Puppy scratching daughters face...

[darlak]

I'm in Birmingham Alabama. If you're anywhere within a day's drive from me, PM me and I'll take off work tomorrow and come get her.

 

[metime]

Darlak your doggies are cute

 

[darlak]

Darlak your doggies are cute

Thanks! That puppy in the picture is now 2 years old and the largest of my 3 dachshunds. I need a new picture with all 3 of them in it.

 

[dwdeb]

If Op has/had a genuine concerns for this puppy why the heck didn't she talk with the puppy's breeder(assuming it isn't from a puppy mill ) or her vet???



OP if you don't want the puppy or can't take care of the puppy properly, please find a good home for her/him.

 

[Magic Mom]

one time I saw her dangling her over the railing leading to downstairs (mind you the puppy is scared to walk down the stairs and I know Sara knew she was wrong for doing this and cried when I corrected her).



Any advice on how to put a stop to this without getting rid of her.

She dangled the puppy OVER THE RAIL???? Holy crud! No wonder the poor dog is defensive. If you really want to put a stop to the dog's aggresiveness to your DD, then you need to fix your DD first. Clearly she doesn't know how to reat the dog properly. You need to keep the dog away from her unless you are with her and little by little TRAIN your DD how to treat the dog. It will take a lot of time and work for the poor dog to trust your DD again. It's unfortunate that you let it get this far, but hopefully you can turn it around.

 

[Gabes_mommy]

Metime. What good do you think it does to respond to a request for help and advice with an attack on parenting and accusing someone of lack of concern for the puppy's wellbeing. I wouldn't have posted on her looking for advice if I wasn't concerned. If you were concerned about the puppy or anyone involved's well-being you would be helpful and offer insight and not just down me and my attempt to get some support/advice. Please do me a favor and don't try to help anymore because you have failed miserably!! What good do you think will come from your post??
I won't be reading any further posts so please do not reply unless you have something supportive to say. I won't be reading anyway so sorry to the posters who had good intentions and did try to help. I really appreciate the good hearted people on this board who are actually concerned and offered constructive advice. It is much appreciated but to all the others who just want to point the finger and put someone down get a life and find somene else to put down!!!

OP - I mean this constructively: the community board is not the place to come for the "warm fuzzies" - people here are very frank and honest and that's not always easy to hear. Try not to take it personally - just glean what you can and use the advice that you feel applies to you and move on.

I suspect the real issue you're concerned about here is your DD's behavior, not the puppy's. Only you know if you really need to be worried about your DD, and if you are really worried please take her to see a counselor or speak to a professional. Cruelty towards animals can be a huge warning sign, but like I said - only you know how severe it really is. In the mean time I still feel you should not allow your DD to touch the dog at all until this is resolved.

 

[Silent1CB]

You threaten to have the puppy put to sleep because it was defending itself?

You can call yourself an animal owner, but you have no right to call yourself an animal lover.

Please bring the puppy to a rescue shelter immediately. It deserves a much better home and life.

 

[vickyBaby]

OP, no flames. Seriously, I will truly take Shamrock - I will give the dog a good home. If you are in the Continental US, I will find a way to get the dog from you to my location. Please PM me and I will make the necessary arrangements.

 

[janette]

We have an older Bichon, he's real sweet but doesn't like to be messed with.

I'd take your puppy in a minute; if you are close to the DFW area let me know.

 

[manning]

Tell your 5yo daughter that she is NOT ALLOWED to touch the puppy unless a responsible adult is around to supervise because she has proven that she is not capable of touching the puppy responsibly.

And mean it.

Pets AND children have one thing they need to know.....Who the leaders are in the household. It certainly isn't the pet and childtren.

 

[DisneyBrideToni]

Bichons are one the most sweet natured, gentle dogs around. I have one, he's 7 mos. old. Just thinking about a child being too rough with mine makes me sad and furious all at the same time. Please take the advice here, and only allow supervised contact. Your puppy needs you to make sure she is handled in an appropriate manner.

I totally agree with you. I also have a Bichon and they are the sweetest dogs. This breaks my heart and makes me want to go hug my puppy. Dogs are so innocent and rely on their humans to make sure they are safe. Please watch your child with the dog to make sure they are both safe.

 

[RNMOM]

I am not trying to attack the OP, honestly. I believe both the puppy and your daughter need to be supervised at all times until they are both mature enough to behave properly. Your daughter needs to understand she is dealing with living creature and not a toy and the dog needs some training to keep his feet on the floor. I would avoid trying to teach him to "shake hands" until he has mastered keeping his paws to himself.

Our setter put his paws up like this and usually at the cats. It took a long time to break him of it but he still does it on occassion.

Please don't allow your daughter to carry the dog up or down the stairs..you may have a worse situation to deal with.

 

[BeachGirlFLA]

I end up with scratches all over my legs (my face is not usually paw level unless it's night time and then Hurley and I are usually sleeping), most of the time from Kody hitting me with his paw to try to get my attention. I think that's a pretty normal dog behavior. However, I still think your daughter needs to be taught how to treat your dog...hanging it over the railing was very dangerous.

