Im currenty house and dog sitting for lee's parents. Monty (their dog) has serious issues, I've known that since day one, its because of the way he was brought up, no socialisation really, serous confrontation, and they will bribe him wih treats if he wont listen.
Shadow is with me in lee's parents house, and their playing is getting way too rough, monty is starting to get nasty, he's bitten her a few times, she yelps, but will carry on, its like she wont learn. But he does seem to be getting more vicious.
Yesterday I was upstairs with my partner changing the bed linen on lee's parents bed so we could go to bed, monty jumped up on the bed, we told him to get down, which he wouldnt, so i picked him up to move him, he went mad, snarling, growling, I got him of the bed, onto the floor, he tried to jump back up, and I put my arm in the way. Thats when he went for be, he ripped my pjama top, and grazed the skin, only because my reflexes made me move my arm, otherwise I dont know what type of damage he may have caused. We took hom straight downstairs and he was locked in the kitchen, he seems fine again now, he will listen to me, when he feels like it, and only seems to get aggressive when he's playing with shadow.
I am now really worried for monty, i think it was my fault he went for me, I shouldnt have dragged him off the bed, but my boyf says, if he had bitten me and drawn blood, then lee would have him put down.
This has been playing on my mind all night, its not monty's fault, its the way he's been brought up, lee's parents think he's fine, and wont do anything to try and alter this behaviour.
I am worried he may go for me again, it doesnt bother me that he may bite me, I still treat him the same way, if he does, he does, but that will be the end for him. Im also worried about the way he is with shadow, if he goes for her in a nasty way, that will be it, I will not visit him ever again, I will not put my puppy at risk.
Please any one, help, Im at my wits end thinking about what may happen.....
Shadow is with me in lee's parents house, and their playing is getting way too rough, monty is starting to get nasty, he's bitten her a few times, she yelps, but will carry on, its like she wont learn. But he does seem to be getting more vicious.
Yesterday I was upstairs with my partner changing the bed linen on lee's parents bed so we could go to bed, monty jumped up on the bed, we told him to get down, which he wouldnt, so i picked him up to move him, he went mad, snarling, growling, I got him of the bed, onto the floor, he tried to jump back up, and I put my arm in the way. Thats when he went for be, he ripped my pjama top, and grazed the skin, only because my reflexes made me move my arm, otherwise I dont know what type of damage he may have caused. We took hom straight downstairs and he was locked in the kitchen, he seems fine again now, he will listen to me, when he feels like it, and only seems to get aggressive when he's playing with shadow.
I am now really worried for monty, i think it was my fault he went for me, I shouldnt have dragged him off the bed, but my boyf says, if he had bitten me and drawn blood, then lee would have him put down.
This has been playing on my mind all night, its not monty's fault, its the way he's been brought up, lee's parents think he's fine, and wont do anything to try and alter this behaviour.
I am worried he may go for me again, it doesnt bother me that he may bite me, I still treat him the same way, if he does, he does, but that will be the end for him. Im also worried about the way he is with shadow, if he goes for her in a nasty way, that will be it, I will not visit him ever again, I will not put my puppy at risk.
Please any one, help, Im at my wits end thinking about what may happen.....