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Originally Posted by t0mbop
To be fair, he did intimidate me, I can't help that.
It's now got me questioning him and whether we should keep him or not if he's aggressive. We've done the best we can with him and everyone we've ever consulted tends to laugh at us for worrying. It's me he seems to have the biggest issues with.
Is this aggressive behaviour, is it serious, is it a concern? I marched back and took his bone away from him after he did it, I was just so stunned. He didn't mark the skin he barely touched me it's just the action that concerns me.
We have a local APDT registered trainer coming to see us on 20th October but she doesn't know about this yet as she was coming to address other behaviour issues and to give us some guidance. As you can tell we're doing our best but with what I deem as probably the most soppy and docile breed we're having problems, is it us or the dog?
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Believe me if he has been going for you he would have marked the skin
He was warning you off which in itself isn't allowed but not the same as an attack.
Only you can answer the questions you ask about him. Given his age and the fact you are getting help iy is unlikely to develop into aggression.
I asked myself all these questions with oscar and i have children and the guarding was levelled at my 5 year old
All i can say is i am glad i worked through it, it was relatively easy to resolve (compared to getting the little bugger to walk to heel or recall
) and we now have the most amazing little chap (he had no other issues though).
I trust him as much as any dog with my kids but i am careful like i would be with any dog.