nycbullymama
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- Dec 22, 2012
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Am I naive to believe that if a dog has behaviour issues, it's the owners fault??? We've exhausted ourselves at times in the past 10 months for Molly. Like probably most of you, I could write a book on effort we put into her. I feel like she's amazing as a result (Hyper as all get out and I sometimes wonder if the breeder pulled a fast one cause I didn't think even a bulldog puppy could hang like this little nutball). But she's our first puppy. The few incidents we have had with her, I could clearly see my part in it if that makes sense. But maybe she was just easyish?
I don't think all behavioral issues are the owners fault. Not at all.
Blue's toy aggressive. We've been working on it for over a year. He will always be toy aggressive. No amount of training will change that. It's improved (a little) and only when we're constantly on top of him and watching him, but it will never go away.
After his neuter, he also decided he doesn't like intact dogs . We didn't do anything differently, in fact, we've gone out of our way to socialize him since he was a pup.
But now I keep hearing how it's our fault, we didn't train him properly. Uh huh.. it's all us.. everything's our fault..
Sure, many things are the owners fault, but I definitely don't think all are.
Oh, and their personalities change once they hit 1.5 -2 years old. That loving pup you once had comes into their own and all bets are off.