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Originally Posted by Lindzorz  It's really difficult to have play dates especially with larger dogs because they're so unpredictable, and because of their size it's even more dangerous! I took Nilla to show her to my granny (who had been wanting to see her) when we were having a cookout, and they have a pretty good sized border collie that lives in their house. Nilla seems more attracted to the bigger dogs (perhaps because she has a big personality?), so she would try and play with this dog and carry on, and the big dog would just stand and wag her tail and act like she was kind of interested in playing as well. The larger dog went to lay down and Nilla put her front paws on her shoulder - area and was just standing there and sniffing her, and the dog got spooked and started making these AWFUL sounds and it looked like she jumped at Nilla, and all I could do was scream at her. I got Nilla very quickly, who was obviously scared, and she didn't feel wet anywhere like she had actually been bitten, but I made sure they were separated from thereafter because that freaked. me. out. I'm just glad Nilla wasn't hurt, but I was very disappointed that had happened. I know it can still happen with smaller dogs, but if we have any play dates with Nilla I think it will be with a smaller breed FOR SURE. Wouldn't want anything [else] to happen to my baby! |
wow, I certainly can understand how you feel. Glad that you little Nilla was okay. It only takes a second. Hot Rod will do that to my neighbors yorkie sometimes--I think he is just telling her that he's had enough of her in his face. When she was a pup, she would always jump on him and want to play. He let her do it for awhile but then when he had enough (I suppose) he would make a growly, barky kind of noise and sorta lunge at her. She would back off and go bouncing off another direction. I guess this might just be their way of saying, "I'm done, leave me alone". (??) I can totally understand it's a whole lot more different and scary with larger dogs doing to our little babies however.