I have a yellow lab who is almost 2 years old. He is very well tempered around me and my family. My parents watch him a couple weekends every month when I have to go out of town. Last weekend people came over, and he started barking at them and wouldn't let them in their house. We thought maybe it was just the people, because they were kinda... well yeah... But this weekend he did it again to some other people who we know very well, but the dog has never seen. Started barking at them, with his tail between his legs, when they got close he ran away out the back door barking... I wasn't around to see this since I was out of town.
My question is what would cause a dog to do this, and how can I break him of it? It has me nervous because if he is scared of people, I don't want him to become agressive toward them... And is it possible that the change of him going up to my parents 2 weekends each month is throwing something off... making him unstable so to speak? Just the change of atmosphere? Because he does go up to their house...?
My question is what would cause a dog to do this, and how can I break him of it? It has me nervous because if he is scared of people, I don't want him to become agressive toward them... And is it possible that the change of him going up to my parents 2 weekends each month is throwing something off... making him unstable so to speak? Just the change of atmosphere? Because he does go up to their house...?