is my dog mad at me?

Philippines
July 10, 2009 10:25pm CST
My dog is very close to me, I make sure i gave her time, I play with her, bathe her, i always pat her, she's happy and playful when i get home. But a month ago she chewed my t-shirt and its teared that's why i got mad at her and scolded her, the next week she chewed again another clothe of mine, so i smack her with a slipper but not too much, i just want to teach her a lesson. Then the next time she teared my sandals and then another sandals and then my slipper I am so mad at her because almost all of the things she want to tear it all belongs to me but my sisters things she doesn't destroy it. And when I get home it seems she is aloof to me now. Is my dog mad at me because i scolded and smack her? Now i have proven dogs have feelings too like human hehehe
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• Philippines
11 Jul 09
Yes it's true. Our dog also have feelings like the one you're talking about. i read in a magazine that dogs chew because they feel anxious and left out. The cure to it's "destroying" behavior would be putting them in a cage. I don't really know if it's effective because we're doing it to our dog but she also keeps on biting boxes and especially slippers.
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• Philippines
11 Jul 09
But i feel bad if i put her on leash or in a cage because she is whimpering as if begging to let her go hehehe. And yes I think you are right that she feels left out because i think my dog misses me when i go to work, and she know my smell that's why she chewed my things because my smell was on it i think.
• Philippines
11 Jul 09
just don't forget to give time for her. or leave something that she can chew like a chew toy! our dogs love it!Ü
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@Annmac (949)
13 Jul 09
She's not mad at you, she's afraid of you! She doesn't know when you are going to scold her or why! She's not sure of her greeting! The reason she's chewing your things and not your sisters is because those things carry your scent! She may have seperation anxiety and chewing on your scent is a comfort to her. Smacking a dog is always wrong, it doesn't mean anything but pain to them. Hitting her with a slipper is even worse! She know associates them with pain. She may even be trying to kill it! Scolding them for something they may have done even a few minutes ago is wrong! They think they are being punished for the action they are in the middle of. If that action is coming to greet you and you then hit them or shout aggressively they soon are too scared to approach you. She should be somewhere where she can't reach your things and can only get to toys she can safely chew without supervision! If she's little it should be a crate or a small area with her bed in. She wont see it as confinement but as her den if you encourage her to use it. If it's a larger dog put her in a larger area or a room like the kitchen, making sure there's nothing she can reach. You need to learn how to train your dog and that's done with love and kindness not by violence!
@Annmac (949)
14 Jul 09
I'm not saying you are a violent person. I've lost my temper when I've come home to a mess. I've just learnt from experience that it's my fault not the dogs and that dogs and cats aren't human and have no concept of good and bad! I don't only confine my animals to protect my property, I confine them to safeguard them from hurting themselves. Puppies and kittens chew anything and mature animals will steal food that could kill them! I learnt that lesson the hard way when a well behaved dog we had couldn't resist the chocolate on the Xmas tree! Luckily he survived but the Vet bills were horrendous!
• Philippines
13 Jul 09
I see, thanks a lot for letting me know all this information. Now i understand her better. But let me tell you I am not a violent person I feel bad also after i hit her. I'm only human that gets angry also. I really love my dog!
• United States
11 Jul 09
One time, my dog made me really mad... can't remember why... I lost my temper and I went to hit his side (I really try never to hit him, so I felt really bad after :X), but he moved, so I accidentally hit his head. He didn't look at me for hours... and it wasn't that he couldn't, because he was looking at everything else normally. He was pretty upset with me, for hitting him :(
• Philippines
11 Jul 09
hehehe just like my dog! They show their feelings too. Me too i don't want to hurt her but they must know that it is not right what they are doing, its funny that she is showing her hard feelings to me
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