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#1 ·
I picked Mandy up from daycare yesterday and the worker told me that Mandy had played "really rough" and that we needed to work with her. What? Not MY dog, she's perfectly behaved! I was so stunned, I didn't ask any questions or know what to say. I have a call into the facility for more explanation, what would it be that we'd need to work on?


I am really surprised by her allegations that Mandy played rough because at the dog park, Mandy is always the submissive one and a follower, not a leader. Will be interesting to hear what they have to say. She's only 15 months old so she's still got a lot of puppy left in her.


Now I know how human parents feel when told their precious child did something wrong!
 
#2 ·
Sounds like a case of mistaken intent. Like in the NFL they seldom catch the primary offender, but they'll sure see and flag the guy that retaliates! Even a submissive dog will lash out if harried enough.

I really think there should be a law requiring daycares (both human and animal) to have video monitoring. If you have nothing to hide, why not?
 
#3 ·
I think we are all a little surprised when our dog behaves like a dog, we can't expect them to be perfectly behaved all the time - we 'lose it' once in a while, don't we?
I agree with Wolfeye. Assuming she has a good play history with other dogs, I would suspect there was something going on that caused her to get 'really rough' - she reacted to how the other dog was behaving towards her.
My golden 'attacked' one of my other dogs who was being rude (chased him down and pinned him to the ground, and told him off) he had never done that before. As surprising, and out of character as it was, he would not have done it if he hadn't been provoked - dogs 'behave' for a reason - they don't randomly 'go off' without 'just cause'.

I would want to know how the staff handled the situation?
 
#4 ·
Ha!


Oddly enough, I got a call today from one of my human kids teachers and my thought was "NOT MY KID", but in reality, they do make mistakes. Sometimes they take more risk when we're not around. I know Dory tends to be quite submissive at the dog park with me, but my dog walker took her and she acted like it was her park and the other dogs were there by her invitation only. LOL.


I am sure with some guidance she will continue to be the great pup she is. No worries. :)
 
#6 ·
Our Maya is a sweetheart, scares easily (unfortunately), and by everyone at the local dog park's account, is one of the sweetest dogs they have come across. This also means she can get ganged up on, or treated a little roughly. So when she retaliated one day, vocally and physically, and gave back a little of the abuse she usually gets, and I tried to intervene, owners of the dog getting the rough treatment told me to let it play out, and actually cheered Maya on.

I was a little in shock seeing my gentle girl in action, but it goes to show that for out of the blue reactions there usually is a provocation.
 
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