Hello everyone, Ive been working on resource guarding and reading into my dog's cues more as suggested. I feel she's learned and it's just something that will have to be a continuous lesson but that's okay. Now Im here about something that made me cry tonight. Please bare with me. I've put my heart and soul in this girl and I just feel like a failure right now.



Starting two days ago, I have found that at night when I approach Anya to take her outside for one more potty before bedtime, she aggressively growls and snaps at you. Now, I have been doing this since day one. I approach her, get her attention and lovingly kneel down and pet her saying "night night potty" before clipping on her leash to go outside. Normally she'll jump up and happily go with me. Not anymore. Two nights in a row she has growled and snapped before I even touch her. I am calling the vet tomorrow to see if this is due to a medical issue/pain and Im thinking I might have to call a behavioralist. She has not acted differently otherwise. I don't know where this is coming from. Some people have mentioned that she's aggressive and I CANNOT accept that just yet. She is only 7-8 months and I know this is teenage phase. I will take any and all advice!! Thank you!!

It's not like she hasn't gotten exercise. I assure you she is quite happy with the amount of adventures and walks we go on. She has puppy playdates and shes a great dog otherwise.