Behavior Change?

Thanks Beck for your response. I've been discussing this issue with Jake's vet as well and he recommended that I turn over as much of Jake's care as possible to my husband. This does seem to help, but since we work for ourselves, my husband's schedule is quite erratic and therefore he can't stick to a strict schedule at home. I'm the lucky one that gets to stay home and take care of all the little details of our business and the pets.

The vet recommended that my husband feed Jake at least one meal a day and also participate in Jakes training and suggested the he walk Jake as much as possible. I have to admit though, that this in itself poses a problem with my husband's schedule changes. For instance, due to scheduling, Jake wouldn't eat at the same time every day if we attempted to let my husband take over that responsibility. I believe Jake should be on ritual as much as possible. One note of interest in this is that when we tried it a few days we both were able to tell that Jake demonstrated a lot of distrust when taking his meal from my husband...we still try though without my interference.

The vet has also very adamantly insisted that we do not reprimand Jake in any form or fashion for this behavior, insisting that the problem will subside with time. I, however, am not so sure this is the best thing to do, even though the vet seems to think that reprimand could cause Jake to "bite without warning". Still, I have resorted to putting Jake in "his space" to relax without putting up the baby gate when he behaves this way. He stays for an hour or so and then rejoins the family at his will without approaching my husband.

The only protocol I have in place right now is a regular schedule for Jake, the SitStayFetch program and the vet for support, and continued training reinforcement. What protocol would you suggest in view of Jake's current schedule? Jake's day is light since he's on limited activity due to the heartworms. Here's his current schedule.

1. Walk around the yard with Jake and my dach between 6 and 7 AM each morning for a little bit of exercise, a few training commands, and potty purposes.

2. Water and food by 7:30 am and re-walk at 8:00 am as in step 1.

3. Both dogs want to nap after that until 1 pm at which time we walk outdoors, reinforce training, play, and then sit in the sun for an hour.

4. Both dogs then want to nap again until 5pm or so.

5. Both dogs are then fed after my husband and I and the family cats have had dinner between 6:30 and 7:30 pm nightly. Jake observes us and the cats eating and then he enjoys his dinner at the same time the dach eats.

6. No table scraps are given to the dogs unless it's cooked meat saved for training treats.

7. They get walked for potty purposes twice more after that and before 10 pm and are allowed to have a rawhide chew during this time as well. If either dog demonstrates resource guarding during this time, the chews are traded for a final training session with treats. My husband participates in this training session for about 5 minutes.

8. At bedtime, since the dach was our first dog and we knew no better when we rescued him, he sleeps in our bed.

9. Due to Jakes injuries, he had to be crated at night, but we later moved him to his own space in the master bath with a baby gate. At bedtime, Jake willingly and happily goes to his space and is behind the baby gate all night, but this location allows him to see me and wake me if he requires attention to wounds or an extra potty trip in the middle of the night.

And that's how we live with Jake currently. I've requested that my husband do not pet Jake on Jake's terms and do not pet him on the head in view of the type of injuries he had. I also asked him to only pet Jake if he works for it by obeying some command first.

Thanks for your help!

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