Yippy Skippy I get Midas & Max on weekends...... Butttttttt

[M & M]

Yippy Skippy I get Midas & Max on weekends...... Butttttttt

My prayers have been answered, Barkus said I can take them for a weekend, just hope he don't change his mind like he usually does.... I went & saw the boyz yesterday & they now have aggression towards each other over me & food...... Was sitting on ground like I always do (they usually lay down next to me on either side) not this time....... They were hovering over me, posturing each other & growling.... Actually scared me but I got up & took control of situation...... Then I fed them $70 bucks worth of meat & they hoovered it, couldn't get enough....... They sat side by side was ok but I fed them like I always do, each gets a piece at the same time, no favorites...... After it was all gone they kept getting up on picnic table were empty bag was looking for more.....

So after visiting & loving & going over their basic commands which took an hour to get them to do on command was over, I gave them their pigs feet..... Well Midas & Max who never growled at each other before almost had a smack down but I stopped it before it could escalate.... But Midas ended up grabbing Max's bone too & proceeded to guard them (not eat them but guard them).... He kept eyeballing Max, growling even though Max was just walking around yard not going near Midas..... This went on for about a half hour then I had enough..... Distracted Midas took one away & gave it back to Max.... Midas went & took it back when Max got up to go check out a leaf flying by BIG GOOF BALL.....

Any who, Midas took a blood curdling growl lung at Max when he walked by him....... At that point I had enough...... Raised my voice which I don't normally do but they both went in the down stay position...... I took bones & threw them away......

Barkus stopped by while I was there & saw it & said "ya what's up with that & Midas is eating his canned food then going after Max for his"????? I said they are starving, kibbles they don't like & Shitty Old Roy useless calories are the prob..... Of course I was wrong until I said how much energy do you think they expend trying to stay warm..... That got his attention..... Told him how much I fed them & they still need want more, that was a lot of meat & they should have been more then satisfied.......

So I laid a blankie on ground Max immediately came & spooned my legs with his head on my lap, he's a cuddler but Midas walked around that yard looking for those bones for a good 15 mins but finally settled down on the other side of me on blankie pawing me to scratch his chest then he laid down too & both were snoring happily....

So my problem(s) are Food Aggression, Midas has dog aggression, Jealousy/that's my Momma & I have Lily (loving sweet likes all dogs Lily)... Is my life ever going to be easy WTF...... So I can have a friend take Lily one weekend, while I get boys used to their weekend home & work on their separation anxiety attitude probs.... I don't think it's fair to her.... Midas still has eye probs so he is pissed off as it is, which I will take care of..... Max has ear prob which I will take care of & both need a bath, they stink.... I know I can get these great boys back to what they were but not at the expense of Lily getting hurt.... But she will have to meet them.... & I know from on here, you take them to neutral place etc but was wondering should I do one of the boyz first with her then do the other, then have a two meet her....... Thinking one on one meet so they don't feed off of each others WTF's, I know these boyz.... I'm at a loss here & don't want any of them hurt.... You know how much I love my Mastiff's, they are everything to me....... What a dysfunctional friggen mess this is, for no friggen reason......
Midas guarding his foodboyz finally relaxing next to me & snoring like it's there jobbie job...

 

[M & M]

Re: Yippy Skippy I get Midas & Max on weekends...... Butttttttt

Midas & Max grooming & loving each other, when I was leaving.... Finally showing each other love...... These two adore each other.......

 

[thelady_v2010]

Re: Yippy Skippy I get Midas & Max on weekends...... Butttttttt

Oh man. I hope you do get to get them, what happens if you can talk him into you keeping them?

 

[M & M]

Re: Yippy Skippy I get Midas & Max on weekends...... Butttttttt

Taking baby steps, I can't push Barkus, it doesn't work with him..... So I will take the weekend or ends when he allows it..... He see's how much they have changed, they are not just dogs, they are family.... He can't deny how much they miss me, he see's the crying barking.... I can't watch them get any skinnier or aggressive or depressed, it's killing me...... That is not the boyz I left.....

One I will have to build a huge out door heated shed for them all to hang out in, fence off the property too..... So they have a place to run free & heated shelter, while I work or go do something fun for me...... Of course Lily Max Or Midas don't like crates.....

But how many months did this take just to get a weekend visit (I'm like a dog with a bone I don't give up on my boyz).......

