Had my boy for three months now. Ex-racer who came from the Retired Greyhound Trust and seems to have settled in well. He's a 'cat trainable' grey, in practice this means he avoids the cats as my old cat is quite fierce and isn't afraid to have a go at him. He mainly lives in one room in the house as the cats (I have 2, the other is a timid tortie) have free run of the place.
I've been leaving doors open for him to come out but he seems happy in his room and waits to be led through the kitchen to the garden. He has a dog bed which has been in a large dog cage loaned by the RGT but I thought it was time to take it away on Sunday as he also seems happy lying on a rug and recently found the sofa.
I'm mentioning all this as I wonder if I have disturbed his arrangement too much by removing the cage. He still goes on his bed and has even moved it around so it's more comfy.
Now for the bad bit - on Tuesday night he was on the sofa and I went to stroke him. Not wanting to excuse his behaviour, just looking for an explanation, but I probably made a mistake by leaning over him. He growled, barked and snapped at me but didn't make contact. I was quite shaken up by it, he hardly ever barks so that alone was a shock. It made me nervous of him and I didn't really touch him much the following day. However, that night I thought I needed to get over it as surely it was a one off so stroked him again when he was on the sofa and he went for me again. Maybe I made too much eye contact, I just don't know.
This time he caught my arm and I now have two puncture wounds and grazes. Reading this back I think I must look like an idiot by doing the same thing twice but I have stroked and cuddled him on the sofa loads of times previous to these incidents. Really worried this means I can't keep him.
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Bambinho · 24/07/2015 00:35
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