My pet tried to bite me..What should I do?
By screwdriver
@screwdriver (643)
Philippines
June 16, 2012 5:51am CST
My pet dog was given to me as a birthday gift on my 28th birthday. I so love my pet and we do a lot of things. We jog together and eat together. He even sleep in my bed beside me. Everytime I arrive from work he runs so past and wiggle his tail and with his tongue out like he wants me to hug and kiss him because he miss me. But when I moved to another city for work, I left him in my parents house. My pet was 1 year old then when I left him. It has been 3 years that I havent seen him but I asked my mom to took care of him and she did.
When I got the chance to take a leave and have a short vacation. He didnt recognize me at all. He even bark and bark when he see me. When I tried to touch him he did this very scary sound like going to bite me anytime I touch him. My mom told me not to touch him but I still did because I miss him so much. He did try to bit me and glad I move so fast that he didnt even touch me. I was so sad about what happend. I miss him and I want to say sorry for living him but I cant. Maybe his mad at me and dont want to be my friend anymore.
What should I do? I did try to feed him and doing things like what we did before but my pet dont want to anymore. Im so sad and frustrated right now.
What should I do to tame him again and love me like before?
2 responses
@Octav1 (1419)
• Romania
19 Jun 12
It seems he's a little scared of you. He is probably a shy dog and he wasn't properly socialized in his puppyhood.
Does he tolerate well other people besides your mother?
I don't think he did this only with you. I think he feels safe only in your mom's company, now that she took care of him for three years.
I suggest you to be patient and do not force him to come in contact with you if he doesn't want.
Sit on the ground (this way you won't be so scarry to him) and try to make him come to you, by luring him with something that he likes (some delicious food he adores, his favorite toy or something). If he comes close, don't touch him. Let him regain his trust in you. Let him be the one who makes the first step. When he comes close, let him sniff you without touching him. If he is not too scared, he will touch you and then you can try to touch him gently. Don't force him to be pet if he doesn't want this.
Again, you have to be patient, this is not something will pass in seconds.
Please let us know about his progress.
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