Shiba Inu Forum:
aggression

My two grandsons(1yr and 5yrs) came for a visit. My female shiba was good with the toddler but would go after the 5yr old aggressively. The 5yr old is afraid of dogs but tried very hard to make friends with her. Sometimes my shiba wouldn't pay any attention to Robbie but if he ran over to sit on the sofa, etc. Cinnamon would come after him. Any ideas on what could be causing this reaction. Robbie has never been mean to her.

I have a Shiba Inu puppy and he is 6 1/2 months old and when he does not get attention he will do his mad dog routine and then if that does not work he will growl and bite and he thinks that he is the alpha dog.

My shiba does the same with toddlers. Very young, fine but toddlers he is very timid. I am a single girl and he is not around children very often. I know the size difference of a child can make a dog not used to them a bit squemish.