Poor Indy suffered a sore tail too many times, but must've learned her lesson because she hasn't gotten a slam job for quite a while. It seems like that may have had something to do with this. When she's napping or just tired out on the porch she'll sometimes growl when someone touches her back end/tail or tries picking her up (eg., when she's in the way and somebody needs to move her, etc.). Sometimes I don't actually need her to move but she needs to understand she shouldn't ever growl at me. I guess she's getting used to adjusting to things she doesn't like. She used to growl like that pretty much all the time under those circumstances, even would bite, but now she's gotten a lot better and growls less than she used to. I'm working on getting her to quit that and letting her know it's unacceptable. There's no more snapping when I move her now, that's taken care of.
Do y'all think the growling and biting was a result from getting her tail slammed in the door? Or is it something you've had with your pups? I'm not talking about play biting which is somewhat common, but actually snapping and growling at you.
