Pook N Daisy
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Hello, I am a first time english bulldog owner, I have previously had larger breed dogs. Three weeks ago I got my 2 year old son a bully puppy, at that time she was 8wks. We currently own a 4 year old english mastiff. When we brought home Daisy, our bully pup, she immediately took to myself and our mastiff right away. She started trying to dominate the mastiff, a week later she started jumping on our cat and biting her behind on the ears, from what I read its a dominating act. We're 3 weeks into having her (shes now 11wks) and she is as sassy as they come. Recently whenever my son runs Daisy follows after him trying to bite the bottom of his pants, or getting between his legs to trip him and then when he falls down she immediately attempts to jump on him. We always correct her and yet she stills does it almost every time he runs. Is there something we should be doing for this? Also she has been growling at him and us lately, while I can understand that a 2 year old does get annoying and the growls to him might be warnings to leave her alone, but why when we want to pick our little bully girl up to cuddle her does she growl? Its very uncomfortable since our previous dogs have never growled at us. Is this normal behavior for a bully pup? I read they are very stubborn and I took it as maybe she doesnt want to be bothered but it seems like it is occurring more frequently. The other day my son had one of her squeak toys and she came up and grabbed it out of his hand almost nipping him, at first I thought it was normal because shes a puppy and just wants to let him know whos toy it is, but then later on in the day my son was standing there and she walked by and he said no and put his hands in front of her face and she growled at him and lunged to what looked like possibly bite him luckily I intervened and stopped her before she was able to. I have never read that bulldogs are aggressive just that they are great family dogs. Is this normal behavior for a puppy? I love her so much and dont even want to think about giving her away, but I am worried that this issue will continue into her adult life and if that is the case my hand will be forced to give her away. Please help me with any advice you can give. Thank you so much
-Danielle
-Danielle