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Need Help with French mastiff

draw

Member
Hi i got a Year old french mastiff i took her from someone that ended up getting her pregnant at like 10 months she was fine when i got her the best dog in the world. i even payed to classes for her just to make her the best i could.she was having her puppies the first one was hard on me and her and i think she seen that, i was by her side the whole time. after 24hr she had 3 puppies, one died that night, then 3 days later she rejected them so i took her to the vet because she look like she was in labor again sure enough she had 3 puppies stuck in her. after the vet she came home and another puppy died 2 hr later, she had one puppy left and i let on uncle who breeds dog take the puppy becasue my dog couldnt care for it, that puppy is health and doing good, but now my dog tessa always cries she very scared and jumps if something like a feather flys by her, when i come home she jumps all over me wont listen and she even trys to grab a hold of my arms and sleaves. she started to use the bathroom in ym house and rip my grabage apart. but she still istens to my commands to come and she never leaves me she always under my feet. it weird where she has already been trained cost me over 300 dollars to train her right. now she acting like this what can i do
 

Dogue

Well-Known Member
I'm having a hard time making out your post. So your dogue's eatting trash and tearing the house apart and not tending to her puppies. Correct?
 

draw

Member
no all the puppies died besides one and i gave it to someone that could help care for it because my dog was sick after having the puppies stuck in her. after all the puppies were gone she started to rip my garbage apart and use the bathroom on the floor. she jumping all over people even me now and when she jump she bites your arm or shirt.she always scared like if a feather blows by her she jumps and backs away.and i have to take her out side and walk for 1 and a half before she will use the bathroom.
 

draw

Member
Hi i got a Year old french mastiff i took her from someone that ended up getting her pregnant at like 10 months old. she was fine when i got her the best dog in the world. i even payed to classes for her just to make her the best i could. when she was having her puppies the first one was hard on me and her and i think she seen that, i was by her side the whole time. after 24hr she had 3 puppies, one died that night, then 3 days later she rejected them so i took her to the vet because she looked like she was in labor again, sure enough she had 3 puppies stuck in her. after the vet, she came home and another puppy died 2 hr later, she had one puppy left and i let an uncle who breeds dogs take the puppy because my dog couldn't care for it, that puppy is healthy and doing good, but now my dog Tessa always cries. she very scared and jumps if something like a feather fly's by her, when i come home she jumps all over me, wont listen and she even try's to grab a hold of my arms and sleeves. she started to use the bathroom in my house and rip my garbage apart. she still listens to my commands to come and she never leaves me alone she is always under my feet. It's weird where she has already been trained. It cost me over 300 dollars to train her right. now she acting like this what can i do

Sorry I didn't read it over first
 

PuppyPaws

Well-Known Member
I think I understand some of your concerns. In reference to being scared of everything.... All dogs go through developmental stages. One of those being "fear" periods. Actually dogs generally go thru 2 different "fear" periods. One when they are very young puppies and another approximately around 1 year of age give or take a few months. Here is a "general" link on these stages. I am sure that these time periods might differ slight based on the breed and whether or not the breed matures slowly or not. But it is a good general reference and explains what the different developmental stages are.
http://www.diamondsintheruff.com/developmentalstages.html

Maybe your dog is just going through this fear period now. Maybe it has something to do with losing her litter, maybe not??? I don't really know.

When it comes to training... you are never completely finished with training. Training especially obedience training should be a life long process with the dog. If you don't continue practicing and implementing the training, the dog will realize it does not HAVE to do what you say. Especially with younger dogs or dogs going through an adolescent period. Kinda like teenagers, they start to choose to rebell. It is especially important that you remain consistent in your responses and continue the training at this time.

I hope this helps some. I am not sure that I addressed all your concerns, but I hope it helped somewhat. Good Luck!