Wow I feel so happy that you would try to resolve the issue. Of course if kids are involved that is different.
Someone gave us a dog that wasn’t properly socialized. It lived in a pack of 5 pets. They fought a lot.
The dog turned on me once. I gave it the benefit of the doubt cause I was chasing it to correct it from chewing up my other dog and leaving marks on her neck.
HE ran to his crate I stuck my hand in there and he attacked. I am sure you know the difference between attack as in to hurt you as opposed to warning you without trying to hurt someone.
Ok so a few days later I heard some horrible growling coming from my sons room. I go in and the dog is now lying on his back in submission. HUH? Brandon had some marks on his arm from the dog. I asked my son if he was teasing the dog he said no it just did that. hmmm.
A few more days later I was outside brushing it. It wanted to chase my other 2 dogs instead but I made it stay with me. Darn thing turned on me again. I was squatting and brushing when he turned on me I fell over and managed to shove the brush into it’s mouth to stop it from attacking. I got up and the dumb dog was showing its belly in submission. It came so close the biting that artery in my arm too so very close. Just missed the artery.
Very very strange behavior. I called around to trainers to inquire about this jekl and hyde dog. I was told possible brain damage and this is indeed very unusual behavior. It was never properly socialized and lived with a wild pack mentality.
I could string it up by lifting it in the air by it’s collar til it about passed out feet off the ground. It would therefore never attack me again but he would probably attack someone else in the future. hmmm my son or his friends?
So we took the dog to the humane society and they put it down after observing it for a few days to make sure wasn’t sick or something and passed something on to me.
That was sad.
A rabbit to me is a different situation altogether. And I see others feel this way too. They try to communicate to us and it is up to us to try and understand and help it change the behavior. Or for us to avoid putting it in a situation where it is so uncomfortable it will attack and hurt us drawing blood.
Some rabbits can be too far gone to be helped. A lady had 3 boys and they tormented the poor bunny. It would bite them. Avoid them it it could. The abused it poor thing. I would have had 3 kids getting spankings if they were mine. I wouldn’t take it I had 2 already and felt it was too much work for me to help it change to a wonderful pet. I didnt’ have the time. So their neighbors daughter took it. She was 13 but had pets and knew how not to abuse them. Thats good. I hope he is happy and well adjusted to his new home with animal intelligent people
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