Hello once again everyone,
Zappa's doing much better from his poop issues
I have another question regarding behaviour, I'll give a bit of a background first:
- Zappa is 8 month old, he's been with me since 3 month old. He has been always super clean ( not peing or poop inside, unless in is specific place).
- A few weeksago I heard him growl at another puppy that he already knew (has not done that since).
- Now he has begun to be more and more reactive to dogs, and specially to children. Today a little girl I know wanted to pet him, I told how to do it, but zappa started barking at her, he did not seemed to be aggressive, or in fear, but excited. Tail waggling, ears up but relaxed, body not very stiff, but barking (a mix of high pitch barking with normal barking haha ), no growling.
- He also as been grumpy due to using a cone collar (he has a little wound in his belly, and can not lick it).
- He also has been jumping a lot on us, no personal space definition
- He was on ahumping spree, but that semeed to go away.
- He was a "everything is food" type of dog, but now is more "controlled"
- He stil talks back at as a lot, but no growling or showing a serious face (always with his tail waggling an relaxed ears and body, almost like he's playing)
- In this few weeks (2 or 3), he seems to be less and less under control.
- As for walks, he almost never approachs people, only if they are still and he can smel them first, but sometimes (I can never tell when), he jumps up at a random person he had never seen before, while walking. and sometimes, while we are walking (walking slowly), he has this sudden bursts of energy, and trys to run like hell (like the zoomies), this happens more often as we are heading home, or walking on grass or mud.
Can I consider this normal teenager behaviour? or is it getting more and more serious? I'm going to have him trained (as well as me ) , but for now I can't really pa for a behaviourist/trainer. What is your advice? What do you think of this behaviours? normal? becoming aggressive? fearful? As for children, I think he does not see them as people, if a child runs in front of him, he tends to chase them and barking (he was in a park, a child entered alone and started running, zappa forgot about me, started to bark to the child and cornering/chasing the kid, although it did not seem to be in an aggressive way (once again, tail waggling, butt in the air with head down, always loking at the kid).
Oh, and his bite innibition is also getting worse, until this week he never even touched our hands, now he touches them, and is also biting a lot more (especially clothes, but also hands when he's playing).
What do you think about this?
Thanks in advance
Zappa's doing much better from his poop issues
I have another question regarding behaviour, I'll give a bit of a background first:
- Zappa is 8 month old, he's been with me since 3 month old. He has been always super clean ( not peing or poop inside, unless in is specific place).
- A few weeksago I heard him growl at another puppy that he already knew (has not done that since).
- Now he has begun to be more and more reactive to dogs, and specially to children. Today a little girl I know wanted to pet him, I told how to do it, but zappa started barking at her, he did not seemed to be aggressive, or in fear, but excited. Tail waggling, ears up but relaxed, body not very stiff, but barking (a mix of high pitch barking with normal barking haha ), no growling.
- He also as been grumpy due to using a cone collar (he has a little wound in his belly, and can not lick it).
- He also has been jumping a lot on us, no personal space definition
- He was on ahumping spree, but that semeed to go away.
- He was a "everything is food" type of dog, but now is more "controlled"
- He stil talks back at as a lot, but no growling or showing a serious face (always with his tail waggling an relaxed ears and body, almost like he's playing)
- In this few weeks (2 or 3), he seems to be less and less under control.
- As for walks, he almost never approachs people, only if they are still and he can smel them first, but sometimes (I can never tell when), he jumps up at a random person he had never seen before, while walking. and sometimes, while we are walking (walking slowly), he has this sudden bursts of energy, and trys to run like hell (like the zoomies), this happens more often as we are heading home, or walking on grass or mud.
Can I consider this normal teenager behaviour? or is it getting more and more serious? I'm going to have him trained (as well as me ) , but for now I can't really pa for a behaviourist/trainer. What is your advice? What do you think of this behaviours? normal? becoming aggressive? fearful? As for children, I think he does not see them as people, if a child runs in front of him, he tends to chase them and barking (he was in a park, a child entered alone and started running, zappa forgot about me, started to bark to the child and cornering/chasing the kid, although it did not seem to be in an aggressive way (once again, tail waggling, butt in the air with head down, always loking at the kid).
Oh, and his bite innibition is also getting worse, until this week he never even touched our hands, now he touches them, and is also biting a lot more (especially clothes, but also hands when he's playing).
What do you think about this?
Thanks in advance
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