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Originally Posted by t0mbop
But one snap is a lead to further snaps.
If he's done it once the ability is there to do it again. Perhaps I'm obsessing over this but hes a big dog and he'll do a lot of damage if he ever wanted to, my overriding concern is that he is now getting the feel for wanting to.
As regards commands, well I feel that's something that gets practised daily. He's been able to sit with digestive biscuits on each paw without touching for 2-3minutes since he was 4 months old. Leave is something he's got hammered.
Why oh why do they do this, is really changes your perception and an animal you trusted I now can't and don't know if I ever will, which will affect my relationship with him.
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I really do understand. I remember the feeling of shock.
To be honest it is likely to happen again while he tests the waters and you tell him it's not on.
As i said Oscar has shown no other signs of aggression outside of the guarding and i would have expected you to have had it sorted by the time children arrived.
I am a childminder and i now have no issue with Oscar round the children
supervised but i would be careful with ANY dog because dogs are dogs and are unpredictable.
Seriously though only you can decide if you can give him a chance to resolve this. I would seriously step back and think though. One snap really doesn't mean he is aggressive.
Dogs need to be taught what we expect of them, they don't come pre programmed. He needs to be taught that he is not allowed to guard just the same as teaching him to sit, heel, recall etc.
In his own family if somone had gone for his bone he would have been allowed to react like he did especially as he is maturing now.