aleethomas
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We took Padden to the park yesterday (we go every weekend) and she did the strangest thing. I was sitting on a bench and she wanted up so I let her sit up with me. A distance away another dog was walking by and she started to growl. Then another dog walked by and she starterd viciously barking at him. Scary barking! Like she was going to attack the other dog and tear them up. She's NEVER done this before. She's never barked at another dog or person, she's usually very submissive and if anything gets a little shy and hides her tail, ignores the dogs, or wants to go sniff them. She did it 2 other times while on the bench, and the other dogs were paying her no attention at all. (it was really embarassing having this little puppy doing this) I then put her on the ground and tied her to the bench thinking that maybe she needed to be at eye level. BY this time Justin was back with our lunch and she kept on doing it. I then started walking with her and she was fine after that.
What on earth was going on with her? I don't get it at all. Could she have learned this behaviour from another dog? (there is a jack russell terrier in our training class that does the same type of barking the ENTIRE class but Padden could care less about him. The other dog has to sit in the corner and gets squirted with water the entire class). We are switching our training class now. Besides it being very annoying I don't want her to start acting like him if that's at all possible.
Any info you might have on why she was acting like this please please let me know! It was really scary seeing her like this and I don't want it to happen again. (she's only 4 months old too.)
THANKS!!!!
Amanda
What on earth was going on with her? I don't get it at all. Could she have learned this behaviour from another dog? (there is a jack russell terrier in our training class that does the same type of barking the ENTIRE class but Padden could care less about him. The other dog has to sit in the corner and gets squirted with water the entire class). We are switching our training class now. Besides it being very annoying I don't want her to start acting like him if that's at all possible.
Any info you might have on why she was acting like this please please let me know! It was really scary seeing her like this and I don't want it to happen again. (she's only 4 months old too.)
THANKS!!!!
Amanda