Question
I have a dog that's part Amstaff. This is my first dog. It is generally well behaved. It is about 10 months old.
Sometimes the dog snaps at me. For example, just now my face was near its stomach checking out a rash, and it snapped its mouth close to my face. Not hard, and not actually on my face, but close to it. It was annoyed that I was manipulating its body to get a look.
Might this indicate problem behavior? If so, is it very bad (ingrained hostility), or something a trainer can fix?
Answer
What a trainer can do is train you in how to train the dog. A friend of mine needed exactly that to help her make the dominance order clear to her pooch. They are both much happier now.
Answered By - keshlam