Mina's idea of being posessive of food or treats is to take EVERYONE elses. She doesn't growl,just waits patiently for a treat to not be watched. The funny thing is,my other dogs seem to realize that she is a puppy and just let her. When I catch her I give the treat back to the owner.
Im not sure about kids,she isn't either. There were some little girls at the RV park where we were on vacation. They thought that she was sooo cute and I thought that they were going to pet her fur off of her. She allowed them to touch her,I taught them how to aproach a strange dog, then when she had , had enough I told them and their mother that the cute little puppy was done. They respected what I had said and backed off. So we will see how the next encounter goes. I did have several opertunities to teach kids how to approach a strange dog and was amazed at how many kids and adults didn't know not to just reach for a dog that they didn't know. |