Emma growled at a little girl once...in fact it was at our housewarming party-and it was the new neighbors' two year old girl-way to make a great first impression, eh? Anyway, I think she did this because the little girl was all up in Emma's face, and she was already overwhelmed with the 50 other people that were in her new house, she wasn't used to her surroundings yet, and Milli had just gotten here 2 weeks before too...We told the kids to leave her alone, but they don't listen. I think it's just their way of telling kids to leave them alone!
We brought Emma around the same kids a few weeks later, and Emma did fine-that is, after we told the kids to squat down and hold out their hands for her to sniff, rather than bum-rushing Emma! I think it's all in how the situation is presented, and the general mood of the dog at the time of the interaction! |