| Thanks for your reply. I do flip her and yes, she does look away after she "settles". Usually she growls again a little as I release her, though--should I re-flip her at this point? I wasn't sure if growling was a serious enough offense for the drama of all of this flipping. I'm trying to keep things positive but I am also very familiar with the Monks of New Skete's more physical methods. BTW, she's not the slightest bit food aggressive and really listens to me, eye contact, etc. I guess it wouldn't hurt to do all the Alpha Puppy stuff posted recently by Deborah Reid and others. It's just hard to know how far to go since she is so golden in other repects. Her female littermates were even growlier; she didn't growl at all when I picked her out and did the tests. |