Hi guys, Thanks for all your advice really helps. Want to share this with you. Yesterday i took Milo out with me all 10 kilos carrying him as waiting for last injection so we can hit the streets. 10 kilos but whatever!! thats puppy luv for you) anyway meet a guy with a labrador socialize Milo with him, anyway the guy says how cute and grabs Milo's face and squeezes his nose to which Milo growls rather stroppily at him. To be honest so would i of being in Milo,s position. So the guy turns around as says to me that choc labs are known to have a bit of a nasty streak in them. What has the color of the dog got to do with it black, champagne or choc labs, not there all labs from the same parents????????
Re: approach towards others when out Hi Chrissy, 1. Another dog owner should know better than to grab a dog's face and squeeze his nose. What a muppet! 2. There are a lot of misconceptions about the characteristics of dogs being related to coat colour. To be fair, I think there was a time (back in the 1970s) when it was genuinely thought that this was the case but I think it has long since been disproved. So, just in case you had any doubt, choc labs are not known to have a nasty streak in them.
Re: approach towards others when out The bloke was clueless - I would growl too if he grabbed my face! Well done Milo for growling and not snapping!
Re: approach towards others when out Huh. My Chocolate lab hasn't got a bad bone in his body. Guy is talking utter nonsense.
Re: approach towards others when out Hi, my limited experience of owning a dog has taught me that are lots of very nice dog owners out there, BUT, they are some right walleys about too! Good job Milo for not nipping him with your super sharp puppy teeth!
Re: approach towards others when out It is a well known fact that people who squeeze a puppy's face have a bit of a nasty streak. It's also been scientifically proven that people who then try to blame the puppy for its very reasonable objection to said face squeezing have a big genetic dose of arrogant and stoopid.
Re: approach towards others when out Well said Rachael. I have never heard that Chocolate Labs have a 'nasty streak' in fact the opposite that they are loveable clowns, always happy and bouncy. If my face had been squeezed I would have growled, I can never understand why a dog has to put up with anything and everything untoward and not be able to say, hey, stop that!
Re: approach towards others when out Thanks all for replies so good to hear other opinions , by the way before the guy walked off he said when he growls like that hit his nose with a newspaper or stick his paw in his mouth and make him bite it :'
Re: approach towards others when out Chrissie, horrible, horrible, it never ceases to amaze me how many truly stupid people are out there. I have a family member that smacked Charlie on the nose twice for jumping up and you bet he never did it again because I told him NOT to. I would never be too polite not to tell people I know or don't know that I do not want my dogs treated that way, hopefully you won't encounter this man again. The man is a total fool xx
Re: approach towards others when out +1 for the soft and slightly loopy chocolate lab, plus all labs i've met on walks have been pretty calm and none have shown any signs of nastiness… i've found sometimes when your dog doesn't react the way someone expects, i.e. they growl, bark or shy away that people respond in a way that blames the dog but never look at how their actions may be interpreted by the dog.
Re: approach towards others when out THANKS GUYS REALLY GOOD ADVICE MUCH APPRECIATED I THINK WITH MILO ONLY 10 WEEKS OLD ITS ALL TRIAL AND ERROR. HE WORKS REALLY WELL WITH TREATS BUT HATES YOU POINTING YOUR FINGER IN HIS FACE (MIND YOU SO DO I ) BUT HE SITS AND FETCHES AND WE STARTING TO GET THE NIPPING UNDER CONTROL SO WE ARE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT. CANT WAIT TO GET HIM OUT SOCIALISING
Re: approach towards others when out Some people really do have no idea do they! Enjoy the puppy stage, they grow sooooo quickly
Re: approach towards others when out I've only ever heard people say that chocolate labs are boisterous and nutty, but that was before I really knew much about dogs so I take that now with a pinch of salt - especially having seen all the lovely choccies on here What on earth was that bloke thinking to squeeze his nose! what if that had been an adult dog who had (quite rightly so) turned around and bitten him? No doubt it would have been the dogs fault, not the idiot man! *shakes head* some people..
Re: approach towards others when out [quote author=Oberon link=topic=7272.msg100416#msg100416 date=1407584407] It is a well known fact that people who squeeze a puppy's face have a bit of a nasty streak. It's also been scientifically proven that people who then try to blame the puppy for its very reasonable objection to said face squeezing have a big genetic dose of arrogant and stoopid. [/quote] Well said! ;D
Re: approach towards others when out PS Pongo says to Milo that this is all part of learning about the wide range of humans you meet out there. Most are pretty good and not too stupid, but occasionally you meet one that clearly wasn't socialised well enough when they were a pup. You need to make allowances. Well done for not biting him.
Re: approach towards others when out [quote author=Rosie link=topic=7272.msg100681#msg100681 date=1407661961] PS Pongo says to Milo that this is all part of learning about the wide range of humans you meet out there. Most are pretty good and not too stupid, but occasionally you meet one that clearly wasn't socialised well enough when they were a pup. You need to make allowances. Well done for not biting him. [/quote]
