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Topic Dog Boards / Behaviour / Dog started growling at people we know
- By Yabbadoo Date 05.03.13 10:29 UTC
I will start off by saying that the dog in question is the most laid back lovely natured dog I have met.
She is spayed, 2 years old, the only dog in the household, good diet, walked regularly and has always been around people and other dogs. She started by growling at workmen that the owners didn't know and now has taken to snarling at random men that the owners do know. One of the owners is pregnant - I am not sure if this makes a difference?
- By Yabbadoo Date 07.03.13 22:45 UTC
Does anyone have any ideas?
- By LJS Date 08.03.13 07:21 UTC
Can you think back to when it started and remember if anything unusual happened that may have frightened her and so she is warning people off because it maybe a similar situation she feels she maybe in ?
- By Roxylola [gb] Date 08.03.13 09:29 UTC
If an owner is pregnant it may be that she is picking up on the hormones and feeling a bit overprotective. 
- By Yabbadoo Date 08.03.13 18:42 UTC
LJS - There doesn't seem to be any link between the circumstances or the people - very baffling!
Roxylola - This may be a possibility, it seems very strange that it is random men and not all and especially as it has been people that they know and have met the dog before.
- By Zan [gb] Date 08.03.13 20:08 UTC
What sort of dog is she?
- By Yabbadoo Date 08.03.13 20:10 UTC
Staffordshire Bull Terrier
- By LJS Date 08.03.13 20:15 UTC
There must be something as if she started to growl at the workmen what were the doing and was her routine disrupted ?
- By Yabbadoo Date 08.03.13 20:41 UTC
She has always barked at workmen and strangers never tried to attack or anything serious but these few times she has really meant it with the men they know. They have recently moved house aswell, Sorry I missed this off my first post.
- By LJS Date 09.03.13 07:44 UTC
So if they have moved house have they got workmen doing work in the house then as it sounds like her routine and being in new surroundings have made her a bit anxious.

It might be worth suggesting getting a dap diffuser for her as this may help.
Topic Dog Boards / Behaviour / Dog started growling at people we know

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