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Mean, dominant male
I have a dog in my new class who is displaying some fairly disturbing
behaviour. He is more or less fine with his male master, though a bit dog aggressive. I write this off to lack of experience with other dogs, he doesn't seem to get out much. The disturbing behaviour manifests when the fellows girlfriend is attempting to hande him. He growls fairly continuously, and acts in a fairly threatening manner towards *her*, unless something has his attention. Apparently, this behaviour has been escalating for some time, which is why they are now taking classes. I am of the opinion that the dog is very close to losing his bit inhibition, as are the other trainers who have witnessed this fellows behaviour. he is definitely pushing the girl around hard, and she is quite terrified of him, I think with good reason. He is definetly dominant with a mean streak about him. He is a LabX, so is a sizable animal. I have indicated that she should not be left alone with the dog, or attempt to handle the dog by herself, and am tempted to recommend they destroy the animal. This is a most distressing situation, the second last thing I want to do is tell them they should euthenize their dog, but the last thing i want is for the dog to hurt someone. Comments other than that we are all a bunch of abusers and should buy the puppy devil's video are appreciated. Thanks William Robb Thats william two underscores robb at accesscomm.ca |
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