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Sat 28 May, 2011 06:04 pm
My neighbor's twelve year old Samoyed (beautiful dog) has recently begun biting. First, it bit another neighbor's dog, then today as I walked past while it was staked out (I thought the leash didn't reach that far), it bit me. First it bit me on the elbow causing a deep bruise and some skin abrasion although my fleece jacket wasn't torn. Then when I turned to walk away quickly, it bit me in the back of the thigh, tearing my jeans but not breaking the skin.
My neighbor says the dog's shots are up to date and that it hasn't been known to bite before. The only thing she can think of is that she got a new puppy recently.
Should I encourage her to take the dog to a vet or to get professional training information? Should I report it to animal control or the condominium association we live in?
@ovenbird0162,
I would say ask the vet and not the animal control or condo assoc. until the vet has determined what is wrong. Why not put the puppy elsewhere for a week and see what Mr. Dog does? It may very well be he's feeling displaced.
@ovenbird0162,
I'd report it only if she isn't planning on bringing the dog BACK to a vet and have some sort of retraining done with a dog trainer. If she has no definitive plan, she needs to do an excellent job of restraining the dog so that the attack NEVER happens again.
@ovenbird0162,
Definitely take the dog to the vet. This new behavioral problem might likely have a medical reason behind it.
Neurological perhaps? Loss of vision? Dogs losing their vision do become more defensive (even if irrationally so).
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