I am wondering whether anyone thinks that their dog is sensitive to their moods?
I am beginning to think that Merc behaves badly whenever I am under some kind of 'stress' but I don't know if it is just my imagination. We had a problem with him barking shortly after I started a new job, we fixed that. Husband away, starts anti-social behaviour. Husband home, marked improvement. Unusually stressful couple of weeks at work - starts up with the barking at joggers again.
I can understand things like when I get a fright he also reacts or that if I was being grumpy with him that would change his behaviour. But this seems to be a reaction to how I feel in general, not how I am behaving right now.
Does anyone else find their dog reacting to them quite so much? Do you think it is possible or am I reading too much into a series of co-incidences? (I won't be offended if you think I am over-analysing things
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I am beginning to think that Merc behaves badly whenever I am under some kind of 'stress' but I don't know if it is just my imagination. We had a problem with him barking shortly after I started a new job, we fixed that. Husband away, starts anti-social behaviour. Husband home, marked improvement. Unusually stressful couple of weeks at work - starts up with the barking at joggers again.
I can understand things like when I get a fright he also reacts or that if I was being grumpy with him that would change his behaviour. But this seems to be a reaction to how I feel in general, not how I am behaving right now.
Does anyone else find their dog reacting to them quite so much? Do you think it is possible or am I reading too much into a series of co-incidences? (I won't be offended if you think I am over-analysing things