ianvincent
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I have a beautiful 9 month old Australian Cattle Dog I adopted about 5 months ago. Sometimes during the day while I’m working, she stays at my mom’s house with four smaller dogs and loves her time there. Recently, if I stay at my mother’s house for dinner she has begun to snap at the other dogs if they go near me or her food bowl. If I am sitting at the table, she will guard me and explode out of nowhere if one of the other dogs comes to me to be pet. It’s literally 0-100. I don’t know where this behavior came from. It’s only developed in the last month or so. She also has no problem with the other dogs being near her food if I’m not there. It also seems to not be an issue when I’m standing up, only when I’m sitting down.
Does anyone have a similar experience they were able to work through? I would love some advice. The behavior is very out of character for my sweet girl.
Also please note she has never attacked or bit the other dogs, so far it’s just aggressive barking and tooth gnashing.
Does anyone have a similar experience they were able to work through? I would love some advice. The behavior is very out of character for my sweet girl.
Also please note she has never attacked or bit the other dogs, so far it’s just aggressive barking and tooth gnashing.