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dirtychicken	May 24 2009, 11:02 PM
One of the regulars Posts: 205 Group: Full Members Member #806 Joined: May 3, 2009	Little Hugo turned 5 months today. His behaviour with my dogs is brilliant. He was at Lizzies Barn before coming to us which meant he was living loose with lots of different dogs of all shapes and sizes with no problem, although he did have his 8 year old grandmother with him as bodyguard. Because he's recently had KC and a 2 week course of ABs, he's not had his second vax yet, plus his heart problems, mean that Hugo only has his exercise at home and outside of the house he is carried in a pet backpack. However, when he is in the backpack - or just being carried - he turns into an absolute demon croc when there are other dogs around :angry: Today was an absolute nightmare. We went to a car boot sale with the little man in his backpack. There were quite a lot of other dogs around and he was lunging out of his backpack, barking and snapping at each one of them. When this happens, he tends to get quite frenzied and will just chomp on anything near enough and we carry a little teddy bear for the purpose! Today, however, he refused the teddy and chomped straight down on the base of Sophie's thumb - hard enough to draw blood. It's not affected how she feels about him, but she really does want to try and curb the behaviour. We know the blood has only been drawn because his baby teeth are so sharp, but I'd rather he didn't have such extreme reactions to other dogs. Is it just that he's thinking that he's better than them because he's higher up? :unsure:


Young Hugo's Doggy Attitude · Training & Behaviour