We have 5.5 month chow/lab cross puppy, absolutely lovely, generally very calm, just the odd bout of madness during the day.
This evening the DCs and I were in the dining room and puppy was on the settee chewing on a chew I'd given him earlier in the day that he'd waited until now to eat. He'd just stolen a croissant on the table and he must have been aware that we were looking at an empty box and then looking at him. DS2(7) walked over to him, said his name and went to pat him on the head. Pup obviously thought he was going for the chew and growled then snapped.
I then went up to the puppy told him to leave it, took the chew off him without any problems and gave it back to him and told him he was a good boy. I've done this a couple of times since without any problems. I didn't think I could tell him off because actually he didn't growl at me so he would be confused.
Was this the right course of action or what should we do to make sure that we don't have a pup who guards his things?
Don't know if it's relevant or not, but he's just started cocking his leg today so maybe he's having a burst of hormones.
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Puppy growled and snapped at DS how do I stop it from happening again
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aliciaflorrick · 24/11/2011 18:46
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