My dog died very suddenly two weeks ago leaving a 6yr old male dog who'd never lived without another dog he was mortified. The breeder of the one that died passed my detailks onto the breed socoety and within 3 days I was offered a bitch 6yrs old owned by a breeder. I was told by the breeder that she was shy particualrly of men.
She been here one week and initially was terrified of everything but now she's completely devoted to me but barks and growls at my two teenage sons and my husband. She does this when they move anywhere in the house, but particularly when they walk in the room where she is. Both dogs are confined to my kitchenand dinning room.
I've advised them to ignor her and not look hr ion the eye etc, I knows shs doing it becasue she anxious and I know its early days but I'm just want some advise.
We hav always had dogs (puppies) and all our dogs reflect us we are a happy confident outgoing family and all our dogs have been like this so an anxious barking growling dog is a new one for us.