Help, this might sound pathetic, I have a three year old lab.
She has always been good as gold, social, loves people, a fuss, a cuddle.
This is a factual account of what happened.
We were sat outside a bar, at the side next to a path, four women walked down the path.
One locked eyes with me and smiled and I smiled back and she approached my dog.
As she was about 2 feet away she gave a small jump, and raised her hands up, in a sort of ‘look at you’ way and my dog lost it.
She was barking, lunging, and the lady wouldn’t let it go, as in just kept trying to engage with her. She then left. My dog calmed immediately.
She has gone on to meet and greet several people, full on cuddles, belly rubs, being handled, back to her normal self. Nothing like that again but it’s playing on my mind.
Can it be as simple as just the approach, I’m struggling to shake it off. Please help, has this ever happened to anyone else?
Other things which might be of interest:
She was possibly overtired.
We had broken down and were having to overnight somewhere unfamiliar. It had been a long day.
It had been a hot day (although had cooled down by this point)