We had an interesting experience last night. Frank is very gentle and great with adults, kids, basically we went to some lengths to make sure he was socialized, and his temperament is great. We have people coming in and out of our house pretty regularly and he's always been a little butt wiggler and cuddler with new people in the house. Anyway, last night my boyfriend's friend came over with his new girlfriend. We had never met her before. They came in and frank greeted them but didn't really go near her. They sat down and he was getting some belly rubs from my boyfriends friend. The girlfriend was interested in frank but he wasn't really responding to her. A short while later frank was starting to get a little agitated and he looked at her and BARKED!! this is a huge deal to me because he NEVER barks. Ever. it was a low adult bark, and I was like where did that come from? That can't be from my little Frank. He did not show any aggression and did not escalate anything but he was clearly not enthused with her presence in our house.
later, we all went out as a group and when we were coming home my boyfriend and I agreed that we just really did not enjoy her company and would be happy if we didn't have to see her again. I couldn't help but think that frank predicted this for us before we even knew it!
does anyone else have any experience with a dog picking up on things like this? I grew up with shelties who never really liked anyone, so this is new to me!
later, we all went out as a group and when we were coming home my boyfriend and I agreed that we just really did not enjoy her company and would be happy if we didn't have to see her again. I couldn't help but think that frank predicted this for us before we even knew it!
does anyone else have any experience with a dog picking up on things like this? I grew up with shelties who never really liked anyone, so this is new to me!