Larry gomez
Member
Hello hope everyone is doing well I am having a issue with my boerboel its kinda of my fault and trying to find a way about fixing it I received my boerboel for my birthday was 8 weeks old when I received him he is now 8 months grew up during pandemic so could not go out much with him he is really great with family and family dogs and goes on walks great aslong as people ignore us walking by he is fine but as soon as they want to pet him he will either hide behind me are will growl and get defensive now if a new friend comes to the house and sits down and he sniff them he becomes a big lovable dog I'm guess this is just him being not socialized to strangers I would like to get him to the point were I can take him out and not worry about somone running up and trying to pet him should I put a muzzle on him and take him around more people he has never snapped at anyone but has growled and and 2 times has barked otherwise just puts his head down and back away from there hand please help me with any suggestions I want to take this care of this as soon as possible thank you