Hello,
My wife and I got our Rottweiler Enigma when he was 8 weeks old. I put alot of time in self training him. Hes been a very great, awesome dog. Literally my best friend for the past 3.5 years. (lots and lots of belly rubs and head scratches) Hes very well mannered when it comes to food and he wouldnt ever consider getting up on the couch.
Around 1/1/19 he was jumping into the back of my truck and miss the step which caused him to have a complete tear in his back right ACL.
After trying versus things we decided to go ahead with TPLO surgery that was on 2/11/19. 18 weeks ago.
His bone was fully healed at 12 weeks.
Post surgery every was as expected for the first 2 days but after that we couldnt pet him without him snapping at us. Never a growl always a bark / snap. we assumed he was in pain so we just let him him and didnt push the issues. Every few days or so we would try again and it would be the same result.
Fast forward to week 11. He was allowing us to pet him more. We went about a week with lots of normal loving without a snap. Other than that one week though we havent been able to make it more than a couple days without it happening again.
Its really weird because he will approach us and when we pet him he will SOMETIMES snap. We can never trust what hes going to do. Just this morning I woke up in the morning and he was in the living room. As I walked in the room he rolled over with his belly in the air and his paws curled up under his chain for a belly rub. and when I pay him he snapped at me.
Im truly lost one what to do. We cant trust him when it comes to petting him at this point. It really sucks. Hes only 4, its going to be a long next 10 years like this if I cant get it figured out.
Sorry if I didnt catch any typos
My wife and I got our Rottweiler Enigma when he was 8 weeks old. I put alot of time in self training him. Hes been a very great, awesome dog. Literally my best friend for the past 3.5 years. (lots and lots of belly rubs and head scratches) Hes very well mannered when it comes to food and he wouldnt ever consider getting up on the couch.
Around 1/1/19 he was jumping into the back of my truck and miss the step which caused him to have a complete tear in his back right ACL.
After trying versus things we decided to go ahead with TPLO surgery that was on 2/11/19. 18 weeks ago.
His bone was fully healed at 12 weeks.
Post surgery every was as expected for the first 2 days but after that we couldnt pet him without him snapping at us. Never a growl always a bark / snap. we assumed he was in pain so we just let him him and didnt push the issues. Every few days or so we would try again and it would be the same result.
Fast forward to week 11. He was allowing us to pet him more. We went about a week with lots of normal loving without a snap. Other than that one week though we havent been able to make it more than a couple days without it happening again.
Its really weird because he will approach us and when we pet him he will SOMETIMES snap. We can never trust what hes going to do. Just this morning I woke up in the morning and he was in the living room. As I walked in the room he rolled over with his belly in the air and his paws curled up under his chain for a belly rub. and when I pay him he snapped at me.
Im truly lost one what to do. We cant trust him when it comes to petting him at this point. It really sucks. Hes only 4, its going to be a long next 10 years like this if I cant get it figured out.
Sorry if I didnt catch any typos