Frenchie Rage

Dawny1908 · Sunday at 4:53 PM

Hi I'm Dawn and new to this. I'm after a bit of advice on Frenchie Rage.
My sons 2 yr old male frenchie is the most loving boy but then the next minute he turns into a diff dog. Going for feet and hands. Snarling at my 2 dogs onr of which is his sister. They all get on until he switches n then he just has a look about him and you know he's about to start. Then afterwards he seems tired.
I don't know if it's frenchie rage, pain, attention seeking or something else.
Can anyone help?

Jeffc · Monday at 9:14 PM

My only suggestion would be to give him some CBD when you see him getting wound up.

John · Monday at 9:46 PM

What about putting him in a kennel when he gets that way. If he learns that when he behaves that way he gets a timeout and isn't able to participate with the family he will learn not to do it.

Dawny1908 · 2025-01-14T01:27:27-0600

John said:
What about putting him in a kennel when he gets that way. If he learns that when he behaves that way he gets a timeout and isn't able to participate with the family he will learn not to do it.

Hi. There isn't a kennel to put him in for timeout but tried putting him in a cage and he hates it. And he let's ya know! Lol.
So I have a living room and dining room where I shut the door so that he knows that no one is interested in bad behaviour.
We don't know what happened to him from 8 weeks old to approx 1 yr old. It could be related, I don't know.
Like I say he can be the most loving cuddly do n it's like a switch turns on n he's on one.

Dawny1908 · 2025-01-14T03:48:45-0600

Jeffc said:
My only suggestion would be to give him some CBD when you see him getting wound up.

I have been looking at calming medication

John · 2025-01-14T08:11:14-0600

Dawny1908 said:
Hi. There isn't a kennel to put him in for timeout but tried putting him in a cage and he hates it. And he let's ya know! Lol.
So I have a living room and dining room where I shut the door so that he knows that no one is interested in bad behaviour.
We don't know what happened to him from 8 weeks old to approx 1 yr old. It could be related, I don't know.
Like I say he can be the most loving cuddly do n it's like a switch turns on n he's on one.

They never like the kennel. Even pups when I've had to kennel train them, the first couple of nights they can whine the entire time. You have to power through this. If you give in they know they can whine until they get out.

It's kind of like a child, you can't break or give in. You have to tough it out.

Dawny1908 · 2025-01-14T15:09:08-0600

The one with the issue is my sons dog, he is the brother of my female.
I have had mine since she left their mother and she's soooo placid n doesn't have a care in the world.
But the male like i say went to live with another family when he left their mother and then they didn't want him so my son had him when he was approx 10 month old and he's been like it since he got him. So I'm wandering if anything happened whilst with them that made him this way. He can be such a loving boy n next min he's snarling n snapping. The snapping seems to be aimed at feet and hands. So I don't know.

John · 2025-01-14T15:13:41-0600

It is very possible they abused him. You can break him of it but it will take consistent effort from everyone in the household.

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Dawny1908 · 2025-01-15T01:01:13-0600

John said:
It is very possible they abused him. You can break him of it but it will take consistent effort from everyone in the household.

Hi
That's what I'm thinking too. We are treating him like we treat my 2 and giving him plenty of love cuddles n reassurance. But always need to be ready for if he turns as the only warning we get is the way he looks at the time it's like a 'stare' andvya can see his brain ticking and then that's it he's on one.

John · 2025-01-15T08:41:49-0600

Dawny1908 said:
Hi
That's what I'm thinking too. We are treating him like we treat my 2 and giving him plenty of love cuddles n reassurance. But always need to be ready for if he turns as the only warning we get is the way he looks at the time it's like a 'stare' andvya can see his brain ticking and then that's it he's on one.

There are a couple of videos on Youtube of Cesar Milan dealing with behavior like this -- those might be worth watching. At least it's a bit easier on a dog this size too