Hey,
I'm just looking for peoples advice, Our boy is almost 4, we've had him 7 months now after he was rescued from a abusive family.
He is happy go lucky, cuddly and playful .. does what he's told is always pleased to be around us.
Only myself and my wife pet him, given his background, we thought it was the best approach, incase of any fear.
Last week a friend of ours came into our house, he was bouncing around happy as can be, tail wagging, tongue out, was doing fine with the ''stranger'' Until my wife lost her balance (she is deaf with cochlear hearing implants). our friend reached out to stabalise her and the dog ran the length of the room, got inbetween them and snapped at her, no growl, he was there in a shot to stop any contact.
He then ran into the kitchen and hid behind me, as if he knew he had done wrong?
Our friend wasn't hurt and she is fine with the situation, she knows his background and understands how he is with my wife (if they are out walking, he won't let anyone he doesn't know near her, good thing in our case)
I have decided the best plan would be to limit who comes into our house, let the dog out the back to play when people come round? basically eliminate the chance of this happening again.
Has anyone else had anything like this? I really just want to make sure he's OK and knows not to be threatened by our friends coming into the house.
I'm just looking for peoples advice, Our boy is almost 4, we've had him 7 months now after he was rescued from a abusive family.
He is happy go lucky, cuddly and playful .. does what he's told is always pleased to be around us.
Only myself and my wife pet him, given his background, we thought it was the best approach, incase of any fear.
Last week a friend of ours came into our house, he was bouncing around happy as can be, tail wagging, tongue out, was doing fine with the ''stranger'' Until my wife lost her balance (she is deaf with cochlear hearing implants). our friend reached out to stabalise her and the dog ran the length of the room, got inbetween them and snapped at her, no growl, he was there in a shot to stop any contact.
He then ran into the kitchen and hid behind me, as if he knew he had done wrong?
Our friend wasn't hurt and she is fine with the situation, she knows his background and understands how he is with my wife (if they are out walking, he won't let anyone he doesn't know near her, good thing in our case)
I have decided the best plan would be to limit who comes into our house, let the dog out the back to play when people come round? basically eliminate the chance of this happening again.
Has anyone else had anything like this? I really just want to make sure he's OK and knows not to be threatened by our friends coming into the house.