We just yesterday, brought home a 2 yr old male, neutered black cocker from a animal shelter. . No history was available on the dog. The two times we visited, he had a great, playful, friendly disposition.
We also have a 7 yr old golden retriever. The dogs seem to get along very well.
Last night, my 14 yr old son approached the dog from the rear, to pick him up, and the dog growled. When he approached again, the dog went to bite him on his hand.
We have not seen any other evidence of this behavior.
We are very seriosuly considering retruning him to the shelter - we are concerned about what we've read on cockers' tendency to bite, and with two 14 yr old kids, and their endless friends over at the house, we don't want to have to worry about another episode.
Any thoughts/suggestions?
We realize that the dog may have been freaking out with his new family + surroundings (although he seemed very happy).
TIA
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