The first dog that I went to walk was a semi regular newish client. The dog is a total sweetie pie, but recently the owner and I had been texting about his behavior at daycare. It seems that he was so high energy that he was getting aggressive with other dogs when they had had enough and he still wanted to play. I hadn't seen him since this incident and didn't think anything of it.
It was business as usual. I got big hugs and smiles from his velvety face and we headed over to the park. He did his business pretty quickly and then we just kept going around the grassy areas. He met some construction guys, other dogs, squirrels, and then found the sticks. He got SUPER excited with the sticks! There were zoomies and tossing of said sticks, and then he started to bite my ankles and my legs. At first it was a small nip, and then he started chomping! I thought he broke skin (he didn't) but I do have quite a bruised lump on my ankle. I got him to stop and we kept on going. We ran into a corgi who wanted to say hello so they played while on the leash for a bit. Then he jerked and grabbed the plastic part of his retractable leash and took off with the leash in his mouth! He is big on me chasing him in his apartment, so I knew that he just thought this was a game. No matter what I did, he would not listen or come to me. It literally got to the point where I threw my bag down and starting chasing him. I had the guy with the corgi, a walker with a pug, a lady with 2 shih tzus, and a lady with a min pin all helping me try to get him back. My stomach was in my throat, thank God he stayed within the park. It took about 15 minutes for all of us to get him to stand still for a minute. I am so grateful for the help of these people, you have no idea!
When we FINALLY got him back, I stood and chatted with the other walker that was there for a little bit. He started jumping up and biting me again! I got frustrated and took him back in. Poor thing had no idea he did anything wrong. His problem seems to be that he has a trigger that overstimulates him in the blink of an eye and he doesn't know what to do with all of his energy! It ends up in him getting aggressive. He doesn't bark or growl or act angry at all - I was not in fear for my limbs being ripped off, but he does get very bitey. He thinks it's a game. We are all going to work with a trainer next week and try to get this kid on track, but this was not the way I wanted to start my list of dog walks. He must earn my trust back.
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| Face of an angel - teeth of a beaver :) |
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| He is my buddy, and I do love him - we just have work to do |
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