smileatanything
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- Mar 19, 2009
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I have a year and a half year old Shih-Poo. Hes my family's first dog so we weren't exactly sure how to do much when we got him. Obviously we learned through experience but I think we may have missed something with socializing him. Hes a very very loving and smart dog but here are the things we are concerned with:
-Growls or barks whenever people hug or greet each other. Its like hes not a fan of physical contact lol. My dad seems to think hes being protective but we arent sure..
-Barks and growls at any type of animal. Especially dogs. People avoid walking their dogs past our house because they know they will see and hear him from the window barking like crazy. When hes near animals he does the same thing, will bark and such and then when they get close he runs away.
Is there any way to help him with either one of these problems? Or is this something that needed to be done as a puppy?
-Growls or barks whenever people hug or greet each other. Its like hes not a fan of physical contact lol. My dad seems to think hes being protective but we arent sure..
-Barks and growls at any type of animal. Especially dogs. People avoid walking their dogs past our house because they know they will see and hear him from the window barking like crazy. When hes near animals he does the same thing, will bark and such and then when they get close he runs away.
Is there any way to help him with either one of these problems? Or is this something that needed to be done as a puppy?