I have an 11 year old lab who has been a bit of a struggle throughout his whole life, barking with the doorbell etc. When he was a young dog, he'd always jump up, and despite much training etc he has never been a dog you can feel relaxed with, however he has never bitten anyone. I suspect it is our fault, before anyone flames me. He is now very elderly, has bad legs and life seems a bit of a struggle, but his behaviour has definitely mellowed in the last 5 years,
Today everything has just gone belly up. I was out walking, lovely sunny day. Dog was on lead as always, I never let him off as I would be nervous he might do something. A small child of about 7 was cycling by, and he got off his bike, ran to the dog and started putting his hands on the dog's face. For the first time in his life, the dog bit, and drew blood.
The child got on his bike and cycled off as fast as he could, with me in a right state.
I have no idea what to do. I don't live in the UK any longer, not that I'd know what to do there either. This is absolutely the end of me.
I have ordered a muzzle, but I don't think its enough. What do I do ?
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Theworstpetowner · 26/05/2016 18:05
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