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Hey guys,
In light of my crummy situation at work, I have been thinking lately about specific behaviours from other dog owners that drive me crazy. I don't just mean things like leaving a barking dog outside when I'm trying to sleep, but things that actively affect my own dogs. I have one that always comes to mind:
There's a family at the barn I work at with a male dog, I think he's a jack russell. They were so excited when I first got Bones (my female lab puppy; she's five months now) because they thought she would be a perfect playmate for their dog, Joey. I started bringing her to work when she was 12 wks, after her second set of vaccs.
One day I was letting her have a pee before I loaded her into the car to go home, when they arrived and immediately rushed over with Joey. Things were fine for maybe five seconds, they sniffed each other and all appeared fine (though I am by no means an expert in dog body language). Then Joey lunged at Bones, snarling, and pinned her to the ground by her neck. Bones shrieked, Joey's owner pulled him off and I moved Bones away. She was physically fine, and mentally seemed fine also. Even five minutes after the 'incident' she wanted to get back to him to play.
About a week later, problems started to show up. Little dogs were scary to her. It took probably a month and a half, maybe two months, to convince her that no, not all little dogs were going to attack her. Throughout this time, these people kept trying to bring Joey over to meet her. I didn't care for it. For whatever reason, Bonesy still wanted to play with him, but I would usually push her behind my legs and leg it out of there. I actually hid behind a tractor one time when I saw them coming. Every single time they approach with Joey, he started snarling from at least fifteen feet away. And they continue to come towards us. Every. Single. Time. If I'm in the car with her, they will actually lift him up to the window so he can snarl at her through the window. It's not just Bones too, he snarls at all the puppies at the barn (weirdly enough, there are five of them within a month of Bones).
The mother admitted to me that she's made mistakes with Joey, because he was her first dog and she didn't know better. But she seems so unwilling to change her actions to accomodate that admittance. Her dog is the one with aggression issues, she should be the one to deal with it.
God, that's been driving me crazy for months!! Phew!!
Anyway, what are some behaviours from other dog owners that drive everyone else mental?
In light of my crummy situation at work, I have been thinking lately about specific behaviours from other dog owners that drive me crazy. I don't just mean things like leaving a barking dog outside when I'm trying to sleep, but things that actively affect my own dogs. I have one that always comes to mind:
There's a family at the barn I work at with a male dog, I think he's a jack russell. They were so excited when I first got Bones (my female lab puppy; she's five months now) because they thought she would be a perfect playmate for their dog, Joey. I started bringing her to work when she was 12 wks, after her second set of vaccs.
One day I was letting her have a pee before I loaded her into the car to go home, when they arrived and immediately rushed over with Joey. Things were fine for maybe five seconds, they sniffed each other and all appeared fine (though I am by no means an expert in dog body language). Then Joey lunged at Bones, snarling, and pinned her to the ground by her neck. Bones shrieked, Joey's owner pulled him off and I moved Bones away. She was physically fine, and mentally seemed fine also. Even five minutes after the 'incident' she wanted to get back to him to play.
About a week later, problems started to show up. Little dogs were scary to her. It took probably a month and a half, maybe two months, to convince her that no, not all little dogs were going to attack her. Throughout this time, these people kept trying to bring Joey over to meet her. I didn't care for it. For whatever reason, Bonesy still wanted to play with him, but I would usually push her behind my legs and leg it out of there. I actually hid behind a tractor one time when I saw them coming. Every single time they approach with Joey, he started snarling from at least fifteen feet away. And they continue to come towards us. Every. Single. Time. If I'm in the car with her, they will actually lift him up to the window so he can snarl at her through the window. It's not just Bones too, he snarls at all the puppies at the barn (weirdly enough, there are five of them within a month of Bones).
The mother admitted to me that she's made mistakes with Joey, because he was her first dog and she didn't know better. But she seems so unwilling to change her actions to accomodate that admittance. Her dog is the one with aggression issues, she should be the one to deal with it.
God, that's been driving me crazy for months!! Phew!!
Anyway, what are some behaviours from other dog owners that drive everyone else mental?