5/8/2023 0 Comments My german shepherd highcBut when I carry them to a room, she gets very excited and tries to mouth them. When I hold the bunnies and get them to calm down, I'll show them to the dog but not put them on the floor, she will lick them and won't try to bark at them as long as i'm keeping them still and calm. The cat will hiss, growl, and spit at her which makes her even more excited and prone to chase her. I cannot pick up and hold my cat in front of her because she will jump on me and try to take the cat with her mouth. But whenever she gets fixated on something (other pets) she ignores my commands and I have a hard time snapping her out of that state of mind. She isn't aggressive towards me or anyone at all, and she knows commands such as sit, down, stay, paw, roll over, ect. These are all of the problems we have with her. My other yorkie who is calm, doesn't run around the pool so the Shepherd is fine with her and won't go after her. One of my yorkies likes to bark and run around the pool like a nut, so the German Shepherd will go into stalk mode, lock her eyes on him and then chase him and mouth him while growling. We have a screened in lanai with an inground pool that she enjoys very much. The cat has a large tree house so she stays up there all day until the dog goes back in her crate. All of the yorkies are dominant with her and will put her in her place when needed. We never ever let the yorkies alone with her when no one is home, we put our yorkies in the master bedroom and just leave her out. She is fine with the other dogs in the house, she got into 2 serious scuffles before but she was corrected and never happened again. Plus whenever I leave the house, I leave her out because I want her to protect the house if any intruders were to come in. I feel that she gets more frustrated in the crate so this is why I gave her a little bit of freedom roaming the house. The dog is crate trained however, if one of the animals walk past her crate and if she's inside it, she will bark and lunge at my yorkies and cat like she is guarding her territory. However I cannot trust this dog around these animals now. The dog's crate is also in my bedroom where the bunnies are kept in their cages, the cages are high enough to where she cannot get them. The other bunny was alive and hiding behind my large entertainment center. There weren't any bite marks or even a single drop of blood so I'm thinking the dog literally trampled her with her paws by putting all of her weight on her. That's when I saw my poor bunny laying in the middle of the floor with her neck snapped and leg broke. So I check all the rooms, then finally checked my bedroom last, and she comes busting out of there. I got home, couldn't find my dog anywhere because she always barks when someone is at the door. Basically I planned on only being out for 10 minutes (this is why I allowed the bunnies out and didn't think much of it).well 10 minutes turned into an hour and a half. So the door wasn't locked, but was fully shut when I left. I cannot lock my bedroom door unless I am actually in the room with them. I took my rabbits out of their cages in my bedroom to let them out for exercise because I haven't gotten around to letting them out for the whole day so I felt bad. So 3 days ago (Friday) I was in a rush to go out and meet with some friends. There hasn't ever been a time when I let the bunnies loose in my bedroom without me in there with them. Some days when it's hot and they can't go out there, I'll let them exercise in my bedroom supervised with me in there, and the door locked. I have a separate outside add-on hallway that the dog isn't allowed in and it's strictly for the bunnies (and cat) to get their exercise. I take full responsibility for this and I know this was my fault and not the dog. 3 days ago, she killed one of my pet bunnies who was 6 years old. Hello, I'm looking for some advice on my spayed 3 1/2 years old pure bred German Shepherd.
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