When Sadie’s in a bad mood and wants you to stay away, or when she has a treat and she’s afraid you’ll take it from her, my little pup has a predictable pattern of behavior. In the following photos, you can see the typical steps of a Sadie temper tantrum from start to finish.
It begins with “the look”. Sadie gets a certain look in her eyes that clearly says “stay away”.
If you ignore “the look” and approach Sadie anyway, she begins to growl quietly, showing her teeth a little.
If you still persist and reach out towards her, she snaps. She doesn’t actually bite or even try to grab you, she just tries to snap in your direction to scare you away.
The final stage of the temper tantrum is guilt. Sadie immediately feels sorry for snapping and tries to lick you. It’s hard to be stern and reprimand my little pup for snapping when she insists on licking your face and apologizing.
This post is part of the Thoughtless Thursday blog hop hosted by Ruckus the Eskie, Love Is Being Owned By a Husky, and M.K. Clinton.
This post is also part of the Thursday Barks and Bytes blog hop hosted by 2 Brown Dawgs and Heart Like A Dog. 
Be nice Sadie. 🙂 Thanks for joining the hop.
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Oh Sadie! It’s not nice to try and nite the hand that feeds you.
Thanks for joining the blog hop!
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Poor Sadie, she is just trying to protect her bone. ♥ It is hard to resist those sweet apologies.
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That’s not so bad. My sister Katie lies down on her back and kicks her legs in the air if she is asked to do something she doesn’t want to do. She has done that her whole life!
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Haha awwww…Sadie looks so tough! This face is definitely familiar – Riley makes this face too, but he actually WILL bite :/ Guess that teaches us humans to try and steal treats..
Oh we are very familiar with that look at home! Happy Thoughtless Thursday, Ruckus the Eskie