Some people I know have a dog. He gets really aggressive when I go anywhere near him, yet will only slightly bark if my mom goes near him. I don't understand why he feels so much aggession towards me only. We both have the same relationship with the dog.
2006-09-27 19:40:06 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Dogs
Same thing happens to my uncle. He is the nicest guy, never so much as raises his voice (much less his hand) to his kids, co-workers, wife, neighbors. Generally, he's a gentle, kind person.
Dogs HATE him.
No rhyme or reason, they just out and out hate him. I think you have the same problem.
When we were kids, we didn't believe him when he told us that was why he wouldn't get my cousins a dog. One day we brought over a neighbor's dog and didn't tell anyone, just let it go in the house where he was, I never saw a dog go from nice and playful to mean and nasty so fast. It was a nice dog too.
Man, we were in so much trouble, let me tell you! He didn't get mad though, he thought it was funny (see, my uncle's nice) it was our moms that whacked our bums.
2006-09-27 19:54:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes dogs will be trained to be aggressive towards certain types of people (race, gender, whatever) and that could be it. It could also be that the dog in question has had a bad experience with someone and you remind the dog of the person who hurt them.
2006-09-28 02:44:04 · answer #2 · answered by triviatm 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes a dogs anger can be gender-specific. I don't know why, but I have known dogs that liked women but hated men, and vice versa. Maybe a bad experience in the past?
2006-09-28 02:46:45 · answer #3 · answered by galacticsleigh 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dogs are better judges of people than us.
There is a reason the dog doesn't trust you & he also feels your fear.
2006-09-28 06:32:23 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe the dog can sense something about you that it doesn't like
we had a dog when i was growing up that didn't like red-headed children!
2006-09-28 02:51:07 · answer #5 · answered by Loollea 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
maybe you are showing some fear toward the dog. dog have keen scenses. they can smell fear from miles away
2006-09-28 02:44:25 · answer #6 · answered by bakergirl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A dog can sense fear even if you don't know you are under duress.
2006-09-28 02:53:10 · answer #7 · answered by Michael B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my dog is the same way. she hates men but it is because my dad & brother always teased her.
2006-09-28 18:06:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