Today someone come round a odd jobs man, Ollie went to say hello tail wagging then my dad came from behind him grabbed him by any bit of his body he could grab and tried to drag him out, Ollie then started barking and growling and his fur went right up at my dad then he did it to the odd jobs man. Why was this was it because of what my stupid dad did? Poor Ollie i walked in yelled at my dad and called Ollie in to sit next to me.

Could he of given him a little fright? maybe thats why he acted like this? or maybe he hurt him (not intentionally)

Hi

Its not clear why your Dad did this. Perhaps he thought Ollie was going to be a pest or something and overreacted. I would imagine that Ollie either felt cross with your Dad for spoiling his fun or because of the way your Dad reacted Ollie felt that danger may be iminent and went on the defensive. I guess from the way you describe your Dads handling of Ollie he could have even hurt him a little.

I am guessing from your description of what happened Ollie is normally good natured. Whats important now is that you impress on Ollie that his original reaction to the visitor was ok. As long as you and anyone else thats in your house when someone visits is calm and confident then im sure Ollie will go back to his old self. He will take his lead from you and if he feels that youre not threatened then chances are he will feel fine too.

Try and educate dad a little. Parents...who'd have em?

We choose are dogs shame we cant choose are parents lol, my dads useless with them my mums getting there. It was weird to see Ollie react the way he did normally he goes to people for his bum scratched.

The important thing is that it was your Dads actions that made him react this way rather than it just being his normal reaction to people. If it was because he sensed danger then at least you know he will protect you and yours. Not ideal I know but just looking on the positive :) He will get back to normal im sure.

HI there

If you try to look at it from Ollie's point of view like this:

Somebody comes to the door.  I'll go over and say hello and get my bum scratched. :)  Dad pulls me back and gives me a fright.  There must be something seriously wrong with this person for Dad to have done that.  Now I'm scared because I've had a fright and this man is clearly a threat so I'll bark and that might scare him off.  I'm so scared I'll just bark at everyone so they get the message.  Now that's done I'll run and find mum because she keeps me safe. :)

I think its a one-off.  As long as the next time somebody comes into the garden etc., everybody is very calm and Ollie gets loads of praise things should be fine.  These things happen.  I remember once with my mum when I first got Baz and he was very scared.  I told her under no circumstances was she to touch his neck as he had come to me with a check chain that he had had on since a puppy which had left him with weals around his neck that were sore.  Baz got out her garden (because she wasn't vigilant!) and wandered along the road.  Mum chased him and caught up with him in somebody's driveway.  What did she do?  She tried to grab his collar.  What did he do?  He warned her off.  Ihave to say she didn't tell me this for a few years but after that she listened to what I had to say.  Don't worry - Baz is absolutely fine now as will Ollie be.

Best wishes
Annie