Hi,
A little background.
We have just adopted an ex racer called Mac, a 27kg male, retired from racing in 2018 due to injury. He has been with us for only 4 days, and is settling in well, one little accident but other than that no toilet mishaps . He is adorable and fine with humans, not so good with other dogs yet (understandable). We have taken him for short walks (with muzzle on), first encounter was with a small Yorkshire terrier who was off the lead and came running up to him barking, Mac reacted by lunging and trying to jump on him, (Understandable) he did not growl, bark, whine or bite just seemed really perplexed. We realise we will have to socialise him slowly with other dogs and this may take a while. Any advice regarding this would be appreciated.
Mac although settling well in the house, takes himself off to his bed for quiet time and signs deeply when settling and 'roaches' which is adorable, we have found that he seems to 'pace' around the house and pants during the day, again advice regarding this would be appreciated, is this a sign of stress? what is he trying to tell me?
Debs