Hey everyone.
I have concerns about my tortoise and my nans dog. I am staying at my nans while I'm home from uni and when I first got my tortoise, I didn't want my dog anywhere near him dye to things I read about on the Internet. However my grandparents think the dog is their 'baby' and it can do no wrong. And they are constantly putting my tort right in front of her face so she can 'get used to it'
In all fairness the dog has been fine with Percy the tort, she sniffs him a lot and seems to 'protect' him in the way that she barks if he becomes stuck or gets into any difficulty in the garden and scares any birds or cats away when they come into the garden.
I'm just not sure I'm comfortable with the grandparents constantly letting the dog so near to the tort. I'm at work a lot and leave Percy in the garden in a run but by the time I'm home he's just walking freely in the garden with the dog and I couldn't forgive them if anything happened between them.
Any advice please on dogs and tortoises being together? Am I over reacting? Any stories on dogs and torts getting on/ bad things happening when they're together?
Thank youuuu
I have concerns about my tortoise and my nans dog. I am staying at my nans while I'm home from uni and when I first got my tortoise, I didn't want my dog anywhere near him dye to things I read about on the Internet. However my grandparents think the dog is their 'baby' and it can do no wrong. And they are constantly putting my tort right in front of her face so she can 'get used to it'
In all fairness the dog has been fine with Percy the tort, she sniffs him a lot and seems to 'protect' him in the way that she barks if he becomes stuck or gets into any difficulty in the garden and scares any birds or cats away when they come into the garden.
I'm just not sure I'm comfortable with the grandparents constantly letting the dog so near to the tort. I'm at work a lot and leave Percy in the garden in a run but by the time I'm home he's just walking freely in the garden with the dog and I couldn't forgive them if anything happened between them.
Any advice please on dogs and tortoises being together? Am I over reacting? Any stories on dogs and torts getting on/ bad things happening when they're together?
Thank youuuu