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Hello hello... I am a "dad" to Bozza the Basset.
I apologise in advance that my first post is a negative one, but as a dad to a little boy (human one this time) and with another on the way I have a Bitey Basset situation that needs resolving asap.
Some points to note,
1. We take bozza for walks every day
2. Bozza came from a nice farm environment in Wales (UK)
3. 99.5% of the time he is a lovely, cute, adorable basset
So, we have a little boy, just over two years old. He is very mild mannered.
For two years Bozza was fine with the little one but over the past few months when he has gone near where Bozza is laying on the couch (yes, we let Bozza on the couch) he has started to growl, show teeth and eventually (when we try to move Bozza away from the situation or remove our son from the situation) he has actually bitten us and become very very aggressive (multiple, serious, skin breaking, bites, not just one nip).
This, combined with the fact that he has a growing reputation for biting and being very aggressive with us (the two owners/parents, he has been very aggressive to us in the past but we manage this by recognising the situations and de-escalating them) means that we are edging towards the realms of wanting to give bozza away.
Given we have another baby on the way this is really important BUT, I want to try absolutely everything before we get to the re-homing stage though as Bozza is part of the family and all that.
So... Don't hold back... what do people suggest?
Things I am doing...
-Walking him even more
- Signing up to get pro help in the form of dog obedience/training although, we were advised when we got him (from the few trainers we approached) that they would not take on Basset's.
- taking him to the vets for a full check up to make sure nowt is wrong
Any help is really, I mean really really appreciated.
Thanks
BozzaBasset
I apologise in advance that my first post is a negative one, but as a dad to a little boy (human one this time) and with another on the way I have a Bitey Basset situation that needs resolving asap.
Some points to note,
1. We take bozza for walks every day
2. Bozza came from a nice farm environment in Wales (UK)
3. 99.5% of the time he is a lovely, cute, adorable basset
So, we have a little boy, just over two years old. He is very mild mannered.
For two years Bozza was fine with the little one but over the past few months when he has gone near where Bozza is laying on the couch (yes, we let Bozza on the couch) he has started to growl, show teeth and eventually (when we try to move Bozza away from the situation or remove our son from the situation) he has actually bitten us and become very very aggressive (multiple, serious, skin breaking, bites, not just one nip).
This, combined with the fact that he has a growing reputation for biting and being very aggressive with us (the two owners/parents, he has been very aggressive to us in the past but we manage this by recognising the situations and de-escalating them) means that we are edging towards the realms of wanting to give bozza away.
Given we have another baby on the way this is really important BUT, I want to try absolutely everything before we get to the re-homing stage though as Bozza is part of the family and all that.
So... Don't hold back... what do people suggest?
Things I am doing...
-Walking him even more
- Signing up to get pro help in the form of dog obedience/training although, we were advised when we got him (from the few trainers we approached) that they would not take on Basset's.
- taking him to the vets for a full check up to make sure nowt is wrong
Any help is really, I mean really really appreciated.
Thanks
BozzaBasset