| BostonRott:
"Try not to lean over him in any fashion,..."
I don't think advising an owner to refrain from doing things a dog doesn't appear to like is appropriate. If the dog growls when a human approaches Fido's food bowl--obviously, Fido doesn't like the human there. Does this mean you'd advise the owner of this dog to not go over to the dog's bowl? Where do you draw the line?
I don't think it's unreasonable to expect your dog to be calm when the dog is being held by its owner and not to growl and snap at approaching people. The fact of the matter is we *need* to train dogs how to live in our world because if they aren't able to do so, they get put down.
brooke:
How old is Zues? I'm guessing he's on the young side since you said he hadn't behaved badly at the vet before.
Sounds to me as tho you need to work on Zues' socialization. |