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Hello Catlin James,
To me it seems your boy has started to do what a Boerboel should do but is not yet completely confident about it. That might be because of some misunderstanding between you and him that you yourself maybe are not yet aware of. You write that you have complete trust in him but you also write you want to be able to trust him fully. Maybe I don't understand this completely because english is not my own language but to me this seems to be some sort of a contradiction. Please make sure he is not touched by others unless he knows that is allright with you. Look at this like he is your wife or one of your children: most likely you will not just any stranger allow to touch them. Your dog is part of your family and should be treated with respect, not like he is some object. My dog is almost 10 months older than yours and most likely would attack if I would allow others "not belonging to our pack" to reach down to him and have my dog take his own decision about how to react on such a provocative action. Now he will allow that when I tell him to allow it and when I don't guide him he probably will act like an almost adult Boerboel male that is provoced. 10 months ago he acted just like your dog does now. Besides I think it is stupid for another dogowner to reach down to a strange dog as he then is in fact challenging that dog and you should protect your dog from such ignorant people and protect ignorant people from trying to mutilate themselves by provoking a Boerboel. Just my humble opinion, most likely you will also receive comments from people with more experience than I have. Yours kindly, Gijs
Caitlin,
We have been breeding boerboels for about 9 years or so now.. and to be honest with you.. the problem that YOU are having with him not being friendly towards " strangers " is what I would personally consider a lack of communication and expectations on your part.
Boerboels are not meant to be a lap dog, they are a formidable guard dog and as such they have " their " own people whom can do just about whatever they want to them... however... people outside of the " their " pack.. they have no business in trying to do something similar to him.
If I lived closer to you, what I would suggest is to find a qualified trainer who has worked with mastiff's and guardian breed dogs previously in order for the two of you to learn to read each other more efficiently and for him to look towards you only on all occasions.
Have you contacted your breeder as of yet to ask them for help?
Just some thoughts
Marcella Burgess
Proudfoot Kennels
Catlin, I understand your concerns... I had the same with Cane, she is a handful and has been since we got her. She is now 7 months old and is becoming more behaved each day. What has helped us was we enrolled her in Sit Means Sit, we had 6 private sessions, and unlimited lifetime group class. I noticed that there is one in the Cleveland-Akron area. For our area it's a little more expensive that other places, but well worth the money. You can take him there for a demo using your dog. These youtube videos helped me make the decision to take her there for the demo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcixIOS_dro&feature=iv&annot...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqda0bmH--Y&feature=related
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