Our pup is 17 weeks old and he growls a fair bit. I’ve got this ingrained instinct that growling=aggression=about to bite so I’m finding it quite stressful and I keep worrying that he’ll turn into an aggressive dog. The situations he growls in:
-when he’s playing tug or with a toy
-when he’s in his crate in the car. He’ll growl before settling down to sleep or he’ll alternate between growling and whining for a couple of minutes.
-in his pen in the kitchen when we’re eating, he’ll settle in his bed but growl a bit before occupying himself with his toys
-on walks he gets over excited and sometimes chases DS’ trainers and will growl and bark at them
-today at puppy class, he was desperate to play with one of the puppies but we had to keep them on lead. He was a few feet apart and pulling to get closer, he started to bark and then growled. This only lasted a few seconds before we moved away.
Does this sound ok?!!
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Can anyone tell me about their non-aggressive, growly dogs. Our pup growls a lot!!
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Spotty528 · 05/01/2020 19:40
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