This is what happened. And it happened 2x now. The same lady. The same street. Same time of the day. I’m just going to describe this morning because the first time was exactly the same except Ava’s collar didn’t snap open.
Ava is a bit over 2 years now, a vey cautious female dog with a little bit of a prey drive. She is good with children. Gets excited over some telephone poles but getting better and better at ignoring them. Every morning we go outside to our side walk for a bathroom break. Right when we wake up. Our side walk is really narrow with no access to the street. On one side of the side walk are house and on the other side is a hill.
This poor lady wearing a big winter jacket and a backpack approached us. Ava didn’t like it. In the middle of pooping she started growling at her. As I corrected her the collar snapped open. She circled the lady. Still barking with hackles up trying to approach her slowly. The lady started talking to her and leaned towards Ava. Ava back off and barked some more eventually easing off but still kept barking.
In the meantime I’m also talking to this lady and she is telling me I should watch dog whisperer which I clearly need after this.
Then Ava thought she was gonna have a jolly old time and run on the hill with cars going on top. I did manage to get her down and eventually to the house. But you could tell Ava was in the mischief mood. She is great on leash. Great with kids. But when that leash snapped on it was like FREEDOM!
The fist episode happened probably a close to a month ago. The only difference was Ava went for the backpack but I corrected her with the leash.
This was a terrible experience and I was for the first time frightened. When it first happened I was just plainly pissed off. But now I’m disappointed because I really wouldn’t except that. She’s been socialized since day one. Like I mentioned earlier she is good with everyone. Generally gentle. Any insight and help would be appreciated. Thank you.
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Ava is a bit over 2 years now, a vey cautious female dog with a little bit of a prey drive. She is good with children. Gets excited over some telephone poles but getting better and better at ignoring them. Every morning we go outside to our side walk for a bathroom break. Right when we wake up. Our side walk is really narrow with no access to the street. On one side of the side walk are house and on the other side is a hill.
This poor lady wearing a big winter jacket and a backpack approached us. Ava didn’t like it. In the middle of pooping she started growling at her. As I corrected her the collar snapped open. She circled the lady. Still barking with hackles up trying to approach her slowly. The lady started talking to her and leaned towards Ava. Ava back off and barked some more eventually easing off but still kept barking.
In the meantime I’m also talking to this lady and she is telling me I should watch dog whisperer which I clearly need after this.
Then Ava thought she was gonna have a jolly old time and run on the hill with cars going on top. I did manage to get her down and eventually to the house. But you could tell Ava was in the mischief mood. She is great on leash. Great with kids. But when that leash snapped on it was like FREEDOM!
The fist episode happened probably a close to a month ago. The only difference was Ava went for the backpack but I corrected her with the leash.
This was a terrible experience and I was for the first time frightened. When it first happened I was just plainly pissed off. But now I’m disappointed because I really wouldn’t except that. She’s been socialized since day one. Like I mentioned earlier she is good with everyone. Generally gentle. Any insight and help would be appreciated. Thank you.
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