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| Sun, 03-26-2006 - 10:03pm |
Having a bit of trouble with our aussie shepard/golden retriever mix. She is 3 and very aussie. We have had her since she was 6 months old.
Tonight she bit Cait. Just a scratch when scared but a scratch with intent. She was under Cait's bed where she likes to be. Cait reached under and grabbed a magazine and Gracie barked and bit her hand causing a scratch that barely broke the skin.
Gracie is a great doggie. She can be very sweet but she is also a bit anxious. She gets very nippy around stranger dogs and definitely has an alpha dog attitude. Once she gets to know a new animal she is fine but it is this part of her temperment that concerns me.
Our older dog is a major sweetie. He would never hurt a fly. You can take his food from him when eating and he wouldn't even flinch and would likely give you a kiss. That is the kind of doggie I like.
I don't know what to do. This is Cait's dog and Cait adores her but I can't have a dog that I am afraid is going to turn on my kids either.
UGH!
Renee


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We had a similar thing happen to us when we had our black lab. I was at work one night when I was pregnant on Jake and DH called me in a panic because when he was getting the dog out of the crate he nipped him on the hand. We didn't know what to do because we were expecting Jake any day and we were nervous he would do the same thing with him. We considered bringing him to the animal shelter for adoption but we knew it would be unlikey anyone would take a dog who had bitten it's owner so it was possible he would be put to sleep. I think what happened was that DH reached into the crate to get the dog and for some reason the dog felt threatened. We had gotten him from a shelter so it's very possible he was abused before. We ended up keeping him for a while until we had Ella and then we just got to busy to take him for walks and really give him the attention he deserved so we decided to give him to a friend who was single and had a decent size property for him to run around in. I feel bad for you because that is a really difficult choice to have to make!
Teresa
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