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Originally Posted by gemy  Made me sad too Nancy, but I didn't get the idea she was teasing the dog, merely showing how the dog reacted to a very slow, gentle moving in of her hand. If this is the owner, this is very shocking that this dog has this kind of temperament, and has been allowed to get away with it. |
It may not look like a tease and merely a demonstration, but something caused the dog to react that way, and now just the slightest touch will cause it. To hear the dog growl over and over made me feel like the dog’s space wasn’t being respected. I’m not sure what can be done to retrain a dog that has reached this point, but what she is doing is reinforcing the behavior, which will make it even more difficult to eliminate.