| Thanks so much for responding. I talked to an animal behaviorist on Friday and he said Cody displayed perfectly normal dog behavior. He viewed the situation as threatening because although he knows Pat, he doesn't have a lot of confidence or trust in him because Pat doesn't feed, train, or play with him. I am Cody's primary caretaker and Cody relies on me to protect him in a threatening situation. Well, since I wasn't there Cody did what he thought was best and the rest is history. Pat understands what he did wrong, and Animal Control is allowing me to home quarantine Cody.
Cody is now crated unless I am home to supervise, and we are just finishing out our time at that house until we move. He has not been adversely affected by this incident, he is now the same old Cody even towards Pat.
So, all's well that ends well, although it's a shame this bite had to happen, it couldn't have turned out any better.
Kim |