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My dog is about to be 2 years old next month, neutered male pomeranian. I've always thought he was a generally anxious dog. Inside an air-conditioned house, he would pant and pace around, lay down for a few seconds, get up, pace some more, play with a toy, lay down, rinse and repeat.
Basically, he never sits still. My family is super quiet, we're on our laptops/gaming consoles and don't generally move a lot or make lots of noise. Yesterday I was asking him to go through a door to the garage because my fiance was waiting for him in there and he didn't want to go through the door to the garage. He sat down and didn't move, so I went to pick him up and he growled and lunged at me.
I didn't think anything of it, while he has never bitten me or even growled at me, I must have misunderstood his not wanting to go to the garage. But then this morning he lunged at my fiance while he was closing the kennel door. He walks into the kennel on his own, no need to touch him, so my fiance was closing the kennel behind him, didn't make any contact, and he still lunged at him.
I took him to the vet today and ruled out any medical reasons. He has never, eeeever, tried anything like that before. I'm at a loss as to why it could be, he's on trazodone for the first time today in anticipation of tomorrow (4th of july), I'm debating if its an anxiety issue and if he should be on something for that, but my vet disregarded that. I don't know if its training but nothing in our routine has changed. I wouldn't know where to begin with training. He hasn't done it since this morning, but now my fiance is afraid of him.
Basically, he never sits still. My family is super quiet, we're on our laptops/gaming consoles and don't generally move a lot or make lots of noise. Yesterday I was asking him to go through a door to the garage because my fiance was waiting for him in there and he didn't want to go through the door to the garage. He sat down and didn't move, so I went to pick him up and he growled and lunged at me.
I didn't think anything of it, while he has never bitten me or even growled at me, I must have misunderstood his not wanting to go to the garage. But then this morning he lunged at my fiance while he was closing the kennel door. He walks into the kennel on his own, no need to touch him, so my fiance was closing the kennel behind him, didn't make any contact, and he still lunged at him.
I took him to the vet today and ruled out any medical reasons. He has never, eeeever, tried anything like that before. I'm at a loss as to why it could be, he's on trazodone for the first time today in anticipation of tomorrow (4th of july), I'm debating if its an anxiety issue and if he should be on something for that, but my vet disregarded that. I don't know if its training but nothing in our routine has changed. I wouldn't know where to begin with training. He hasn't done it since this morning, but now my fiance is afraid of him.