!Ace was attacked at Petsmart
On this particular day we were working on the heel command so everyone was spread out - we were there for an intermediate class. The trainer called us in to regroup to wrap up the class. As we were making our way back to the circle, we came upon this lady and her small dog (chihuahua mix - 12-16 lb). The dogs met face to face and sniffed. It was a calm encounter and both dogs appeared neutral, no signs/displays of aggression whatsoever... then all of a sudden that dog snapped and latched onto Ace's nose for at least 5 seconds. It happened all too quickly. This lady was trying to pull her dog away and she was pulling with just the right amount of force so that her dog is air lifted all the while being latched onto my dog's nose. @$@#$#@%#!!!
The store manager took down an incident report and I'm supposed to get a call from a 3rd party that works for them. That lady did not even apologize.
I got him cleaned up and proceeded to let him meet with his fellow classmates with the hope of phasing him out of this bad experience. Luckily, it went smooth. But as we were making our way out he growled at every small dog we encountered... I immediately corrected him with the leave it command, which worked flawlessly.
Why would people bring aggressive dogs out into public?! What if that was a child...?
I applied hydrogen peroxide and neosporin when I got home. I'm just worried about the emotional scar as opposed to the physical damage, which appears to be minor.
Anyway, here's the aftermath..
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