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Hey everyone,
Mom started a new job last week, so I'm home with Bear alot (I'm a grown up so he's not protecting a child) and he's done something twice lately that I've never seen him do!
A bit of background he's 2 years 8 months old and we've only until recently had a problem with him and 1 dog. Callie who is the sweetest dog to man and beast has tried to KILL Bear every time they've been within 10 feet of each other. She is the only dog Bear doesn't get along with...seemingly until recently. We've also kept the 2 dogs away from each other for about the last year.
Last week 2 people were walking 2 pit bulls down the street, one was walking politely, the other was doing whatever he wanted...Bear stood straight up from his perch *our bay window* and went absolutely PSYCHO! This wasn't a protective bark, this was THE bark complete with growling and snarling and teeth bared. I actually thought he would go THROUGH the window so I walked over to him and kept petting him and saying 'calm puppy' until the dog was out of our block. We had the same SORT of problem today with a German Sheperd, the Sheperd was walking really well for it's walker, and Bear's melt down wasn't quite as severe, but I did have to shoo him out of the window.
I'm wondering if we're running into an aggression issue with Bear? Has any other Golden owner dealt with this type of behavior seemingly out of nowhere, and how did they go about handling it?
Mike
(P.S. I'm using Mom's username/pass cause I couldn't remember mine, and we both own Bear)
Mom started a new job last week, so I'm home with Bear alot (I'm a grown up so he's not protecting a child) and he's done something twice lately that I've never seen him do!
A bit of background he's 2 years 8 months old and we've only until recently had a problem with him and 1 dog. Callie who is the sweetest dog to man and beast has tried to KILL Bear every time they've been within 10 feet of each other. She is the only dog Bear doesn't get along with...seemingly until recently. We've also kept the 2 dogs away from each other for about the last year.
Last week 2 people were walking 2 pit bulls down the street, one was walking politely, the other was doing whatever he wanted...Bear stood straight up from his perch *our bay window* and went absolutely PSYCHO! This wasn't a protective bark, this was THE bark complete with growling and snarling and teeth bared. I actually thought he would go THROUGH the window so I walked over to him and kept petting him and saying 'calm puppy' until the dog was out of our block. We had the same SORT of problem today with a German Sheperd, the Sheperd was walking really well for it's walker, and Bear's melt down wasn't quite as severe, but I did have to shoo him out of the window.
I'm wondering if we're running into an aggression issue with Bear? Has any other Golden owner dealt with this type of behavior seemingly out of nowhere, and how did they go about handling it?
Mike
(P.S. I'm using Mom's username/pass cause I couldn't remember mine, and we both own Bear)