My eyes are bugging out of my head!! Help!!!
Remi loves to torment one of my favorite cats. This cat recently will go after him if he gets too close. Remi of course loves it and thinks it's a huge game. When I feel my cat has had enough, I will open the sun room (which is a bit chilly this time of year) and let the cat go through the small opening of the sliding door, which obviously Remi can't fit through.This morning however, as I open the door and lift up my foot to signal I didn't want Remi to pass that boundary, Remi growled!!! It was more like a snarl, but, but it's only something I've heard come out of him when he was attacked once at a dog park. Regardless, this is completely out of character for him. I don't even really know what he was snarling at, but I'm guessing it was me. It was, however, just the one time and he wasn't making eye contact. My baby is 5 months. We make him work for everything. We constantly establish ourselves as dominants, which the exception of allowing him up on a section of the couch. For example, if he is going after the cat and pissing him off, I will put myself in front of the cat and stare him down a bit until Remi backs off and won't meet my eyes, and either sits or lays down. Is this growl a sign that I need to be working harder? I'm thinking I need to get him into obedience training ASAP. We have trained him, and continue to train him, on basic commands, always working his brain, but it just feels like his personality is changing on me. The can of coins and nos aren't working nearly as well. In some cases he ignores them. Any suggestions??? Help!!!! The idea of Remi turning into an aggressive/dominant dog is terrifying to me!!
Remi loves to torment one of my favorite cats. This cat recently will go after him if he gets too close. Remi of course loves it and thinks it's a huge game. When I feel my cat has had enough, I will open the sun room (which is a bit chilly this time of year) and let the cat go through the small opening of the sliding door, which obviously Remi can't fit through.This morning however, as I open the door and lift up my foot to signal I didn't want Remi to pass that boundary, Remi growled!!! It was more like a snarl, but, but it's only something I've heard come out of him when he was attacked once at a dog park. Regardless, this is completely out of character for him. I don't even really know what he was snarling at, but I'm guessing it was me. It was, however, just the one time and he wasn't making eye contact. My baby is 5 months. We make him work for everything. We constantly establish ourselves as dominants, which the exception of allowing him up on a section of the couch. For example, if he is going after the cat and pissing him off, I will put myself in front of the cat and stare him down a bit until Remi backs off and won't meet my eyes, and either sits or lays down. Is this growl a sign that I need to be working harder? I'm thinking I need to get him into obedience training ASAP. We have trained him, and continue to train him, on basic commands, always working his brain, but it just feels like his personality is changing on me. The can of coins and nos aren't working nearly as well. In some cases he ignores them. Any suggestions??? Help!!!! The idea of Remi turning into an aggressive/dominant dog is terrifying to me!!
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