I Cut My Dog's Bollocks Off
StephenPBarrett
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Well, I didn't personally do it. I had the veterinarian do it for me. She wasn't happy that i just left the dog there with her but I had a dentist appointment scheduled for the same time as his snipping. I didn't want to do it but it had to be done. He was becoming slightly agressive towards some people I witnessed this on one or two occasions with my wife. What I saw was only growling but it wasn't provoked. He's never bitten anyone before bit I can't take the chance that he might. I dont want a lawsuit or for my wife to get hurt.
Now the poor guy just moaps about. He doesnt run and while he gets a little excited he doesn't jump in circles like he used to. I tell myself that this is because he is still sore and it would hurt him, hoping that he will still be playfully like he was not even 2 days ago.
I worry that he might growl without provokation again after he gets better and then I'll have to send him to behavioral school (which is what i would have preferred to do in the first place). I raised him not to be aggressive from the time he was a pup smaller than his current tail. I had never heard him growl until my wife and I moved. He stayed with relatives while we were on the road during the summer months. I remember one of them talking about teaching him to be an aggressive guard dog. I wonder if that had anything to do with it.
Does anyone have any tips to help train him not to be slightly aggressive? I don't want to have tobspend money on behavioral classes if he does act out again.
Now the poor guy just moaps about. He doesnt run and while he gets a little excited he doesn't jump in circles like he used to. I tell myself that this is because he is still sore and it would hurt him, hoping that he will still be playfully like he was not even 2 days ago.
I worry that he might growl without provokation again after he gets better and then I'll have to send him to behavioral school (which is what i would have preferred to do in the first place). I raised him not to be aggressive from the time he was a pup smaller than his current tail. I had never heard him growl until my wife and I moved. He stayed with relatives while we were on the road during the summer months. I remember one of them talking about teaching him to be an aggressive guard dog. I wonder if that had anything to do with it.
Does anyone have any tips to help train him not to be slightly aggressive? I don't want to have tobspend money on behavioral classes if he does act out again.
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