I have a new dog in my life, same body, same name, same colour just different personality and i don't like him one bit. His name was once Billy but now its Bad boy Billy.
We suspect (according to telephone consultation with behaviourist) that Billy has a dominance issue with me which has resulted in growling recently. We had an appointment next week with behaviourist but things have suddenly gone worse much much worse
. The behaviourist warned me that Billy if felt confident enough may decide to step it up ie he may move from growling to biting and to be careful. She has proved to be so right
Saturday i walked him, fed him, took him to the groomers, played with him, cleaned and washed all his bed/bedding, gave him a treat, his favourite bakers type chewy bone. After he had eaten it he was sat in the lounge in the sit position looking so beautiful and cute, i went to stroke him when right out of the blue he jumped and bit me , he bit me on my stomach. Slight puncture and about inch of bruising. there was no warning, no growl nothing I was mortified.
Yesterday he starred at me and growled a few times and somehow made me feel very very uncomfortable in my own home.
Tonight usual routine with Billy. I shouted "dinner time" he came into the kitchen all excited, i put his dinner down on the floor walked away, looked at him and he went all nasty, starring, growling but this time i could not walk away he had me cornered, he was getting ready to pounce on me. I managed to get away from him by picking up his plastic bed and putting it in front of me whilst i got away from him. I slammed the kitchen door shut and he is still in there i am too frightened to let him out. I rang the behaviourist in tears and have managed to get an app for this Wednesday, i have to travel a lot further but i am at the end of my tether now. I am frightened to be alone with him, i can't cuddle up to him anymore for fear of what he will do . When he bit my stomach it could easily have been my face as many many times we sit in front of the fire together.
I feel gutted totally gutted that i no longer have the dog i once had. I can't trust him and don't enjoy his company.
The behaviourist is confident we can sort him out, she said it will be a tough new road for Billy but it will work.
We are going away to wales for the weekend on Friday with Billy too and now i really really don't want to go but its all paid for. The behaviourist said he is to have no fuss, no cuddles and no special treatment this weekend and no eye contact.
Don't get me wrong, i don't want rid of him or anything, we will deal with the problem what ever it is or how ever long it takes or costs but for the moment this is just a horrid horrid time and don't know why he is doing this
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