Growling when scared
Any help is appreciated Laura |
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| First off, walk your dog after getting out of the car! The car is exciting and stimulating and can fill up the bladder.
Second, yeah, some dogs will exhibit a fear growl (or even bite). I am sorry this is happening to you. I am not qualified nor have I any experience with this so I hope that others will chime in. I can only recommend not yelling at your dog!  |
| be thankful he is growling to warn you off - some dogs will just bite when scared. and it sounds like he was scared.
the best way is to avoid situations where you will have to yell at the dog. like ron says always walk them when you get out of the car, or the tub, or anything extremely stimulating. You should also talk to a professional trainer, preferably a behaviorist, to evaluate your dog and make sure you all have a happy healthy, safe life together. and welcome. |
| Hi Laura,
welcome!! Tiggy (my oes) always needs to wee after even a short car trip. I think its excitment and if she's stressed she needs to wee too. Always straight after her bath. And once they start its hard for them to stop, so a warning growl to stay away till I'm finished makes sense. Also Grady was in a new environment so he would be feeling nervous as you are all still pretty new to him. A deep booming voice can be the equivalent of a warning in dog language. My dalmation growls if we yell at him when we're angry or stressed (he picks up on the emotion really quickly) and he even snapped at me once when I tried to make him go outside by grabbing his collar. So we went back to obedience and revisited come, sit, drop etc. Now I go to where I want him and call come, if its somewhere he doesnt want to be it takes an added treat but I dont want to risk getting bitten when really its my fault for scaring him and then trying to manhandle him. There are lots of experienced obedience people on the forum so I'm sure you'll get some detailed help from them. |
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