My husband I adopted 7wks old Dogo about 3 years ago.
Never seen any dogs gentler than him and he loved all strangers. He was just one big cuddly bear. We would get compliments wherever we took him. He loves car rides so we would take road trips and take him out on trails as much as possible.
He is love of our life but just within a month he has gone through so much behavior transition which we were not ready.
When we go on plane trips, we would drop him off at kennel. The last time which was about a month ago, we dropped him off at kennel and he bit a person there who was trying to give him food. I was shocked because he has never been aggressive towards anyone. He seem to have become sensitive when he is sleepy and not fully awake and when approached he will stare at you with mean look. He never growled until after that incident. After brining him home, he would constantly growl and when he did we would leave him alone and void him. One morning as we got out the room and try to pat him like any other days, he actually bit my husband’s arm. Punctured and had to go Urgent care. After that … he was calm for few days and just last week, I was trying to wipe his drooling mouth, he didn’t give any growl or signs but tried attack my arm. I pulled back in time to be bitten and my husband pulled his collar back. We would always wipe his drool till now and not once has he shown any aggression. So we thought maybe I must have done something wrong to tick him. And than after 10mins my husband tried to wipe his drool and he tried to attack him. Again, luckily I grabbed hold of his collar and stopped him from attacking but if I didn’t stop him, could have been very bloody. And he is one strong dog, he weighs 125lbs. We had to call animal control cuz he was acting crazy and growling at us no matter what. I don’t know what the cause was but this was so frightening. We had never seen this side of him. He was baby till now but I don’t know what has happened. He is in animal control shelter and we miss him dearly, but not knowing his further aggression, we have decided to not bring him back. I am still trying to find out what could have gone wrong. All we did was give him love and care. We cry cuz we miss him so much. Do you think we can send him to training for behavioral? Will it be safe for us to be with him again? From doing many research online, seems like once they bite, they think biting is going to continue to get their ways. Please help!!!
Never seen any dogs gentler than him and he loved all strangers. He was just one big cuddly bear. We would get compliments wherever we took him. He loves car rides so we would take road trips and take him out on trails as much as possible.
He is love of our life but just within a month he has gone through so much behavior transition which we were not ready.
When we go on plane trips, we would drop him off at kennel. The last time which was about a month ago, we dropped him off at kennel and he bit a person there who was trying to give him food. I was shocked because he has never been aggressive towards anyone. He seem to have become sensitive when he is sleepy and not fully awake and when approached he will stare at you with mean look. He never growled until after that incident. After brining him home, he would constantly growl and when he did we would leave him alone and void him. One morning as we got out the room and try to pat him like any other days, he actually bit my husband’s arm. Punctured and had to go Urgent care. After that … he was calm for few days and just last week, I was trying to wipe his drooling mouth, he didn’t give any growl or signs but tried attack my arm. I pulled back in time to be bitten and my husband pulled his collar back. We would always wipe his drool till now and not once has he shown any aggression. So we thought maybe I must have done something wrong to tick him. And than after 10mins my husband tried to wipe his drool and he tried to attack him. Again, luckily I grabbed hold of his collar and stopped him from attacking but if I didn’t stop him, could have been very bloody. And he is one strong dog, he weighs 125lbs. We had to call animal control cuz he was acting crazy and growling at us no matter what. I don’t know what the cause was but this was so frightening. We had never seen this side of him. He was baby till now but I don’t know what has happened. He is in animal control shelter and we miss him dearly, but not knowing his further aggression, we have decided to not bring him back. I am still trying to find out what could have gone wrong. All we did was give him love and care. We cry cuz we miss him so much. Do you think we can send him to training for behavioral? Will it be safe for us to be with him again? From doing many research online, seems like once they bite, they think biting is going to continue to get their ways. Please help!!!