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Old May 3rd 04, 09:02 PM
Leah
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There is a wonderful puppy in my intermediate class. Mateo is calm, focused,
and was ready for intermediate straight out of puppy class at age 5 months.
He's a GSD mix of some sort.

Yesterday we were doing a long-distance come exercise in the store aisles, and
suddenly Mateo started barking and growling at something, and his mom couldn't
get his focus back. This is very strange for Mateo, especially considering the
target of his angst was a child. He's got 4 in his family, and is awesome with
them.

The kid was standing behind a palette piled with bags of dog food. All you
could see was his upper body. Mateo was backing up from him as he was acting
out. When the kid moved away from the food, Mateo acted confused, looking at
him, looking at the food, looking back at him... but still backing away and
barking.

I wondered if he thought the kid had been split in half by the dog food. :}

So I cheerfully started talking to him, while I walked all around and over the
palette of food. Then I called him over so he could explore it. He sniffed
all around the palette, concentrating on the area behind it where the kid had
stood, and quieted down.

Yup. I think that's what was going through his silly little puppy brain. He
was back to his old calm self after he assured himself that there was no
guillotine behind the palette. :}

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Old May 3rd 04, 09:29 PM
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Leah said in rec.pets.dogs.behavior:

I wondered if he thought the kid had been split in half by
the dog food.


I had a similar situation with Friday shortly after I adopted
him. He started growling at a teenager from across the FezDome
(horse arena - dingy lighting, about 80 feet away) and wouldn't
let up. I walked Friday towards him but Friday would have none
of that, so I had one of his best human friends go up and talk
to the teen and then invite Friday over for a treat.

That worked. I have no idea what happened - all I can think is
that the teen looked like Friday's previous owner (who was a
young blond male, like the stranger) or that Friday didn't like
the bright green jacket which, in dog colour perception, may
have made the teen look like he was cut in half and floating.

Puppy branes.

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Old May 3rd 04, 09:29 PM
Rocky
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Leah said in rec.pets.dogs.behavior:

I wondered if he thought the kid had been split in half by
the dog food.


I had a similar situation with Friday shortly after I adopted
him. He started growling at a teenager from across the FezDome
(horse arena - dingy lighting, about 80 feet away) and wouldn't
let up. I walked Friday towards him but Friday would have none
of that, so I had one of his best human friends go up and talk
to the teen and then invite Friday over for a treat.

That worked. I have no idea what happened - all I can think is
that the teen looked like Friday's previous owner (who was a
young blond male, like the stranger) or that Friday didn't like
the bright green jacket which, in dog colour perception, may
have made the teen look like he was cut in half and floating.

Puppy branes.

--
--Matt. Rocky's a Dog.
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Old May 3rd 04, 09:29 PM
Rocky
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Leah said in rec.pets.dogs.behavior:

I wondered if he thought the kid had been split in half by
the dog food.


I had a similar situation with Friday shortly after I adopted
him. He started growling at a teenager from across the FezDome
(horse arena - dingy lighting, about 80 feet away) and wouldn't
let up. I walked Friday towards him but Friday would have none
of that, so I had one of his best human friends go up and talk
to the teen and then invite Friday over for a treat.

That worked. I have no idea what happened - all I can think is
that the teen looked like Friday's previous owner (who was a
young blond male, like the stranger) or that Friday didn't like
the bright green jacket which, in dog colour perception, may
have made the teen look like he was cut in half and floating.

Puppy branes.

--
--Matt. Rocky's a Dog.
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Old May 3rd 04, 09:29 PM
Rocky
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Leah said in rec.pets.dogs.behavior:

I wondered if he thought the kid had been split in half by
the dog food.


I had a similar situation with Friday shortly after I adopted
him. He started growling at a teenager from across the FezDome
(horse arena - dingy lighting, about 80 feet away) and wouldn't
let up. I walked Friday towards him but Friday would have none
of that, so I had one of his best human friends go up and talk
to the teen and then invite Friday over for a treat.

That worked. I have no idea what happened - all I can think is
that the teen looked like Friday's previous owner (who was a
young blond male, like the stranger) or that Friday didn't like
the bright green jacket which, in dog colour perception, may
have made the teen look like he was cut in half and floating.

Puppy branes.

--
--Matt. Rocky's a Dog.
 




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