At my wits end..

[Sharpeigirl]

I'm being driven crazy by both dogs.. Sassy has become combative to every little comand, and she's started snapping at me when I give her a correction.. And Zeus is just so thick at times, I know he's smart as a whip, but he'll look at me like I'm from mars.. And he will not stop chaseing his tail when he wants out. It's like a top & it's next to impossiable to stop.. I don't know what to do with either one of them, plus the grandparents think I'm being mean when I correct them. My lord they spoil both of them.. My Grandma spoon feeds Sassy :o and Zeus won't eat Kibble unless it has turkey or something extra added.. Just the other day, Zeus jumped over the coffee table clearing it, and neither one of my grandparents did a damn thing, just laughed... It's like my god, where'd the weeks & weeks of training go?? :-?

[AllAmericanPUP]

sounds like they don't think the humans are alpha any more.
alot of people spoil their dogs TOO much and it results in a dog that is in control of the house instead of the human.
might want to contact a behaviourist...it can get pretty ugly when a dog thinks it has the run of the house..

[imported_Kat]

Its your grandparents that are at fault here. The dogs know they can get away with blue murder with them and as a result see them as being more superior to you which is likely why Sassy is snapping. You need to either get a behaviourist in or get them to obedience classes and also you need to stress to your grandparents that if they persist in spoling the dogs that the consequences could be euthanasia if one of them bites an outsider :-?

[courtnek]

your grandparents have spoiled your dog, to the point where he thinks he is more important than you in the pack. THEY need to follow YOUR rules about the dog. Sometimes you have to be bitchy about these things. I know I DO with my son and his ideas....