Melissa Hoyer Webboard User Reg: 05-09-2005
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Wow! That is some scary sh!t. Amy is right, settle yourself and continue on as normal for your pup. He is young and he will bounce back. Sounds as if he reacted just as I would hope one of mine would. I think only one out of three would not hesitate to bite an intruder.
Wow, glad you and your dogs are okay! And good boy Radar!
I'm with Amy, too. Just keep up your OB, etc as if nothing had happened.
Since you're aware that people at the door might become an issue, in a week or so once things have settled down, you might want to borrow a neighbor and work on a few training sessions of what to do when a sane, normal person comes to the door.
A few months back a drunk college kid broke into a friend's house and passed out in their bed. Their huge, intimidating rottie was found snuggled up in his arms, loving every minute of his new buddy.
I would be very happy that Radar was smart enough to know that this guy was not supposed to be inside and showed him he meant business. Esp. since he's still a pup!
I second the advice to do happy door intros in the future when all has calmed down and his ob is normal. Maybe teaching him a place command for non-threat guests would help define the difference too.
Wow, that is a crazy situation! I agree that Radar is a very impressive pup, not all pups that age would engage someone like that. However, I understand that you don't want him to become over-cautious of strangers. I also agree with everyone's advice to act like nothing happened....go back out and walk through the neighbourhood like you would any other day. It would also be worthwhile to have as many normal people come over as you can, just to reinforce that people over is okay.
When I was a kid, I was babysitting at someone's house and had a drunk stanger break in. I was terrified at the time, but I got over it and don't have any lasting issues.
I'm very glad to hear that both dogs checked out okay physically. It really pissed me off just reading about this....the guy is lucky that he didn't get worse.
It was terribly young for a dog to be exposed to a situation like this but you now know his potential.
Your use for the dog determines how you handle it.
My guess is Will could hopefully offer suggestions because of his background in protection dogs.
I hope you had him arrested ... i would press charges when you get time write down everything that happened. cover your self. this guy will have a dozen excuses. give your lawyer a call . i would also have my lawyer send the guy a bill for the vet services and blood clean-up.(be carefull around the blood you never know) The Main Thing is, Are You OK? if necessary talk to someone it's very stress-full. dog did his job....
I reread you post. you dog did a great job, and for 7 months he let go, when you said out. well trained don't worry about him growling and barking tonight. for a 7 month old dog to be in a battle and when he was being hit and banged around he hung in there. in my book he is a Hero. you have quite a dog.
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Everyone seems to be back to normal after a good nights sleep. I was jumpy all night when I'd hear things, but eventually called over a friend who slept on the couch and I felt much better. I did buy a malinois, and while they excel at protection work I never wanted him to actually fight someone to protect anyone. It could have been much worse, and I could have a dead dog. That's exactly what was going through my head while it was happening. It sounds silly by my dog are nearly as important as my children will be.
We will be keeping up our regular schedule and training. Thank you so much for the advice everyone.
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