My mom’s dog just bit me
My mom has a 5 year old Yorkipoo who has gone through trauma in his earlier years. When he was 2, my mom put him in a doggy camp, but he ended up getting bullied and chased by the bigger dogs. Since then, his temperament has significantly changed. Today when I accidentally dropped my candy wrapper, he snatched it from the floor before I could pick it up. 822
I tried to take it away from him and when I finally had the wrapped in my hand, he went completely berserk. He growled menacingly, lunged at my hands, while violently shaking and thrusting himself at my hands. I firmly scolded him “No!” I can tell that he feels guilty because he kept licking me and sat in the “down position” from me at a distance.
I’m not sure what to do next. Is there a way to retrain his behavior? We’ve been trying to recondition him, which obviously has not been working, but he gets really aggressive around big dogs or when we do something that he doesn’t like. 954