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Originally Posted by eva247

Judi - I appreciate what you say and I definitely do that when I have people at my home or when we are at someone elses house but the problem has been when we are out on the street and as he is not fully vaccinated yet, I couldn't/can't put him on the floor :( .
You are totally right though as when he is on the floor and he can approach at his own pace he is fine (apart from the growls), it is when he is being held that he is more growly or goes to bite - I partly blame the people though as many a time I have told strangers not to swoop on him and I could not believe when one guy did not listen to me and walked behind me so I could not see him and then put his hands on Kane - Kane bit him - I had a right go at the guy as, if Kane was bigger and did that we all know who would get the blame and the repercussions - my boy
By the way - is the growling normal with this breed of pups as he seems to growl alot, when we play, when he mouths/bites me/my boyfriend/daughter, startling noises, etc. I'm not really worried as I am aware that growling is not necessarily aggressiveness but just his was of communicating - best to double-check though!

I've said it before, and I'll say it again... Lack of socialization kills more dogs than lack of vaccination.