Thread: is this behaviour anything to be worried about

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

but it is dog trying to make you do what DOG wants

this.

It may never be a problem, but it breaks down the barrier of what is ok.
its ok to mouth your hand if you decide this is ok. its not ok for my dogs to do that to me
sort of how not all manhandleing leads to a fight but all fights start with a bit of manhandeling

personally i dont want dog spit on my hand just because the dog wants to drag me somewhere to show me a stick or dead possom

to take you somewhere your dog just needs to convey to you that is where it wants you to walk by looking and holding like a pointer or just with four feet flat on the ground with a holding stare in a specific direction.

but yea if you spend all day with your dog and it is something you are ok with thats fine

i teach my dogs problematic things all the time for enjoyment and you could hone this unusual direction your dog has taken into something cool if you have the time

just remember kids have thin skin and do really stupid things around dogs that are just well behaved monsters

No wonder you two are roped together, it looks like ya going up the Himalayas
Cool looking muttlie
I would say he is still going through his galloping puppy stage, i'm not sure what age Mastiffs mature, but Rotties mature at 3, so can take a while to settle down into a fairly predicable state. You've still got plenty of time to sort him out but as mentioned before, it is so much easier to get on top of a potential problem as it develops in the first couple of occurrences, then fix it after it's become established.
My current goof bag was a rescue dog I got at 2 years old and man did he have some annoying habits

We just keep him on a long lead when on the farm when in the open as don't want him chasing anything hes good and doesn't do it but don't want to take the risk as a whole package hes pretty good when we are out he doesn't grab other people he will just stay with us if the kids are playing and we are sitting watching them after hes had a look around he will just drift between us and the kids checking everyone

haha classic, it sounds like he thinks it's his job to keep you all rounded up Once he realises that he doesn't need to worry about keeping track of the mob he should be a bit less anxious about if one of you are going to take off without him.

My current dofus would see someone 100m or so away at the beach, and he would take off to see them. He would go up to them do a few circles around them and then come back. Needless to say I had a fair amount of work to do to make him come back when called. I started with a long rope, but as most will know ( as with shock collars) the dog behaves differently when it's on and does his own thing when it's off. The trick is to get them to forget that they have it on, so when they think they are about to get away with it, bingo you give them the check.