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Dog behaviourist needed Newry area

  • 29-06-2015 10:11pm
    #1
    Doberwomann
    Registered Users Posts: 4 ✭


    Hi I am hoping someone can recommend a behaviourist in Northern Ireland who can help me. I bred a litter last year and sold a male pup to a family in Newry. Last week they called me and said that he was being very aggressive and trying to bite them. Long story short, the wee dog has stayed with us for 10 days and although he displayed fear agression for the first two days once he settled in he has been fine. I thought he had had a fright of some sort which had made him act agressively and that he had gotten over it so all was ok. However his owners called to collect him tonight and he was growling, snapping, and baring his teeth at them.
    Although we have owned, bred and trained our own dogs for over 30 years I can't figure out why he is ok with me and my husband and not with them. His owners have left him with us and gone home understandably very distressed. I am hoping a behaviourist or animal psychologist could help us.
    We have his brother and sister, his mother, and also his uncle and aunt and have no issues with their temperament.
    I am hoping someone on the forum can shed some light on this behaviour and/or recommend someone who could help.
    By the way, this wee dog is a miniature pinscher, not a Dobermann. He is just 14 months old.


Comments

  • #2
    sillysmiles
    Registered Users Posts: 1,170 ✭✭✭sillysmiles


    Have you been to there house? Do you suspect that it is an owner issue and he isn't being treated well?


  • #3
    ShaShaBear
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,528 ✭✭✭ShaShaBear


    sillysmiles wrote: »
    Have you been to there house? Do you suspect that it is an owner issue and he isn't being treated well?

    I'd agree here, I'd be very much inclined to think someone in the household is abusing him. There's no other logical reason for it as I imagine a health or mental issue would involve most or all humans and not just the ones he primarily boards with.


  • #4
    Doberwomann
    Registered Users Posts: 4 ✭Doberwomann


    I have questioned the owners about how he is being treated, even suggested that someone could have unwittingly hurt him but they are adamant that he has never been mistreated even accidently so I just don't know what to believe. The owners are in their mid forties and their youngest child is sixteen so it is hard to believe that one of them would hurt or tease him for fun. He has been so good with us this last week, he even let me clip his nails.
    I used to be involved with a rescue society so am used to dealing with nervous and/or aggressive dogs but he has me baffled.
    I am going to take him to training class tomorrow night to see how he behaves around other people.
    Thanks for your input


  • #5
    muddypaws
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,611 ✭✭✭muddypaws


    This lady is in Louth, so would probably cover the Newry area - http://www.dogsbehavingbadly.ie/


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