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The other day a close family member dropped in for a visit. They had been else where and brought their shipoo (Howard)with them. They had been in the car for a few hours so they tied their dog in the yard while they came in for a visit. Well Betty Jo (one of my spoos) saw Howard in the yard and scooted past us and went out to say hi. Everything was ok for a min or so then Howard snarled and snapped at Betty Jo. My husband Tom got in between the 2 before anything else happened and brought Betty Jo in.
I put my spoos out in their run. My daughter is 6 and loves dogs and went out to see the other dog. I didn't think too much about it as my husband was out in the yard with her. Howard was driving my husband nuts barking so we brought him in. When my daughter came in I found out that while they were out Howard had nipped her in the face and drew a bit of blood.
The dog went from entertaining and being sweet to snapping at my other spoo Jenny who just went to sniff him. He startled her enough that she spent most of the rest of their visit on my knee. He then proceeded to snap 2 at my 7 year old David. His owners were very upset by it all and did try to correct him but really. I'm not amused to say the least. I took up correcting him and put him on his back.
I expect that they will not bring the dog here again or at least I hope so until he learns some manners and I did certainly tell them that he really needs to be socialized and they need to make sure that he knows that they are pack leaders. However since they have countless times had various of my dogs in their home I don't want to say their dog isn't welcome here. Though my dogs have never nipped or any such thing in their lives.
Its really upsetting because it makes me worry about visiting them with the kids if their dog is likely to nip them. Any thoughts??
I put my spoos out in their run. My daughter is 6 and loves dogs and went out to see the other dog. I didn't think too much about it as my husband was out in the yard with her. Howard was driving my husband nuts barking so we brought him in. When my daughter came in I found out that while they were out Howard had nipped her in the face and drew a bit of blood.
The dog went from entertaining and being sweet to snapping at my other spoo Jenny who just went to sniff him. He startled her enough that she spent most of the rest of their visit on my knee. He then proceeded to snap 2 at my 7 year old David. His owners were very upset by it all and did try to correct him but really. I'm not amused to say the least. I took up correcting him and put him on his back.
I expect that they will not bring the dog here again or at least I hope so until he learns some manners and I did certainly tell them that he really needs to be socialized and they need to make sure that he knows that they are pack leaders. However since they have countless times had various of my dogs in their home I don't want to say their dog isn't welcome here. Though my dogs have never nipped or any such thing in their lives.
Its really upsetting because it makes me worry about visiting them with the kids if their dog is likely to nip them. Any thoughts??