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Parker is 7 mos old and even when he was quite small and my daughter would come over with her same age lab he would get very fiesty and aggressive acting at the first meeting. I have to keep him on a leash until the initial greet has settled, then he is perfectly normal and they run, jump, chase and play like any other pups. He's always a perfect teddy bear with all humans including small children.
I worry that if I don't handle the greeting thing right it will get worse. Aside from that brief negative behavior he is a jewel, in fact Tilley and Sammi (both females) rule the roost over him and he will quickly back off if they tell him so. There is never any aggression between any of them.
Is this common behavior for a male? He is still intact and I don't plan to neuter him for hopefully another 6-12 months if possible. The girls are both spayed.
He starts school next week and I'm worried he'll act like an idiot and cause me great embarrassment. What can I do to work on this? I don't want him to be the only kid in class that can't participate in social time.
I worry that if I don't handle the greeting thing right it will get worse. Aside from that brief negative behavior he is a jewel, in fact Tilley and Sammi (both females) rule the roost over him and he will quickly back off if they tell him so. There is never any aggression between any of them.
Is this common behavior for a male? He is still intact and I don't plan to neuter him for hopefully another 6-12 months if possible. The girls are both spayed.
He starts school next week and I'm worried he'll act like an idiot and cause me great embarrassment. What can I do to work on this? I don't want him to be the only kid in class that can't participate in social time.