Cami
Boxer Insane
I took Raine to the vet yesterday to have her teeth/mouth checked out. I had thought I was smelling an odor from her mouth but all was fine.
At any rate we had issues with two dogs while there and I can't figure out what is going on.
We were in the waiting room and a woman rushed in with two Labs. Female and her pup (about 4 months old). Had I not been told it was mom/pup I would have thought adults, male and a female due to sizes. The pup was pretty large for a 4 month old which is what threw me off.
They both charged Raine, seemed mostly like excitement on the pups part, and Raine held perfectly still while they smelled her. That lasted about 3-4 seconds and then the female went off on Raine. Never biting her but being completely aggressive with her noises. Snarling, growling, snapping, etc...
Possibly a split second went by before Raine returned the behavior and I pulled her away and the woman got control of both her dogs.
One of the techs told me to come with her to get the dogs out of the same area however the woman was blocking my path so I just picked Raine up and carried her about 5 feet. I know Raine....she would not have walked nicely past the lady and the Labs. She might not have been aggressive but she would have choked herself in an attempt to get to them. I don't even know if she would have had an issue in a negative way since she didn't start anything to begin with but I just didn't want to take any chances.
As I am walking the literally 5 feet with Raine in my arms the woman responded - "OH MY" as in "I can't seriously believe you are that afraid of my dogs that you would have to carry yours!"
**Or at least this is the impression I got.
I quickly responded that Raine would do everything in her power, including choking herself to get to her dogs so this was the lesser of 2 evils.
When we are checking out a guy and his male Golden Retriever are in the waiting room. The dog wants to get to Raine and she was only a bit interested in him. Not so much that she wanted to go to him but she was watching him act a fool trying to get to her! I told the owner that he could let his guy meet her if he wanted and he seemed to appreciate that.
He walked up and Raine sat down while he smelled her. She then returned the favor and smelled him. She was at his backside and he was close enough to me that he jumped on me. As the owner was trying to pull him off me Raine went BERSERK. Not "Hey, that's my mommy" in a jealous way but more of in a protection way. If that make sense?
We separated them immediately. No harm done.
The Golden's owner apologized to me and said his dog had issues with a tight leash. When he went to pull his dog off me the leash got tight?
He thought his dog went to attack Raine where as I thought Raine went after him for jumping on me. I suppose his dog could have reacted in a way when his leash got tight that Raine noticed before a human could and she reacted to that instead of trying to protect me.
At any rate we had two issues yesterday and the common denominator was Raine.
Never thinking the 2nd episode would happen with the Golden I was almost happy that she would have a chance to erase the earlier Lab experience with a happier event while at the vets office. Now she might have memory of 2 negative encounters!
One of the techs who witnessed both episodes said that Raine couldn't catch a break! I don't know if she was saying that since they all like Raine or she really felt that Raine was not the bad guy in either event.
No matter who the actual aggressor was in both situations I think Raine is quite capable of fighting other dogs. She has never once shown any submissive behavior. I would FAR prefer she back down when faced with these types of challenges. Maybe there is something about her behavior/body language that sets off other dogs? It seems they are always going after her.
At any rate we had issues with two dogs while there and I can't figure out what is going on.
We were in the waiting room and a woman rushed in with two Labs. Female and her pup (about 4 months old). Had I not been told it was mom/pup I would have thought adults, male and a female due to sizes. The pup was pretty large for a 4 month old which is what threw me off.
They both charged Raine, seemed mostly like excitement on the pups part, and Raine held perfectly still while they smelled her. That lasted about 3-4 seconds and then the female went off on Raine. Never biting her but being completely aggressive with her noises. Snarling, growling, snapping, etc...
Possibly a split second went by before Raine returned the behavior and I pulled her away and the woman got control of both her dogs.
One of the techs told me to come with her to get the dogs out of the same area however the woman was blocking my path so I just picked Raine up and carried her about 5 feet. I know Raine....she would not have walked nicely past the lady and the Labs. She might not have been aggressive but she would have choked herself in an attempt to get to them. I don't even know if she would have had an issue in a negative way since she didn't start anything to begin with but I just didn't want to take any chances.
As I am walking the literally 5 feet with Raine in my arms the woman responded - "OH MY" as in "I can't seriously believe you are that afraid of my dogs that you would have to carry yours!"
**Or at least this is the impression I got.
I quickly responded that Raine would do everything in her power, including choking herself to get to her dogs so this was the lesser of 2 evils.
When we are checking out a guy and his male Golden Retriever are in the waiting room. The dog wants to get to Raine and she was only a bit interested in him. Not so much that she wanted to go to him but she was watching him act a fool trying to get to her! I told the owner that he could let his guy meet her if he wanted and he seemed to appreciate that.
He walked up and Raine sat down while he smelled her. She then returned the favor and smelled him. She was at his backside and he was close enough to me that he jumped on me. As the owner was trying to pull him off me Raine went BERSERK. Not "Hey, that's my mommy" in a jealous way but more of in a protection way. If that make sense?
We separated them immediately. No harm done.
The Golden's owner apologized to me and said his dog had issues with a tight leash. When he went to pull his dog off me the leash got tight?
He thought his dog went to attack Raine where as I thought Raine went after him for jumping on me. I suppose his dog could have reacted in a way when his leash got tight that Raine noticed before a human could and she reacted to that instead of trying to protect me.
At any rate we had two issues yesterday and the common denominator was Raine.
Never thinking the 2nd episode would happen with the Golden I was almost happy that she would have a chance to erase the earlier Lab experience with a happier event while at the vets office. Now she might have memory of 2 negative encounters!
One of the techs who witnessed both episodes said that Raine couldn't catch a break! I don't know if she was saying that since they all like Raine or she really felt that Raine was not the bad guy in either event.
No matter who the actual aggressor was in both situations I think Raine is quite capable of fighting other dogs. She has never once shown any submissive behavior. I would FAR prefer she back down when faced with these types of challenges. Maybe there is something about her behavior/body language that sets off other dogs? It seems they are always going after her.