Captain
Final Approach
I was curious what ya'll thought about this;
We have a small dog. She's about 2 years old and we rescued her from certain death. She was living in an abandoned house living on god knows what and my wife picked her up and brought her home.
I took her to the vet and the vet gave her 50/50 odds of even living due to being riddled with worms and malnurishment. Well, we spent the money and she did come around and she's perfectly healthy now.
I bring this up because I think it plays into why she's so territorial. She's nice as pie around the family but she HATES strangers. We have to put her in her crate whenever anybody comes over as she'll growl, bark and even go after them and bite.
So, about a week ago my sons friend came over for a play date. Nice kid but his dad dropped him off in the driveway and he just bounded into the house. That's fine with us, but not fine with Bailey (the dog). She was very startled by this 'intruder' and she ran up and took a good bite on his leg.
She is up to date on shots so that wasn't an issue but still, there's my sons friend with a bleeding leg and a chunk a skin missing. It'll heal but I wouldn't be surprised if he ends up with a scar.
I got to his dad before he left and we all came inside and cleaned him up. The bleeding stopped and he just left with a bandaid and neosporin on the wound. They did not go to the hospital or doctor.
So, anybody have a comment on this and an idea how to settle my dog down?
We have a small dog. She's about 2 years old and we rescued her from certain death. She was living in an abandoned house living on god knows what and my wife picked her up and brought her home.
I took her to the vet and the vet gave her 50/50 odds of even living due to being riddled with worms and malnurishment. Well, we spent the money and she did come around and she's perfectly healthy now.
I bring this up because I think it plays into why she's so territorial. She's nice as pie around the family but she HATES strangers. We have to put her in her crate whenever anybody comes over as she'll growl, bark and even go after them and bite.
So, about a week ago my sons friend came over for a play date. Nice kid but his dad dropped him off in the driveway and he just bounded into the house. That's fine with us, but not fine with Bailey (the dog). She was very startled by this 'intruder' and she ran up and took a good bite on his leg.
She is up to date on shots so that wasn't an issue but still, there's my sons friend with a bleeding leg and a chunk a skin missing. It'll heal but I wouldn't be surprised if he ends up with a scar.
I got to his dad before he left and we all came inside and cleaned him up. The bleeding stopped and he just left with a bandaid and neosporin on the wound. They did not go to the hospital or doctor.
So, anybody have a comment on this and an idea how to settle my dog down?