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So, I'm a bit freaked out right now. Today when I got home we went outside and she threw up grass twice. Not a big deal, dogs do that. She threw up in her crate maybe an hour later. I let her stay in her crate so that I could keep any more messes contained.
Fed her dinner outside her crate. She ate very well. Then we gave her a new suffie my sister got her. She pranced all over with it. Maybe 10 minutes later she laid down with the toy and acted like she didn't feel well or like she did something wrong. I laid with her, petted her, and just loved on her. She was very sweet. We wanted to crate her so we could have dinner, asked her to go in, but she wouldn't without the toy. We gave her the toy and she was good. She tried to bury it in her blankets.
Her crate and Daisy's (chihuahua) are right next to each other. Nova kept staring at Daisy and raising her lip which is rather strange since she has done that maybe once before. We let Nova out with her toy and then things got very strange!
She laid down with my SO on the floor with her toy. She kept wiggling a lot and seemed agitated. Then she started staring at Daisy (crated) and they were growling back and forth at each other. I got up to cover Daisy and Nova growled towards me thinking I was going to grab her toy I guess. It was so strange because maybe an hour earlier I was laying with her squeaking her toy. She aggressively barked, growled, and snapped at Daisy's crate after I moved and covered it up. My SO who was right next to Nova got up slowly and she wasn't too sure about him either.
Not sure how to get her back in the crate and away from the toy my SO got another toy out (same kind) and got her focus on that. She again barked/growled/snapped at Daisy's crate. This is where I really got scared, and I shouldn't had, because Nova came and sat next to me all the while showing teeth and growling about Daisy. My SO was able to lure her into the crate and she is now in there minus the toy. Seems to be acting normal now except for the initial protesting of not having her toy.
I almost cried this freaked me out so bad. Never had this happen before. Could it be hormones? I have been able to take things from Nova before. I'll be reading up on threads about resource guarding and how to handle a dog that is growling at you. What do you guys think? I got up slowly (I was on the couch) and backed away from her when she growled at me. Probably not the right thing to do but I was scared... I feel so bad for being scared of my amazing sweet girl.
Fed her dinner outside her crate. She ate very well. Then we gave her a new suffie my sister got her. She pranced all over with it. Maybe 10 minutes later she laid down with the toy and acted like she didn't feel well or like she did something wrong. I laid with her, petted her, and just loved on her. She was very sweet. We wanted to crate her so we could have dinner, asked her to go in, but she wouldn't without the toy. We gave her the toy and she was good. She tried to bury it in her blankets.
Her crate and Daisy's (chihuahua) are right next to each other. Nova kept staring at Daisy and raising her lip which is rather strange since she has done that maybe once before. We let Nova out with her toy and then things got very strange!
She laid down with my SO on the floor with her toy. She kept wiggling a lot and seemed agitated. Then she started staring at Daisy (crated) and they were growling back and forth at each other. I got up to cover Daisy and Nova growled towards me thinking I was going to grab her toy I guess. It was so strange because maybe an hour earlier I was laying with her squeaking her toy. She aggressively barked, growled, and snapped at Daisy's crate after I moved and covered it up. My SO who was right next to Nova got up slowly and she wasn't too sure about him either.
Not sure how to get her back in the crate and away from the toy my SO got another toy out (same kind) and got her focus on that. She again barked/growled/snapped at Daisy's crate. This is where I really got scared, and I shouldn't had, because Nova came and sat next to me all the while showing teeth and growling about Daisy. My SO was able to lure her into the crate and she is now in there minus the toy. Seems to be acting normal now except for the initial protesting of not having her toy.
I almost cried this freaked me out so bad. Never had this happen before. Could it be hormones? I have been able to take things from Nova before. I'll be reading up on threads about resource guarding and how to handle a dog that is growling at you. What do you guys think? I got up slowly (I was on the couch) and backed away from her when she growled at me. Probably not the right thing to do but I was scared... I feel so bad for being scared of my amazing sweet girl.