persephone

yes to the above . Someone who is there to see and assess.

Not good. a worry for you

wow! @Roova

#23... This morning's smartphone view - a stack of frosty iron droppers (star pickets)

@Scottsmum that is a cute building!! Love it

A lovely walk this morning - in my favourite weather ! ( foggy and minus 4 deg. ) :D

not sure about true love ..respect both ways ..and communication at least

I also suggest having the female speyed A lot of his behaviour now would be habit ... and castrating him probably wouldn't help .

@corvus is your girl barking at the front of your dad , or behind ? I was just wondering .. Stitch - does your dog only ever stalk/show odd behaviour from behind ?

The uncertainty would /does concern me ... what would be the things which tips the balance , and causes dog to make contact ? Maybe he never will ... and this is why it's great that you can see the inherent danger. back-tracking is a good plan ... think from dog's POV , and look at H's behaviour/actions some time around when the stalking became noticeable . My Mitch was a tad timid when I got him as an adult . One day , a friend who should have known better , was playing with him ...chasey ... and backed Mitch into a corner of the yard . Friend was tall and had a deep voice ..and laughed as poor Mitch panicked ... Mitch was never the same after that . A couple minutes stupidity . It doesn't take much ....

It is not at all usual behaviour ... Corvus has given a good insight . I also believe there is some level of fearful aggression in play . Reasons? You may need to do a lot of detective work. When did it start ? What happened around that time ? Has H done something which he thought was OK/minor, but has left dog with the 'wrong idea' ? Is dog resource guarding you , maybe ? I would suggest a behaviourist consult ... you know the drill ;) Better safe than very sorry here.

Does dog react better with H when H is sitting /squatting /lying down ? can you perhaps show us what dog body language is most like out of these ?

@Canisbellum Pretty damn nice !!! While astrophotography is not my 'thing' ..I admire results like yours , and know the thought which goes into it all

#22 ? An absolutely gorgeous morning ..a crisp -3 deg ..my type of weather .Smartphone & I went gathering dry wood for a fire

Oh that does not sound good . Can you have yr phone camera set on video for when these things happen ..best to not tell H..his behaviour must be normal .. just video 20 or 30 seconds if you can ..doesn't have to be a masterpiece !

taken thru a flyscreen/dirty window just now .... Don had just been cleaning out her ears ! (he is also the one who put that slash in one ear when she tried taking his food ...... )

yep ... love my black dogs .....

What ? like teenage girls, you mean ;)

Me too .... he is just SO pleased to have more of my attention now ....

Yes Outdoors AND his crate should be happy places , places to rest , or play ...

It's the small things ;)

I usually just have pics on my computer .. resize them to around 800X600 (usually just under the 300kb limit ). then click on the choose files option down in that LH corner of the post ...go to the folder where my photo is ..and click on it ..'OPEN'..then it gets inserted into the post ....and so on. Really, it takes about 30 seconds , once images are in computer, and resized

our dogs won't normally eat dead mice - they just roll on them !

@karen15 The cocker has a lovely green velvet gown that she likes for winter. ermmm..we need photographic evidence ;)

No surprise there ... increase in mouse numbers = more people using poison ... and , of course the P'd off neighbour or local evil person making ratbait rissoles