Preventing Bites

There are some super easy going and super social dogs out there like my greyhound Rosie, who loves everyone and can accept their attention in a calm and respectful way without becoming rude and inappropriate BUT there is also a vast majority of dogs who aren’t like this at all.

There are giant lovely kind goofballs like Quinn who gets so overexcited by people touching him that he exuberantly knocks them down and pulls them over, there are dogs like my Lab Charlie who are uncomfortable with any kind of personal touching by strangers, there are dogs who feel incredibly insecure and fearful about strangers entering their personal space and there are dogs who will take their self defence from unwanted stranger attention to next level growling and biting.

What I’m saying is, every dog and his owner deserves their personal space to be respected and asked permission before you try and engage with them, if they say ‘No’ it’s more than likely to keep you safe and prevent their dog from doing something naughty. In this video, I’m chatting about 3 common and preventable situations for dog bites or overexcitement triggers like jumping (with dogs specifically who struggle with these kinds of behavioural issues) that we handlers need to watch for and be advocates for our dogs and that we dog admirers can avoid doing to the dogs we see in public and keep ourselves safe.