More pics!!
What a difference!
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We have plenty of fun with Gucci. She is a terrific dog. We will try to get her inside house as soon as she and Steve get along, well they already do but they arent ready yet. Its gonna be amazing!
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Yet another good news!
Adorable pics
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That’s great, when she is allowed to stay in the house with the pack she will probably get much better very quick, outdoor dogs in confined quarters tend to be more on edge, high alert and in guard dog mode.
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She is still aggressive when we touch her food’s recepient. Steve barks a lot to her as well.
Reminds me of my neighbour Steve’s overweight wife
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You will probably never get rid of the food aggression, it was my little dog that had that problem because he was a stray for a while, he would attack the big dog if she came near him when he was eating.
We just developed a system of feeding them far enough apart and closing 1 dog in a room until they were finished, however that only works with dogs that finish their food straight away, not all of them do, then its a problem you have no choice but to solve.
The water bottle and coins trick might work for both problems.
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Yep. Our little Beta makes a point of stealing the Alpha’s food whenever he gets the chance. There is no specific reason for it this late in his life, but he does it, and then they brawl about it later when she notices.
I’ve tried going so far as to putting her food in my room only, but I’ve found him going in to crunch on her food so often that I’ve just stopped refilling it. They get their food in the morning with a few treats, and it’s gone shortly thereafter. It’s also slowed the nipping down from nearly-every-day to maybe twice a week, if that.
Shithead still tries to get away with it - specifically when she’s looking, though.
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Thanks guys. Yeah two problems to solve, aggressive when she has food and Steve wont get along… Well he does but last time we walked them it wasnt easy.
I was told to always make sure the dog that ‘wants’ to be the dominant one walk in front on walks regardless of who is actually the dominant or biggest, I did it from day 1 and never had any issues on walks, maybe that is bullshit and they would have been fine anyway or maybe it worked, only needed to be strict about it for a few months.
In fact towards the end the less dominant dog became a problem on walks because he tried to guard her.
The food thing is really just based in fear though, super hard one to crack.
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Thank you for the advice Anthony! Yeah I will definitely change a few things to see if that helps. Hopefully it does…
Hi guys!
Still have to add a receipt here I lost. Will add it this week as I need to ask the store to get it.
We are moving to a larger house and this one doesnt have cage so we need to buy one for Gucci.
242 EUR. Is it possible we can get this money for Gucci?
Ended up with her with Bruno, a friend that lives with us. She is at home now. Safe. Still need some more money for the vaccines, two left to reinforce the previous.
Here she is
And the ex-owners sent me a few when she was still a baby!
Thank you for being awesome guys. This wouldnt be possible without you.
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All good with Gucci. She has been sleeping with our friend living with us. Terrific dog. She has plenty of fun!
Its all taken care of. Already bought 30kg of food. Ouch. If someone would like to donate something more we would appreciate.
Once again thank you guys, your help was enormous
Gucci is now a very happy dog, sleeping comfortable and safe!
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