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Ok, this has been on my mind all weekend, so I've finally decided to post it since I'm on my lunch break.
Just a quick back story: my gf and I live about 75miles from each other and alternate weekends when we visit and stay at each other's house. Since I got Whitman at 8 weeks, he's been going with me to her house 2 weekends a month to visit and socialize with her dog and cats. He likes her dog and isn't too fond of the cats. No problem there since I'm sure the number of cat liking dogs is far less than those who don't like them lol.
Well when I went to Thailand from november to december, she looked after him. I guess he started to become a little too much for her, so she took him back to my folks. Now the house behind my gf and her folks' house has a couple of huskys who seem to be what I can only describe as aggressive. They constantly growl and fight with each other and run along the fence, stare through it and make noises whenever we are in the backyard as well. When Whitman was younger, it never really bothered him at all and Cami (my gf's dog) doesn't even pay attention at all to them.
So now this weekend was Whit's first time back, so almost 2 months. And of course he was very excited and had more energy than usual to see my gf's parents and her dog, Cami. Cami seemed too nervous, we assumed because Whit was so much bigger than last time, so we kept them separated for the time being. So when Whit starts checking out the backyard and bouncing around, tail going crazy, the huskys start up. First with themselves and then start towards the fence. This gets Whit going, and he's running along the fence trying to see them or whatever he was thinking and the whole time, the huskys are causing a ruckus.
I go to the bathroom and come out to my gf freaking a bit and her mom holding Whit by the collar who is trying so hard to get to the fence and making VERY loud whines/cries. Apparently the huskys started scratching on the fence doing growls and short sharp barks and Whit grabbed a hold of a board and started pulling it, trying to get through. They told me he got it to come a few inches and I saw teeth marks all over it. It scares me to think that if he (or the 2 dogs) ever got through that they could seriously injure him and maybe kill him
So what do you think this is? Could it be beginning signs of dog aggression? Or maybe just all the negative energy the huskys were giving off passed over to him and he was just getting frustrated? The rest of the weekend, I had to accompany him in the backyard just incase the other dogs started up again. Its just frustrating for me, to have to walk him around the backyard of a place that he and my gf's family consider his second home and a place wher he is safe.
He's 10 months and has never snapped or shown any type of aggression towards another dog. My gf's dog and him get along with her only growling or doing small snaps when he bugs her and isn't in a playing mood. Its understandable since she's 7yrs old, but they never have a problem and we supervise them always. But we have done our best to properly socialize him and are even in a leash manners class taught by a dog trainer who specializes in APBT so he ignores other dogs while on leash. This is all just very frustrating for me and I am taking precautions like being outside with him at her house, but if anyone could maybe give me their interpretation of the events that happened, I would really appreciate it.
Any and all comments/advice would be appreciated.
Just a quick back story: my gf and I live about 75miles from each other and alternate weekends when we visit and stay at each other's house. Since I got Whitman at 8 weeks, he's been going with me to her house 2 weekends a month to visit and socialize with her dog and cats. He likes her dog and isn't too fond of the cats. No problem there since I'm sure the number of cat liking dogs is far less than those who don't like them lol.
Well when I went to Thailand from november to december, she looked after him. I guess he started to become a little too much for her, so she took him back to my folks. Now the house behind my gf and her folks' house has a couple of huskys who seem to be what I can only describe as aggressive. They constantly growl and fight with each other and run along the fence, stare through it and make noises whenever we are in the backyard as well. When Whitman was younger, it never really bothered him at all and Cami (my gf's dog) doesn't even pay attention at all to them.
So now this weekend was Whit's first time back, so almost 2 months. And of course he was very excited and had more energy than usual to see my gf's parents and her dog, Cami. Cami seemed too nervous, we assumed because Whit was so much bigger than last time, so we kept them separated for the time being. So when Whit starts checking out the backyard and bouncing around, tail going crazy, the huskys start up. First with themselves and then start towards the fence. This gets Whit going, and he's running along the fence trying to see them or whatever he was thinking and the whole time, the huskys are causing a ruckus.
I go to the bathroom and come out to my gf freaking a bit and her mom holding Whit by the collar who is trying so hard to get to the fence and making VERY loud whines/cries. Apparently the huskys started scratching on the fence doing growls and short sharp barks and Whit grabbed a hold of a board and started pulling it, trying to get through. They told me he got it to come a few inches and I saw teeth marks all over it. It scares me to think that if he (or the 2 dogs) ever got through that they could seriously injure him and maybe kill him
So what do you think this is? Could it be beginning signs of dog aggression? Or maybe just all the negative energy the huskys were giving off passed over to him and he was just getting frustrated? The rest of the weekend, I had to accompany him in the backyard just incase the other dogs started up again. Its just frustrating for me, to have to walk him around the backyard of a place that he and my gf's family consider his second home and a place wher he is safe.
He's 10 months and has never snapped or shown any type of aggression towards another dog. My gf's dog and him get along with her only growling or doing small snaps when he bugs her and isn't in a playing mood. Its understandable since she's 7yrs old, but they never have a problem and we supervise them always. But we have done our best to properly socialize him and are even in a leash manners class taught by a dog trainer who specializes in APBT so he ignores other dogs while on leash. This is all just very frustrating for me and I am taking precautions like being outside with him at her house, but if anyone could maybe give me their interpretation of the events that happened, I would really appreciate it.
Any and all comments/advice would be appreciated.