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 | |  | | Neither of my dogs would have bitten in either of those situations. They are and have been well socialized. They also would not have defecated in those situations,they would simply have gone with the person holding the leash because that is what I wanted them to do. They know our vets and their staff well and are not fearful of going with them. I can tell you from having gotten my dogs from different situations that very early socialization does make a difference in how they can react to stress later in life. My dogs also do not fight with other dogs. We in fact have a female Golden Retreiver down the street that is often loose,that lunges at my fence growling and snapping and prior to having the fence attacked my female twice,at most my pups will pace the fence and bark,but will immediately come when called and ignore her.
I personally do not use a groomer because I don't feel the need to pay someone for what I myself can do. As I stated in one of my earlier posts my Mika has some fearful behaviors but only when strangers come into my home. We still worked with her on those issues and continue to do so for her own sense of security. I did not say that there was something wrong with your dog that could not be easily corrected and if he has gotten better at handling stress as he gets older that is great and it may be a non-issue. If he hasn't then perhaps you can work on ways to make him more comfortable in those situations.
I simply said that I am not a behaviorist and did not know how to help you teach him to handle stress better. That is why I suggested a professional. I know from seeing for myself that early socialization plays a major role in how puppies behave later,I did not say your breeder did anything wrong. I simply stated that perhaps your breeder,like the one we got Mika from did not socialize their puppies in the same manner that the breeder we got Kai from did and it can make a world of difference. What offended me was your implication that my dogs because they did not behave like your dog when stressed,were in any way less wonderful than yours. They aren't,they are just different. Having two with very different personalities that I deal with daily does not make me think that one of mine is more wonderful than the other and certainly not better than anyone else's. You in fact in your original post mentioned that Kodiak seemed a bit fearful when stressed. So I don't feel that either myself or the other poster "jumped" to any conclusions.
My Akitas both have very different personalities and each has their quirks but to both my husband and I they are absolutely wonderful and we would'nt have them any other way,we only wish for Mika's sake that we could find a behaviorist in our area so that we could find more effective ways to teach her to relax a bit around strangers in our home,so that she could truly enjoy their attention. |  |  | |  |
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