are so beautiful, but the more I've learned, the less I can ever imagine owning one . The idea of a really independent dog just doesn't click with me. I love the idea of a velcro dog whos attached to my heels. I adore my dog because he wants to be with me 24/7, but he doesn't fret when I leave him alone. He forgives me when I get frustrated, loves me even when im a idiot, and all around would run through fire with me if I asked him too. No matter what mood I'm in, when he come wagging up to me, his whole body going. I just wanna drop to my knees and hug him. Hes got enough drive to go for hours, but he'll just sleep all day if I want <3 God I so adore my dog.

Erik the investigator!

Er, whats BAT? Really interesting reply! ;) Gonna have to answer it when I don't have 30 seconds on the computer before running out the door!

So friend of mine has been bringing his GSD over. 10 month old MASSIVE boy, and he thinks my cat Rusty looks delicious. He's met a few cats and the only one that told him off, he ran away from in terror and would not go near. The rest ran away so I think its firmly established in his mind that cat equals delicious running fluffy thing. Rusty will not fight back, either he just sits there and ignored the dog, or runs away. I want to make it 100% known to this GSD that the cat is off limits. I'm not really sure how to go about it though. I'm gonna be doing a bit of OB work with him for fun, so if I can work it into that, it would be good. I might be looking after him 1 day a week so having him not want to eat the cat would be great. He will focus in on the cat and even a smack on the muzzle or ear (from his owner, not me!) didn't deter him from staring intently at Rusty. So far we've just kept them seperate to stop anything happening I got no problems with proper use of correction (though not a fan of smacking on the muzzle...) but not sure if that would be my best course of action. Any ideas would be appreciated :D

Plans have change, don't need to info anymore :D

Im in sydney and if you're close enough would be happy to help out walk the fluffies a bit.

still LOOOVE this photo :D

He talks about loving his dog, but in the same breath says if the dogs quits and stops wanting to fight, he'll kill it. How does that make sense!?!?!? "Curs are like show dogs that nobody wants anymore, they're a waste, they're a burden, so we just put them down"

More like gladiators, who also gave no consent and were forced to fight for their lives. Exactly.

If they loved the breed so much, then why not just breed and show the dog? Why do they need to fight them? The way they talk about their dogs, its like a car thats been personally built from scratch. But thats all it is, its just a object at the end of it. This guys 100% believes that the dogs choose to be in the ring fighting other dogs, says its like boxers. Yeah, if boxers where slaves forced to fight with knives or die.

Don't watch if you can't handle seeing actual dog fight video clips. How can anyone say they love something, and then force it to fight and die. I just can't comprehend. "I can't say I would die for my dogs, but I know they would die for me" Its disgusting. Completely and utterly.

I will have a look and see what I think! Sounds interesting.

I think its more likely that hes used to barging inside, I don't think he spends that much time outside at home so maybe hes just more used to being in than out? He gets a bone inside, the cats inside (who he finds very interesting ) and there are more toys inside than outside. So even though i'm outside playing with him and the boys are outside too, inside is where hes used to being so he expects to come inside whenever the door opens? He gets dropped through the front door, drags his mum to it, she hands me the leash and he wants to race inside immediately and start playing with the boys. He doesn't pine for his mum or look for her. When he got inside he didn't go to the front door, he went to the toy box then the laundry. (laundry being where hes been getting his bone, and there are occasionally some left over biscuits from the boys breakfast that have fallen under crates)

Interesting update from todays visit of my lovable Guest! So Im fully stocked up on treats and every time I've been going in and out of the door I'm rewarding and reinforcing the behaviour I want, which is for him to calmy sit and wait. He was doing great, and then I left the door (its a sliding door) open a little bit when I came outside. When I had my back turned he managed to open the door and took off inside (dam smart dogs and their figuring things out! ) So I stood at the door and waited. He came around the corner and I see him head into the laundry. I called him once, he looked up, then ignored me. So I shut the laundry door and strolled away. Came back a minute later, open the door and he rushes up to me wagging. Asked him to sit, he sat, gave him a treat, and then calmy clipped a lead onto his collar and lead him outside. I did a few small training exercises on the leash with treats, then let him off in the yard and hes playing with the boys right now. So all in all, much better than last weeks annoyance and frustration! I reckon i'll give them a bone now. Yummm!

