Originally Posted by
Snowshoe
I'm sorry, I know you are a good owner and you try your best, but I'm upset you went back and let her take your dog at all after what you know about her from your past experience. You must have had a momentary lapse of some kind. I know such things happen. Just the other day I said to a friend, "Are you crazy? What did you do that for?" I say it to you too.
But you do have some good questions so I'll give my opinion there too.
1. Yes, sometimes the owner impedes the dog's reactions. Our boarding place does this and have offended many patrons because they don't explain the long goodbyes stress the dog out. Same as my 18 month old great nephew's day care, they want Mum to leave while he's still distracted by his entry. But you should have been told what was going to happen. Maybe they should have a one way mirror viewing area.
2. Nobody who didn't see what went on can really answer this but I bet your guess is most likely correct.
3. Yes. But same as #2, nobody saw so impossible to say for sure.
4. Sorry but I feel another, "Are you crazy? What did you let her do that for?" coming on. She sounds like a crackpot but why did you let her yank him more than once? Lying down when you sit sounds to me like a nicely behaved dog.
5. Excessive butt sniffing is rude. Dogs have exceptional sniffers, they don't need a complete medical history of a new dog. Nobody saw so you have only her account of it.
Sorry.