Rescued my Cane Corso, Zoe, a year ago. It has been a full time job taking care of her, but rewarding. In the past year I have introduced her to numerous locals, adult and children, while on our nightly walks. She has always shown interest in meeting everybody/anybody but has shown no aggression to anyone. In fact, she has become somewhat of a celebrity. Before this evening the only instances of aggressive behavior have occured when other dogs display aggressive behavior towards us as we walk.
This evening, while stopping to visit one of my friends during the evening walk, the friends neighbor (a stranger to Zoe) walked over. Things went normal as I introduced Zoe to the new person, i.e. thorough sniffing and then sitting down beside me, However, after a few minutes Zoe became aggressive (outrage mode) toward the new person, while he simply stood there speaking with me and my friend. Fortunately, I had a good grip on her leash and was able to restrain her. Before I finally left, Zoe displayed three separate episodes of this aggression, while seeming to assume a calm disposition between each episode. The person toward whom she was showing aggression had simply stood in the same position the entire time.
Has anyone else experienced anything similar? An entire year with no unexplained aggression, and now ?
Best,
Wayne
This evening, while stopping to visit one of my friends during the evening walk, the friends neighbor (a stranger to Zoe) walked over. Things went normal as I introduced Zoe to the new person, i.e. thorough sniffing and then sitting down beside me, However, after a few minutes Zoe became aggressive (outrage mode) toward the new person, while he simply stood there speaking with me and my friend. Fortunately, I had a good grip on her leash and was able to restrain her. Before I finally left, Zoe displayed three separate episodes of this aggression, while seeming to assume a calm disposition between each episode. The person toward whom she was showing aggression had simply stood in the same position the entire time.
Has anyone else experienced anything similar? An entire year with no unexplained aggression, and now ?
Best,
Wayne