And therein lies the difference, you didn't let the old cow get away with that sort of behaviour. Neither would I! But these people are encouraging this young pup and it will not only be to their detriment but to the dog's as well when she attacks someone Oh and this pup WILL attack if this behaviour continues to escalate. Siberians are smart - once they figure out they have it over people, they lose their respect for them, and the boundaries disapear. The pup is one step away from attack at the moment. I don't know how long this behaviour has been going on, but they've had to puppy since 8 weeks and its roughly 16 weeks now. I've been passing it along, plus I gave them Steve from K9Pros email, if anyone can help its him!

No thankyou.

The fact she is so young is what has me so worried! I would have though that because of their independent nature, something like resource guarding would be seen in sibes a bit. You say its not at all natural for a Sibe? I'm pretty sure they got this dog from a BYBer... Rarely have I seen it and when I have, it's been in rescue dogs that were abused or dogs that had dominated over their owners. I have owned three Mallies and eleven Siberians and NOT ONE of them has ever resource guarded where humans are concerned. I would die if any of my Sibes acted like that :D That pup needs to be taught some serious manners, better still, her owners need a boot up the backside for encouraging that sort of behaviour and probably need some serious training themselves!! My Sibe is essentially a BYB and has never resource guarded food or toys. I can take anything off her and she knows that it's mine. And there is no way she will be allowed to resource guard when we have the new puppy. What I meant by the BYB comment is that maybe she has learned this behaviour through a lack of interaction when younger? Having to defend food from pack mates? No idea, was just a though that it could be something along those lines. From what I understand, resource guarding is technically a natural canine behaviour. Just one that is in no way desirable.

The fact she is so young is what has me so worried! I would have though that because of their independent nature, something like resource guarding would be seen in sibes a bit. You say its not at all natural for a Sibe? I'm pretty sure they got this dog from a BYBer...

I hope so too. I can't even see it being cute in a puppy. Its not like a puppy biting you doesn't hurt! Its bad enough when they're just mouthing!! How does this idea that small things growling is funny come about? Is it cause they're so cute that we forget they grow into big strong dogs?

So, I messaged one of the owners of the dog, I tried to withhold on the anger and just explained everything calmly. He messaged me back saying they knew it was a problem and thank you so much for any and all help you can give us. I linked all the trainers I know around my area that are awesome and can deal with this sort of thing. I'll be staying on this though, I would rather have someone get mad at me over being "nosey" than see a story in 6 months over husky getting put down due to biting someone. The dog is owned my 2 young guys from what I understand, 1 of them made the video, the other is the one I messaged.

I put up a FB status with a whole bunch of news links to articles about dog attacks on children. I'm just really shocked that someone would find this funny! I can understand vaguely how you could, but its not fake. Its reality, that dog will grow, huskys are not small. They are already very strong willed without adding food aggression into the mix. Jesus christ I hope they do something.

So a family friend posted a video of his 16 week old husky puppy with a bone. Being SERIOUSLY aggressive. They look at her, she growls, one stop closer, she increases the growl. They pat her and shes got full hackles up, snarling, try to touch the bone and she lunges at them snapping. AND THEY'RE LAUGHING!!!!! AND ANTAGONIZING HER!! HOW IS THAT FUNNY!??? In what world is a aggressive dog funny. I sent them a message and so did my mum. I listed a whole bunch of trainers, the reasons why it was not funny at all and basically implored them to do something before someone gets bitten and the dog is killed. These are people with a lot of family, small children, younger kids, all coming over quite often. And they're persian which means there is gonna be food everywhere. Anything else I can do other than send names of trainers and try not to throttle them for their stupidity? Mum says its just ignorance, they don't connect the cute puppy growling with the attacks you see on the news. Im just, there are no words.