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...
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...