Originally Posted by
theiss
My 4mo old growled 3x to 3 different people and all happened in the last week or so.
I also got her when she was 10mo old.
At first, I didn't catch it because I thought she burped - and boy does she burp loudly!
the second occurrence was when I wasn't home; my mom and dad told me about it.
she growled upon meeting my nephew who came to visit last Thursday.
The third time, she growled when I was around, and I "psstt" and "no" at her right away.
She hasn't growled at any stranger yet.
I took her for screening at a local K9 social club (dog day car service) and she was fine with the handler there.
I left her at the daycare the following day for a whole day.
I am taking her to get my car serviced tomorrow and we'll see how she does.
I think she just needs to be corrected/told that it is not acceptable to growl.
And get her socialized and meet a lot of new strangers - enroll her in the dog daycare.
dog parks are a great place to get her to meet new people.
HTH.
T.