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my wife & I have a 4 year old chesapeake bay retriever (hawkeye) & a 18 month old son. for the most part the two have been doing well together. hawkeye had to make adjustments to our son learning to crawl & walk etc., & I was generally pleased. hawkeye injured a knee in january & has been favoring it since then. the injury does not prevent him form playing extremely hard, but he certainly is bothered by stiffness afterwards. we took him to one vet who prescribed glucosamine for three weeks & mentioned the possibility of surgery. I will be taking him to another vet (for a second opinion this week). In any case, the BIG ISSUE is : hawkeye has been very wary of the baby for the last week to ten days & this morning snapped at him. what is strange to me is that when we separate the two w/ a gate, hawkeye allows the baby to touch & pet him with no complaints. but when the two are in the same room hawkeye becomes very nervous & growls. My hunch (& hope) is that the dog's behavior is linked to the bad knee & that when that is treated the bad behavior will stop. My dilemma & question to you is : what do I do in the time prior to the vet visit & while hawkeye's knee is being treated. ? right now hawkeye is in the basement & my son is with me. I just don't want to do anything that might make the dog bitter towards my son. I should mention that my wife (when she is informed of what happened this morning) will be much less patient in dealing with the problem. she will probably vote to get rid of hawkeye ASAP. your advice/help is greatly appreciaited. - steve | ||||||||
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