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Originally Posted by matese  I am by no means an expert on this, but I would tend to agree after this attack she may have a fear of dogs and just wants to hide it by acting all big and bad. My past girl was raised with another female 6 years older then her. My older one was fearless, the younger one Matese was a sweetheart, very timid, on 2 occasions both girls were approached once by a huge Husky, the 2nd time by a huge Belgium Shepard, both times Matese the youngest one was traumatized, screaming out of fear. What this did to her was to cause fear in walking, she and myself were always looking over our shoulder to make sure no dog was coming after us. These 2 dogs were not acting aggressive, they took us by surprise and scared my dog forever. However it had no affect on my older girl,she wanted to fight them lol. I don't know how Cody would react if something like that happened to him.I truly think he's a little chicken s!!t. I pray I never find out. Funny how some dogs react differentially to the same situations. |
I know!! I started doing the same thing, looking over my shoulder and all around for other dogs. Of course, our own dogs pick up on OUR behavior and it affects THEM.
I'll tell you what though, Beanie doesn't back down. She doesn't give a crap how big the dog is, she will hold her own barking her head off at the dog. Of course, she IS in a car or the dog IS behind a fence. But she will go right up that that fence and bark at the big dog. Yes, I agree that is her way of acting out.
Now that she has calmed back down to the way she used to be, I will allow her to greet other dogs. I always ask the person if their dog is friendly. Some people have told me NO, don't come near us!! Can you imagine that? Like, hey there, I have a dog that will bite you or your dog's head off if you even come near us. Nice.
And let me tell you, I do not trust Huskies. They are such beautiful dogs, but I have heard so many stories about them attacking small dogs and these idiot owners just let them off leash. It really p!!sses me off when people do that.
Anyway, if the Bark Genie doesn't work for you, you can send it back for a refund.