Dog behaviour

[Lord Flashheart]

My daughter's boyfriend has a little Jack Russell/ Miniature Pinscher type dog which is 6 years old and has recently become snappy. He's never been like it in the past, so something fairly recently seems to have set it off. I'm a fairly new face for the dog as I've only met him half a dozen times, but each time he's been bouncy and friendly, but last time although fine for the first 20 minutes he had a go at me. He had been being stroked by me when he ran off all happy to his toy box and returned to me with a pig's ear. He dropped it in front of me and stared at me. As I put my hand out towards him he went ape st and tried to bite my hand. As I jumped up he threw himself at the knee of my jeans. No damage done but now the boyfriend is anxious whenever anyone's around and needs this sorted. Though we don't know the exact details the dog snapped at someone else a few weeks ago. Any views on this?

[moorx]

Any sudden change in behaviour should prompt a vet visit - to rule in or out any medical issues.

Hope you can get it sorted.

[BoggoStump]

Dont grab his pigs ear.

[Lord Flashheart]

BoggoStump said:

Dont grab his pigs ear.

😆 I certainly won't. But I've owned three Bull Terriers over the years and could take whatever they were eating away at any point without an issue. And that is how it must be with all dogs for their own sake.
This little guy has developed a problem recently and will start with the vet visit as recommended above. I found out he's intact still at 6 years old, so I guess it might be an idea to lose those too!

[Ed/L152]

Lord Flashheart said:

But I've owned three Bull Terriers over the years and could take whatever they were eating away at any point without an issue. And that is how it must be with all dogs for their own sake.

What's your thinking behind this?

[Ace-T]

Ed/L152 said:

Lord Flashheart said:

But I've owned three Bull Terriers over the years and could take whatever they were eating away at any point without an issue. And that is how it must be with all dogs for their own sake.

What's your thinking behind this?

Surely its a good idea to be able to take away something the dog is eating if its bad for them?

Lots of the wonderful furry idiots will eat choc or raisins which are poisonous, being able to take that away without being bitten is a pretty good idea.

[Lord Flashheart]

Ace-T said:

Ed/L152 said:

Lord Flashheart said:

But I've owned three Bull Terriers over the years and could take whatever they were eating away at any point without an issue. And that is how it must be with all dogs for their own sake.

What's your thinking behind this?

Surely its a good idea to be able to take away something the dog is eating if its bad for them?

Lots of the wonderful furry idiots will eat choc or raisins which are poisonous, being able to take that away without being bitten is a pretty good idea.

Absolutely this, but in addition a toddler who doesn't know any better could interfere at feeding times and end up in a proper mess irrespective of the breed.