Annabanana312

SAME!!! @DWBFC Did you see a behaviorist? What did they advise? Adopted my Tucker hound 4 years ago when he was just a 1 1/2 year old racing washout. We started out with a dog walker who the company assigned to the “difficult cases” and he was fine until one day he wasn’t. Started growling when the walker tried to clip on his leash. She tried everything in her bag of tricks to no avail. He also chased off 2 pet sitters. For a while I didn’t have a dog walker, but over time he made friends with 2 different female dogs in the park. Both of these dogs had mommies with a pet care side gig, and if the mommies came over with one of Tucker’s “girlfriends” he would be excited to go out for a romp with his pal and would go with them and/or let them inside. One of the mommies started leaving her Labrador outside the door, then at the bottom of the stairs, and eventually Tuck would go out for a walk when she came by herself. One of these two dog mommies boarded him whenever I went out of town. The strange thing was that he would still have days when he growled at these people he knew and loved, and I would tell them if he’s having one of those days just walk away. He’ll make it until I get home from work. Flash forward to today, and I am living in a new town and Tucker won’t let the attempted dog walker within arms reach. And he nipped someone who came over to help me move furniture. And he lays down across the room from any company that comes over and stares at them warily. Whenever we visit someone else’s home (dog owner or not) he exhibits signs of stress and sticks to me like glue. Now it’s time to go on vacation, so I found a local petsitting couple who have a chill female dog, but of course he isn’t friend with them the way he was with the people in my old town when he first started staying with them. He went for one visit and while he did not let them touch him, he wasn’t trembling or growling either. So I am saying a prayer and will drop him off in about 72 hours. 😱 I am really worried this is going to be a short vacation!