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what can i do about puppy's growling?

Posted by:  Christian
Category:   Aggression
Posted on:  May 11, 2003 at 11:25:49

Question:

I read in a previous question that another person posted about their puppy being aggressive(barking growling), while they are playing. I had a similar question...my 2month old JRT also growls and barks while playing so we are not going to play anymore "aggressive" games with her, like tug of war or chase. But sometimes, she also barks and growls when we're merely just walking around or walking away from her or even to her sometimes. She runs at our feet even when we're not playing a chasing game with her, and barks and growls(never nips either, but it might lead to that in the future). What can we do about this? I try giving her a toy to play with and it seems to work, but then she does the barking and growling all over again sometimes when we walk around, away from her, or to her. It seems that this is the only problem, she's well behaved other than this and does not do it when calmly sitting or playing in our laps. I don't want her aggression to get any worse or lead to biting so other than obedience classes(we're thinking of taking her by the way)what can we do at home to prevent this from continuing?