I have bigger issues to deal with first ie Lily & boyz meeting, medical, & behavioral, before I say another prayer that maybe I can have them during the week & he takes them Sat & Sun..... The more time with me the better it is for them..... They have been traumatized & on top of me taken away, food, their warm home....... He blocked the door to their pen were I left my love seat for them & that is were they hang sleep..... They only go on back porch to get kibble & water...... So he took another thing that is familiar & security to them..... You can't do that to Mastiff's......

 

[Hector]

Re: Yippy Skippy I get Midas & Max on weekends...... Butttttttt

That's really sad that they started to fight over food because they are starved....I hope things can work out. At least you get to work with them and love on them once a week. Some people are so twisted!

 

[M & M]

Re: Yippy Skippy I get Midas & Max on weekends...... Butttttttt

Three days & nights I'll take it..... He said weekend, so to me that is Fri, Sat & Sun.... I can do a lot in 3 days for them.... & I will send them back with my Scooby Dooby Stewoop for the rest of week.... Right now, they need love, my food & mental stimulation which is fun fun fun they are bored..... Yesterday I was in back yard with them started singing a song I played a lot in apartment but they got all excited..... We always danced to it, yes Mastiff's dance, well more like the 70's bump but it's dancing to me....... It's going to be interesting having three of them but I know I can do it..... Just need guidance on the issues.....

 

[Kelly]

Re: Yippy Skippy I get Midas & Max on weekends...... Butttttttt

Oh Im so happy. you know they're fighting when you're not around and he's probably freaking out not knowing what to do. When introducing them to Lily I'd def introduce Max first, let them get to know each other first, then bring Midas into the picture.

do you have someone to help you handle them? That's a heckuva lotta dog there!

I hope this is the beginning of a slope that ends up with them in your house permanently.

 

[M & M]

Re: Yippy Skippy I get Midas & Max on weekends...... Butttttttt

Thank you Kelly, I'm happy but I'm also scared.... I have a ton of peeps that would help me but they are clueless the strength of the boyz, hell Lily took my friends adult son for a face plant last weekend, I warned him..... She took off after a leaf LMAO it isn't funny but it is because he is ok...... The boyz have not been walked on leash in a long time, they forgot their commands, this won't be easy...... But I agree Max should be first to meet Lily.... Midas is so upset, you can see the tension in his body & face.... This is a process but I don't want to wait to have them, they need me.... Is it ok to bring them here before the two meet & greets with Lily???? Of course Lily won't be here but they will smell her....... I don't want to fug this up, just want happy Mastiff's......

 

[Kelly]

Re: Yippy Skippy I get Midas & Max on weekends...... Butttttttt

I wouldnt take any chances, you seem to handle them really well, but get 3 giant dogs in a space, i'd be pretty sure they could get along first.

My thought is to not let them even have a memory of aggression at your new place. Id get Lily out for the weekend, or at least the first couple of days. the new place, new rules. they didn't fight before with you, now your new place, no fighting there either.

 

[rdryan]

Re: Yippy Skippy I get Midas & Max on weekends...... Butttttttt

Glad to hear you are getting a chance to be with your boys. Hope you formulate a plan that will allow you to successfully have them all there together. Good luck and keep us all posted on how it goes.

 

[cinnamon roll]

Re: Yippy Skippy I get Midas & Max on weekends...... Butttttttt

I am hoping that he will realize how much easier life is wo dogs while you have them and you will get your boys back!!!

 

[M & M]

Re: Yippy Skippy I get Midas & Max on weekends...... Butttttttt

That's what I was thinking, happy thoughts/memories = happy dogs..... No they never ever fought, not over bones toys nothing..... Max ate on the right Midas on the left & if one finished before the other he came in to other room with me....... They knew there was always more or they would get half of my food, they are damn good for your arse......

 

[DennasMom]

Re: Yippy Skippy I get Midas & Max on weekends...... Butttttttt

I think having them over at your place for a few days - with Lily NOT there - will get them all used to the smells of each other. That's a nice slow introduction.

Once you have M&M behaving and listening to you again you can formulate a good plan for their in-person introduction.

You know them best!
So glad you get to spend time with them again!!!

 

[M & M]

Re: Yippy Skippy I get Midas & Max on weekends...... Butttttttt

Max I'm not so much worried about, he is me happy go lucky but Midas he is aloof & tough, always the ruler like my Ex...... Thank you everyone, I knew you would know, encourage & help me, ya always do...... I just want them all to be happy healthy EM's, which RULE by the way, in my world they do ....... I so love these dogs..... If anyone else has other suggestions please respond because for me the more info I have the better the outcome.......