My husband and I are at a loss. Peanut (7years old, adopted at 3.5) attacks my husbands feet ONLY when he's wearing his black work shoes. If he has bare feet or socks she'll pull up short once she realizes the shoes aren't on. She started this about 4 months ago. At first it was once in a while.. now his feet seem to be free game. He said she even put a hole in the side of one shoe. She doesn't exhibit any other aggressive behavior at the time... Just lunges at the shoes once or twice.. then backs off. She does this with the black vacuum cleaner as well, but she's always on a lead when i vacuum for my sanity. Peanut and Joe have issues with who's above who in pack mentality. No matter what I do I can not get Joe to see that things he does have made him appear below her in pack mentality. I don't know if this is part of the issue.
any ideas on what could trigger a sudden shoe fetish? how would you resolve this?