Both having him in the garden unsupervised and barking at people from the windows mean that he is rehearsing the very behaviour that they don’t want. It’s being constantly practised – so it can only increase.
The other day, seemingly with no provocation at all. The lady was by herself and both dogs were asleep on the floor.
With no warning, Harry suddenly attacked their other Shepherd.
Imagine, how a Romanian puppy of about four months old must feel, being flown across Europe in a crate. Then, after a long drive in a car, the puppy is dumped into an alien environment, a home.
Why would a normally friendly dog suddenly bark aggressively and bite hands when people come into the house?
Betty is another French Bulldog that barks loudly at anyone coming into her house. “Go Away!”
Sometimes she bites hands.
I have just looked back through my more recent stories of French Bulldogs. I am surprised how many cases have been about territorial and protective aggressive behaviours towards people coming into their home.
As a behaviourist, I only visit those Frenchies with problems. Of these problems, most have protectiveness and barking aggressively at people in common.
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It’s like French Bulldog Percy has three different personalities and three different ways of behaving. Percy the territorial and protective barker, Percy the dog worried by other dogs when on lead and Percy the friendly pet.
“I was born to be a guard dog. I am an entire male German Shepherd now reaching my prime – eighteen months old. I am ‘The Bodyguard’. My job is to keep my humans safe and to keep safe the environment around them.
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