Ok, so the other day, I was hanging out with my sister and we both came to the conclusion that we have never seen a gentler, friendlier, sweeter dog than Saba. I mean, he truly truly is the best. Never aggressive, you can snuggle to him anytime, and he’s just always so friendly to everyone. I don’t think he has a mean bone in his body…
Well…. lately he started to bark more. It only happens when he’s in the car and we pass someone walking or their dog. Then he goes all nuts and barks - and we all know there are different barks – “I wanna go out” bark, “play with me” bark, etc. and I think these ones are aggressive barks. Maybe he’s feeling brave because he’s in the car… I dunno. And then this morning, I pull up to my mom’s, there is a guy across the street walking his 2 little dogs. Saba starts to bark before I pull into the driveway. I firmly tell him to be quiet, etc. I get out of the car, he wants to go out, but I always make him sit till I have a firm hold of his leash. I tell him to get out and he jumps out and leaps forward (as in to jump across the street) with loud barks and growls towards those little dogs. Thank goodness the guy was across the street. I was so shocked. I automatically yelled at him to sit and corrected his behaviour by telling him no! bad! etc etc. then we went right into my mom’s and I made him go on his bed and lie there. Told my mom to ignore him for a bit so he knows he did something wrong.
You guys, I was just so shocked. He’s barked like that before but then he always goes up to the other dogs and wags his tail and is all friendly. But I have no idea where this behaviour came from! I’m worried. What am I doing wrong? He’s never been attacked by dogs, he’s never been harmed or hasn’t harmed anyone. Is it nothing? Is he just being all brave from a far? I don’t know what to think. ???
Well…. lately he started to bark more. It only happens when he’s in the car and we pass someone walking or their dog. Then he goes all nuts and barks - and we all know there are different barks – “I wanna go out” bark, “play with me” bark, etc. and I think these ones are aggressive barks. Maybe he’s feeling brave because he’s in the car… I dunno. And then this morning, I pull up to my mom’s, there is a guy across the street walking his 2 little dogs. Saba starts to bark before I pull into the driveway. I firmly tell him to be quiet, etc. I get out of the car, he wants to go out, but I always make him sit till I have a firm hold of his leash. I tell him to get out and he jumps out and leaps forward (as in to jump across the street) with loud barks and growls towards those little dogs. Thank goodness the guy was across the street. I was so shocked. I automatically yelled at him to sit and corrected his behaviour by telling him no! bad! etc etc. then we went right into my mom’s and I made him go on his bed and lie there. Told my mom to ignore him for a bit so he knows he did something wrong.
You guys, I was just so shocked. He’s barked like that before but then he always goes up to the other dogs and wags his tail and is all friendly. But I have no idea where this behaviour came from! I’m worried. What am I doing wrong? He’s never been attacked by dogs, he’s never been harmed or hasn’t harmed anyone. Is it nothing? Is he just being all brave from a far? I don’t know what to think. ???