Any one knows of a Vet in NYC ( five boroughs and a bit beyond ) that sees WL dogs? - Page 2

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Mithuna, can't your vet offer you a better sedative than
Ace (with its attendant risk of epileptic reaction) ?

Might check with some of the NYPD and Port Authority K9 officers, and see who provides vet care for their dogs. But you're also going to have to do some conditioning work with her, and make her understand that she HAS to tolerate basic physical examination because YOU say she MUST...she doesn't get to decide. Correcting her with the prong is just going to add fuel to the fire--better to do positive reinforcement with high-value food rewards than to crank on her collar repeatedly and thus make her associate the corrections with the person doing the physical examination.

Unless you get her in hand, you stand a good chance of losing her should she ever have a serious medical emergency where time is of the essence...

stop doing any bite work training with this dog. You should be able to make this dog behave around a vet or stranger. You make excuses where you should be making control. In many decades of owning many different GSDs , the worst behaving dogs will not fight with me when muzzled. It is just against the rules of my pack. You are a beginner and not knowing gives you a ''pass'' in sport training but not in the real world. Do yourself, your dog, and the public a favor and focus on control.

Oh ...but she's a bad ass DDR dog that has a a reputation to uphold.
Control would smother and might extinguish the legend she must project by acting like a spoiled brat.

Joan can a dog become a spoiled brat?

I am wondering how a dog was raised in a city environment, yet bites someone "without hesitation" when touched by a stranger. In NYC, a dog gets socialized just by living there. How did it get to the point of her acting like that toward people she doesn't know? There was a first time she started showing that behavior. Did you disagree with it? If you did, in what way did you disagree? Because if you did tell her she was wrong to think/act like that, she didn't seem to understand it or respect it. There is no excuse for a dog indiscriminately behaving in such a threatening manner toward people (unless the dog has a history of abuse, but that is not the case here). It's just not acceptable. Something went wrong in her upbringing. Instead of looking for a vet that will give her a different sedative, etc., perhaps it is time to look for a trainer who can teach you how to train and handle her. You should be looking for a way to make it so she doesn't need a sedative at all at the vets, nor should she be needing a muzzle when among strangers. I am not saying this to bash you, but I think you need to take a good look at yourself as a dog owner, take responsibility for how she is acting, and see what you are doing wrong in the handling of her. Dogs in her pedigree is no excuse for her behavior. It sounds like she is getting very defensive around people she doesn't know, to the point where she bites! A dog typically acts like that because they are feeling insecure. What is making her feel so insecure? Chances are she feels that she is with someone who does not have her 'in hand'. And in her mind, if you don't have her in hand, you don't have the world around her in control, either, so she is defensive. Poor animal! Help her out, mithuna, and learn a different way of handling her as well as a different training method to get her 'in hand'. Help her to feel safe in life. She clearly doesn't right now if she feels the need to bite simply because someone she doesn't know touches her, especially being a dog that has been around strangers her whole life (assuming you have had her since a puppy and raised her in NYC). Strangers should be 'nothing' to her at this point. City dogs typically become very aloof toward strangers because they have been around them so much.

I have seen dogs so unduly aggressive that I thought they were hopeless, yet got turned around into a happy, centered canine due to a change in training method and handling. If you would like to get going with a different method than what you have been using, let me know. I know of a very good obedience trainer in Westchester County, about 1.5 hours from Manhattan, who I am sure could help you turn your dog into a safe, obedient animal, and a more relaxed animal around strangers, providing, of course, that you do your homework and do your part in general. The nice side effect from the training would be that you have a dog that listens on leash and off, anywhere, anytime, after just about 3-4 months of training!

Sagey
This dog has never had any bad experiences since I got her at 3 months old. She was socialized ( direct meeting and being greeted by strangers ) up to the age of 6 months ( advise I was given ). Up to that age she was jolly to meet people ( wagging tail and energetic ) but in a very rough manner. The gradually she would bark at at those who approached very close and as she grew in age the bark migrated into a willingness to bite. She sees strangers every single day and does not bother with them unless they are overtly intent on coming up to us to greet. If she is allowed to initiate a meeting shes fine ( she would just sniff the person and then move on ), but the stranger has to completely ignore her and not do anything overt. I have read on quite a few forums of owners mentioning that their dogs had to be approached like that. At the local Petco we are given our own bath hour ( no other dogs/people at that time in the bath stalls area )...Thanks to the Petco area manager ( a few other dogs rotties and mastiffs have that arrangement as well ). Still cant figure about the vet. If the vet stands still shes fine and sits there watching..if the vet moves shes ready. Hope we can find a solution.or maybe this is just what she is.

if you are not the lead dog your view never changes. I f you like people and the breed you must make this dog behave in all situations . Stop comparing your dog's behavior to some CZ dog of legend. Stop any protection training now. Work control, period. Your posts about training, opinions, and your dog's photo is all over this chat room. You are a lawyer's nocturnal emission when you dog hurts some one and it goes to court. Get smart