What we learned today- Hazel is very protective of her house. If someone comes in that she doesn't know, even if she is given the chance to greet them outside, she will bark and or snarl at that person.
We had a repair man out today to fix our washer and I happened to meet him outside on our walk. She was perfectly fine outside and we went on our merry way. We came back around 20 minutes later and he was hard at work trying to figure out what's wrong with our machine (My sweetie let him in). As soon as we walked in the door she started letting out these little warning barks and once he walked into view all hell broke loose! We know she cannot see very well so we flipped on some lights, introduced her again and she calmed down. She kept her eye on him while he was working, but no more barking. Then he left to his van to get some parts and came back in about 15 minutes later, she was fine when he walked in but once he got near my sweetie she freaked out, jumped down and full on snarled at him. My sweetie grabbed her and once she realised it was someone she had already met she wagged her tail at him and gave him a lick. Then she followed him around while he finished working.
This is something we're going to have to work on, I don't think she will bite anyone but we have small children that come around and we can't have her growling at them like that. I'm off to google to figure out some training techniques. Wish us luck!
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