The terms of his adoption include no other pets and no children. And I can separate him from the pack here. My biggest concern is overall, he does it even to us. If we have food in our hands he snatches it, and nothing we do to try and stop him has much effect.
I'm worried that placing him at all is a risk, if someone has small guests that get in his way, or even if someone sits down to drink or eat something and get clipped by a tooth when he snaps it away.
Even today I was working with him alone. He's learning sit. He decided he didn't want to sit, so I pressed gently on his rump to try and show him what I wanted. He growled. He didn't want to budge, he refuses to submit at all. I tried enforcing some dominance, but everything I tried just made him growl again.
I put him in a "time-out" kennel. Now I find myself always being weary of him, and I only handle him in the few ways that allow me to keep my face away from his reach. I just don't know when to expect another surprise out of him.
Maybe just back off a bit on basic training and stick to the much more subtle You're-not-in-charge-I-am training. He just doesn't seem to be responding well to anything.
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For Tok, I will always remember the happier days when you howled and played as one of our pack. You will never be forgotten, and you can never be replaced. God has a special place for special creatures, and that is where we will meet again. Forever in our hearts, love always, your family.
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