 

[2BigKIdz]

Wow, you are really overreacting. Your first post did not paint the picture of a loving home with kind owners - maybe you should go back and read it and see if you can understand why we all reacted as we did. Sorry you didn't like the advice. If you weren't willing to consider advice that didn't agree with you, an internet message board probably wasn't the best place to ask for it. Most of us were truly trying to help you make things better and keep you from making things worse. From the things you've posted, it sounds as though many of us do know quite a bit more about dogs than you do and you sound like you could use some help with the subject. If you aren't willing to listen to us, maybe an obedience trainer would be more helpful.

If things have really gotten so much better since last night, that's great. I admit I am shocked to hear that you have other dogs, since your OP didn't sound at all like something a person familiar with dogs would have written.
I hope that your puppy isn't forced to defend herself any more. Good luck to her!

I completely agree. From the original post it read as if all blame was on the puppy, especially from the father. I can only assume the op is one who asks advice and shoots down all but exactly what she wants to hear, which in those cases is completely worthless to even offer opinions. I know a couple exactly like that with their dog. I have talked til I am blue in the face about them feeding the dog bacon, eggs, caffeineted beverages etc and they agree that it is wrong but continue to do it every day Today the dog ate a can of chicken noodle soup

 

[mommy22pumpkins]

Just an FYI I have not read any more of your responses as I am not going to defend myself anymore nor am I going to allow myself to be attacked again. Thanks for all of your well meaning responses. But there's a difference between offering advice and being downright mean and criticizing someone. Take a good look at yourselves and see if you are perfect before you decide to judge someone so harshly again. I'm pretty sure you will see you're not.

 

[Mermaid02]

Just an FYI I have not read any more of your responses as I am not going to defend myself anymore nor am I going to allow myself to be attacked again. Thanks for all of your well meaning responses. But there's a difference between offering advice and being downright mean and criticizing someone. Take a good look at yourselves and see if you are perfect before you decide to judge someone so harshly again. I'm pretty sure you will see you're not.

I think puppy is just struggling to get away- dogs don't scratch for Protection like cats.

 

[Mermaid02]

Also, sometimes little dogs can be snappy and I think this is because they feel vulnerable. If you're afraid puppy is going to hurt your dd or your dd might hurt puppy- probably you should think about another home for her (puppy- NOT your daughter! ) Maybe wait a couple years and visit folks with little dogs before you try again.

 

[stacy347]

Just an FYI I have not read any more of your responses as I am not going to defend myself anymore nor am I going to allow myself to be attacked again. Thanks for all of your well meaning responses. But there's a difference between offering advice and being downright mean and criticizing someone. Take a good look at yourselves and see if you are perfect before you decide to judge someone so harshly again. I'm pretty sure you will see you're not.

I certainly didn't see anyone claim to be perfect, I just saw posters being frank with their advice which quite frankly was warranted being that the dog was clearly put in a hazardous situation. If you can't see that, then I'm afraid you are the one who needs to take a step back and gain some fresh perspective.

I hope at the very least the poor thing doesn't get dangled over any more staircases.

 

[Scurvy]

Just an FYI I have not read any more of your responses as I am not going to defend myself anymore nor am I going to allow myself to be attacked again. Thanks for all of your well meaning responses. But there's a difference between offering advice and being downright mean and criticizing someone. Take a good look at yourselves and see if you are perfect before you decide to judge someone so harshly again. I'm pretty sure you will see you're not.

There is absolutely a difference between offering advice and being mean; I'm glad everyone on this thread has stuck to the former! None of us have claimed to be perfect, but at this point you are just seeing what you want to see. You don't need to defend yourself, but I hope you will take a long look at this thread and consider that all the advice given was intended to help, not hurt. I'm sorry you didn't like what you heard, but if you weren't willing to listen to the advice you shouldn't have asked for it. Your dog is not in a good situation right now and it's your responsibility to change that, either by training your child better or rehoming the dog before the dog is seriously injured or it is forced to become more aggressive. Clearly there are many of us on this thread who would be happy to help either by offering advice or by giving Shamrock a new home; I hope you will contact one of us (or a rescue organization) should you decide you are ready to find the puppy a home which is a better fit.

I assume at this point that what you really wanted was validation, not advice. Unfortunately no one can give you that - you need to make some serious changes first. Clearly you are unwilling to consider the possiblility that you might be wrong. Publicly, at least. I hope for Shamrock and Sara's sakes that you are giving the thread more consideration in private than it seems like you are on here.

 

[robinb]

I certainly didn't see anyone claim to be perfect, I just saw posters being frank with their advice which quite frankly was warranted being that the dog was clearly put in a hazardous situation. If you can't see that, then I'm afraid you are the one who needs to take a step back and gain some fresh perspective.

I hope at the very least the poor thing doesn't get dangled over any more staircases.

This is an prime example of a non-helpful response. The OP said that the staircase dangling was a one-time incident and that her DD was punished for it and understands why it was a bad idea. Young kids do stupid things and this was one of them. It's not going to happen again and there is no reason to keep on needling the OP on the issue. That is NOT constructive criticism, but just plain snarkiness.