Dandi loves other dogs when she's introduced right, but certain things will make her get snarly. She's never bitten another dog, she's more bark than bite, but my mum is starting to get worried.
We just ran into a little puppy, I think it was a bulldog puppy? Adorable little guy. He wanted to say hi to Dandi and his owners let him and the puppy was all over her, jumping on her and smothering her. She was smaller than him. Before I could pull her out from under him she growled/snarled at him, which I'm thinking, 'She's telling him off for being rude'. Normal puppy/dog thing. She didn't snap or bite. But the people with the puppy seemed pretty freaked and walked off before we could say anything and my mum is worried as well.
Aside from that, the only other dogs that upset her are off leash dogs that run up to her. If they walk up to her she's fine. She also gets growly if she can't go say hi to a dog, which I've managed to train out of her on trails but not on the streets yet. She gets more trail walks than street walks.
Is it possible that I'm overlooking the signs of dog aggression?
We just ran into a little puppy, I think it was a bulldog puppy? Adorable little guy. He wanted to say hi to Dandi and his owners let him and the puppy was all over her, jumping on her and smothering her. She was smaller than him. Before I could pull her out from under him she growled/snarled at him, which I'm thinking, 'She's telling him off for being rude'. Normal puppy/dog thing. She didn't snap or bite. But the people with the puppy seemed pretty freaked and walked off before we could say anything and my mum is worried as well.
Aside from that, the only other dogs that upset her are off leash dogs that run up to her. If they walk up to her she's fine. She also gets growly if she can't go say hi to a dog, which I've managed to train out of her on trails but not on the streets yet. She gets more trail walks than street walks.
Is it possible that I'm overlooking the signs of dog aggression?