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Originally Posted by Taryn0405  I don't think anyone was saying that it was acceptable for him to be biting the boyfriend. However, if there's a stranger in a dog's territory and he grabs the dog and startles it from behind, thwen I'm not shocked at all from it's behavior. It's a case of both Oliver and the boyfriend needing to be trained. Oliver not to bite, and the boyfriend to not grab at dogs.
I don't know if it's quite fair to blame the owner for this either. Yes, it is her responsibility to make sure Oliver is not going around biting random people, however common sense tells me that if someone says that they're dog is from
a rescue type situation, I know that not starling it, letting he or she get use to me and my scent, and trying two gain his or her trust would be the foundation of our relationship. Not simply just grabbing at him from behind demanding he shut up.
Training I think needs to be both ways in this case and not simply blamed on the owner. |
Agreed! No one was advocating for a dog to go around and bite people. However, if someone new came into my house, treated my dog badly, and then grabbed it up from behind- I would expect them to be slightly more understanding if the dog did bite them. EVERY dog has a breaking point, the best behaved dog would bite if put in the right situation. Obviously, the BF found Olivers breaking point.