Practice training off. Ask her onto the couch, reward. Then ask her off and throw her a party. Rinse and repeat. Do not move her off the couch as you have been, except with a leash. She is not okay with being moved physically. I suspect most people would not be okay with this either.
Sudden aggression on furniture
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We have a rescue red bone hound who is 2.5 years old. She is well behaved and has gone to multiple obedience classes. The only issue she has ever shown is "found food" aggression so we are careful to keep her away from our other dog when eating. She is allowed on both a chair and couch in our media room. A week ago my husband was sitting on that couch with her next to him. He got up to go to bed and told her to get down. She didn't move so he reached down to push her behind off and she snarled, growled and bit him. She has NEVER been aggressive toward either of us. Today, she was on the chair and I told her to get down so I could get the blanket that was under her. I reached down to push her off and she did the same thing and if I hadn't moved quickly, she would have bitten me too. It wasn't a "light" bite either, it would have been bad.
Im assuming this is a "territory" issue. So, does it mean that we simply cannot let her on any furniture from now on or is there something we can do to stop the aggression? Thanks for any guidance!
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We have a rescue red bone hound who is 2.5 years old. She is well behaved and has gone to multiple obedience classes. The only issue she has ever shown is "found food" aggression so we are careful to keep her away from our other dog when eating. She is allowed on both a chair and couch in our media room. A week ago my husband was sitting on that couch with her next to him. He got up to go to bed and told her to get down. She didn't move so he reached down to push her behind off and she snarled, growled and bit him. She has NEVER been aggressive toward either of us. Today, she was on the chair and I told her to get down so I could get the blanket that was under her. I reached down to push her off and she did the same thing and if I hadn't moved quickly, she would have bitten me too. It wasn't a "light" bite either, it would have been bad.
Im assuming this is a "territory" issue. So, does it mean that we simply cannot let her on any furniture from now on or is there something we can do to stop the aggression? Thanks for any guidance!
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She's bossy like mine, keep her off high places. Apparently the alpha gets to be up on higher places and she thinks she's boss up there. Mine gets mouthy when she's on the couch with me and I make her stay off unless I invite her. It's their personality so you have to be consistent with it. If I slack, she goes back to that behaviour.Hi everyone!
We have a rescue red bone hound who is 2.5 years old. She is well behaved and has gone to multiple obedience classes. The only issue she has ever shown is "found food" aggression so we are careful to keep her away from our other dog when eating. She is allowed on both a chair and couch in our media room. A week ago my husband was sitting on that couch with her next to him. He got up to go to bed and told her to get down. She didn't move so he reached down to push her behind off and she snarled, growled and bit him. She has NEVER been aggressive toward either of us. Today, she was on the chair and I told her to get down so I could get the blanket that was under her. I reached down to push her off and she did the same thing and if I hadn't moved quickly, she would have bitten me too. It wasn't a "light" bite either, it would have been bad.
Im assuming this is a "territory" issue. So, does it mean that we simply cannot let her on any furniture from now on or is there something we can do to stop the aggression? Thanks for any guidance!
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