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Behavior, Housebreaking, Obedience / Aggressive Neapolitan Mastiff, advice needed!!
« on: October 26, 2007, 06:15:05 pm »
Hi everyone
A member of my family owns a 9.5 month old Neo puppy.
Normally he is a very goofy fun loving dog. I have never seen him attempt to bite a person in his entire life.
He is very friendly.
He has a bad barking habit, if he hears a noise he will bark his face off. This is not really a problem, after he sees its a person he is barking at he normally stops and gets very excited and happy.
Last night a had 2 friends over, they are fairly dog savvy and they were petting "Sam". He was being his normal lovable self, trying to kiss them and being a goof. Out of NOWHERE he tried to attack my friend. He leaped for his face snapping and barley missing. He was bark biting at him!!
I ran over immediately and grabbed him. He immediately submissed and started peeing everywhere when I grabbed him, he tried to laydown and roll on his back into a submissive postition. At this point his owner came out and told him "no and to smarten up" She was very upbeat and did not correct him at all! She said he must of been scared and made my friend give him a treat!!!
He was not scared!!! The only time that dog showed fear was when I went up to him and grabbed him!!!
I am not a novice with dogs, or aggressive dogs for that matter.(I am pursuing ScH with my working GSD) But she didnt even give him a correction!
She said its part of the breed and when they get scared they attack. Problem is, he showed NO signs of fear. His body language was completely normal and he was acting very happy. He did not shy away or make direct eye contact with my friend. The attack was unprovoked. If I would have seen any warnings signs I would have stopped the situation immediately.
Because she was not there, I think she is taking the situation VERY lightly. She is being very naive about the situation.
IMO I dont think this dog respects her. He is not very well trained and has no manners whatsoever. She does not dedicate every much time with training for him. I am worried that he will seriously injure someone one day. She loves him very much and it would devastate her to put him down.
Can someone please give me some advice.
Is this normal for a Neo?
A member of my family owns a 9.5 month old Neo puppy.
Normally he is a very goofy fun loving dog. I have never seen him attempt to bite a person in his entire life.
He is very friendly.
He has a bad barking habit, if he hears a noise he will bark his face off. This is not really a problem, after he sees its a person he is barking at he normally stops and gets very excited and happy.
Last night a had 2 friends over, they are fairly dog savvy and they were petting "Sam". He was being his normal lovable self, trying to kiss them and being a goof. Out of NOWHERE he tried to attack my friend. He leaped for his face snapping and barley missing. He was bark biting at him!!
I ran over immediately and grabbed him. He immediately submissed and started peeing everywhere when I grabbed him, he tried to laydown and roll on his back into a submissive postition. At this point his owner came out and told him "no and to smarten up" She was very upbeat and did not correct him at all! She said he must of been scared and made my friend give him a treat!!!
He was not scared!!! The only time that dog showed fear was when I went up to him and grabbed him!!!
I am not a novice with dogs, or aggressive dogs for that matter.(I am pursuing ScH with my working GSD) But she didnt even give him a correction!
She said its part of the breed and when they get scared they attack. Problem is, he showed NO signs of fear. His body language was completely normal and he was acting very happy. He did not shy away or make direct eye contact with my friend. The attack was unprovoked. If I would have seen any warnings signs I would have stopped the situation immediately.
Because she was not there, I think she is taking the situation VERY lightly. She is being very naive about the situation.
IMO I dont think this dog respects her. He is not very well trained and has no manners whatsoever. She does not dedicate every much time with training for him. I am worried that he will seriously injure someone one day. She loves him very much and it would devastate her to put him down.
Can someone please give me some advice.
Is this normal for a Neo?