My husky as always been a friendly dog to everyone. Lately it has become protective over my baby brother who is only six months old. When ever we have company our dog is always by his side, and never lets him out of it's sight. When our company leaves our dog will leave my brother's side and goes it's own way. So far it has only been acting that way when it's people that rarely come to our house. Should we be worried and if so is there anyway to stop it from being so protective.
2006-09-06 07:43:19 · 12 answers · asked by teddybearmonroe 1 in Pets ➔ Dogs
its nothing serious. since ur brother is so young, your dog probably feels that it its duty to protect. its probably fuffilling its duties as part of the family. treating ur baby brother as if it was its own puppy.
2006-09-06 07:47:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because. A he is a breed that is ultra protective and also making sure no harm comes to his baby.
A mother dog will adopt the baby as her own. and watch it every minute. My great Dane went nuts. pulled the cover out of the crib. looking for her baby. When I came home with my son. ,she was frantic. her hormones acting just like a animal Protecting pups. dogs have good instincts. It could be she does not trust other people.
One way you can try and break them. get a cat. or buy him something really interesting for him to take his or her mind off the baby. I have raised great Danes for 30 years. none ever bit a baby or a kid. 8 generations. always watch the dog and the kid playing together. or a small child. Their was a really sad case, A St Bearnard was near the little child. all of a sudden he jumped on him and killed him.
Later it was discovered. that the kid stabbed the dog with a ball point pen. in his ear. and probably went into his brain. and he was not the gentle pet. I have always taught my children how to play.react, and love animals. and teach kindness not cruelty.
2006-09-06 08:18:26 · answer #2 · answered by stardancer4949 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dogs are like that.. good and bad but I think it is good. What you have to do now is to make sure that no one goes close to your baby brother without watching the dog closely. Obviously it is or has sbecome very protective and in a way, that is good but it be somewhat bad if your uncle goes to pick the child up and not knowing that the dog is there and very protective.. You know what I mean?
2006-09-06 08:00:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The dog is protecting the baby because it feels the need to protect him as he is defenseless on his own in the eyes of the dog. Some dogs will treat our human children like their own and will protect them. Since it is only doing this to people it rarely sees I see no need to worry. The dog is part of the family and wants to keep the family safe. When a dog does not know the people very well it does not trust them. The more a dog sees and communicates with people the more they learn to trust them.
2006-09-06 07:50:08 · answer #4 · answered by sweetangelgreeneyes 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This sounds like a greta dog!! No you shouldn't worry, you should be happy this dog is looking after your baby brother like that. You didn't say the dog is being aggressive towards people, just staying close to the baby. Why would you want to stop him?
2006-09-06 09:49:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its a good thing that the dog is protective of your little brother my dog is the same way with me ,but if the dog start getting to protective around your brother like that to the rest of your family maybe ask your vet why he's acting like that.
2006-09-06 08:01:59 · answer #6 · answered by talktome 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No your dog is assuming the role of protector of the young in your tribe, so long as he doesn't do it with aggressiveness everything will be fine. Sounds like a great dog. Don't try and stop him as he will get beyond this when your brother gets older.
2006-09-06 07:52:28 · answer #7 · answered by mharrop@sbcglobal.net 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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If properly trained, they should also understand whistle and gesture equivalents for all the relevant commands, e.g. short whistle or finger raised sit, long whistle or flat hand lay down, and so on.
It's important that they also get gestures and whistles as voice may not be sufficient over long distances and under certain circumstances.
2016-04-24 15:09:51 · answer #8 · answered by alanna 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, scince your baby brother is so young and small, your husky might think that it needs someone to protect it from strangers. Just like a mother dog would to protect her pups, right?
2006-09-06 07:49:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's fine just be careful when new people come. Pick the baby up and hand him to them and your dog will realize that they're accepted and not going to hurt baby.
2006-09-06 08:02:59 · answer #10 · answered by emily 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