Aggressive sounding for sure, directed at the toy, I’m almost certain.
After reading here how many buns had stuffed animal toys, I gave mine a stuffed rabbit. He was TERRIFIED of it! He stomped and ran and hid, thumping like crazy. For several days I would sit it in front of his pen so he could see it, only to have him react the same way. He also reacted more strongly when the rabbit was facing him, as if it was looking at him, he’d lunge towards it, thump, and run off and hide in a corner. My husband told me if I did it again, he was going to “throw the damn toy out in the yard”. So I stopped showing it to him. He was much happier playing with the dogs and plastic objects (baby keys, old pill bottles, cat bell-balls).
With that being said, after about a month of him exploring the house, he accidentally discovered the stuffed rabbit in the “designated dog bed/toy” area. Completely ignored it! I then placed it in the same spot that had bothered him previously and he had no reaction to it at all.
So I’m not sure if maybe it’s his maturing, or him being more comfortable and familiar with his surroundings (he was brought here at about 10wks old on Aug 2nd 2013).
Our home is a TINY 672sqft (168sqft he NEVER has access to and 32sqft is HIS penned-in area). He’s very familiar with the place now and much more confident… maybe a little -too- confident!
If you want Delilah to love her new toy, maybe just sit it somewhere she’d eventually run across it. Maybe in a corner, with it facing the corner!! You don’t want her to think it’s daring her to attack by staring her down! lol