He did it again!!!!!

[Kasianni]

Thank you every and thank you Lisa for the great info. My family is so mad at me right now, telling me to get rid of him. To be honest, my arm is a mess, a terrible mess, you would think a pit bull got me not Theo. I feel like I have let him down. I'm having some other health issues to deal with that I just learned of recently and I can't afford to take Theo to see someone. I don't know what to do, I just need some help.

[LexieLuvr]

I'm so sorry. Thank you for not just getting rid of him. Does hour vet have any ideas?

[Lisa]

Fill out the form. Maybe it will give you some insight.

You have not let him down, Kasia. You haven't.

I hope you are going to be okay :(

[Red Haired Girl]

It sounds like Theo thinks he is in charge. Is he? Try ignoring him when you come home and especially when you are leaving. No eye contact, no good bye pats, no talking. Get your purse, your coat, walk out the door and don't look back. When you come home, same thing. Ignore him for at least 5 minutes no matter how he tries to engage you - short of a physical attack - until YOU are ready to talk to him.

[lotsadox]

It sounds like Theo thinks he is in charge. Is he? Try ignoring him when you come home and especially when you are leaving. No eye contact, no good bye pats, no talking. Get your purse, your coat, walk out the door and don't look back. When you come home, same thing. Ignore him for at least 5 minutes no matter how he tries to engage you - short of a physical attack - until YOU are ready to talk to him.

I used this technique with Miller for his submissive peeing. It really helped a lot. I still don't fuss over my dogs when I leave or come home. When I leave it's in their crates and I leave. I don't even talk to them. When I come home same thing. I go in open the crates and walk away.

[Alex's Mom]

I had another thought about this, Kasia. Mainly because Patti bit me this morning...hard!!!

However, now that we've all calmed down, I know it was my fault. Heidi's developed a cough and it was a very broken night and I was exhausted when we got up. The girls went outside as usual, but Patti did his usual thing with the ball. I grabbed him, which I usually do when he becomes fixated, and normally he's fine with it. However, I noticed last night that he is REALLY sore all over (we're all going to see Laura on Tuesday), and when I grabbed him, I must have hit a sore spot because he whirled around and bit...hard and with intent. Fortunately, he has almost no teeth, so while it's bruised, it's not bloody. I was of course furious, and didn't react well at all. Bad mom.

However, the point of all this is that when he gets fixated on his ball, he kind of checks out and his mind goes blank...interrupting him when he's like that is not a good thing at all. I wonder if this is what happens when you go to close Theo in the crate? And his brain shortcircuits and he chomps. I do think that maybe changing up the routine might help ... just a thought!

[lotsadox]

I had another thought about this, Kasia. Mainly because Patti bit me this morning...hard!!!

However, now that we've all calmed down, I know it was my fault. Heidi's developed a cough and it was a very broken night and I was exhausted when we got up. The girls went outside as usual, but Patti did his usual thing with the ball. I grabbed him, which I usually do when he becomes fixated, and normally he's fine with it. However, I noticed last night that he is REALLY sore all over (we're all going to see Laura on Tuesday), and when I grabbed him, I must have hit a sore spot because he whirled around and bit...hard and with intent. Fortunately, he has almost no teeth, so while it's bruised, it's not bloody. I was of course furious, and didn't react well at all. Bad mom.

However, the point of all this is that when he gets fixated on his ball, he kind of checks out and his mind goes blank...interrupting him when he's like that is not a good thing at all. I wonder if this is what happens when you go to close Theo in the crate? And his brain shortcircuits and he chomps. I do think that maybe changing up the routine might help ... just a thought!

I think that's a good thought, Paula. I know when Scooter bit me, he was in the someone's-coming-in-my-house-DANGER mode. When he gets in that mode, nothing registers correctly and he's just in the defense mode. I'm not sure exactly how that applies here but they do get in that place where things don't really seem to register correctly with them.

[SasatheRusty]

I'm sorry you are injured and hope your wounds heal well. Have you spoken to the Vet? I would re evaluate your contact. Be aware of your face near him. Is he on any anti seizure meds! Take care and do not feel guilty. You could not have anticipated this.


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