Hi everyone,
This is my first post and I'm hoping for advice. We have a 16 month old english Mastiff her name is Riley and she loves everyone she meets, she loves kids she is supper friendly with strangers her problem is she doesn't like her owners and it really hurts. If she is lying down and you go over to pat her she gives a slight growl if you call her over to pat her she approaches with her head down and if you try to lift her head to pat you get a growl. now the food issue she will eat from your hand with no problem but don't touch her head while she eats she will growl and snarl yet if you hold her bowl and she is eating out of that she will do the samething if you pat her but you can put your hand in her bowl and she will do nothing it seems this all started when she was 8 mos old and we brought 2 female yellow lab puppies in to the house.
Please help we are trying everything
Cindy
This is my first post and I'm hoping for advice. We have a 16 month old english Mastiff her name is Riley and she loves everyone she meets, she loves kids she is supper friendly with strangers her problem is she doesn't like her owners and it really hurts. If she is lying down and you go over to pat her she gives a slight growl if you call her over to pat her she approaches with her head down and if you try to lift her head to pat you get a growl. now the food issue she will eat from your hand with no problem but don't touch her head while she eats she will growl and snarl yet if you hold her bowl and she is eating out of that she will do the samething if you pat her but you can put your hand in her bowl and she will do nothing it seems this all started when she was 8 mos old and we brought 2 female yellow lab puppies in to the house.
Please help we are trying everything
Cindy