curious dog behavior. any experts?

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Perhaps the previous trainer, who trained it to obey so obiediently, trained it never to kiss her. The dog recognizes your GF as the new "alpha" female and doesn't think it should kiss her?

I dunno, just a theory.

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this sounds like what I imagine it would be too. maybe someone has had the same experience. and, yeah the previous breeder and owner. I don't know what that was like. the breeder bred and dealt for shows, but also let all the dogs in the house to hang out together and with the family. but she did crate train them. I don't know how strict she really was. And then at some point someone bought him to show, so he lived with them for a short while. And I hear that dog showing owners often treat their dogs pretty impersonally. GF got him when he was about 10 months. So who knows what happened to him in that time. For instance, although his walking behavior is rather deviate when you don't keep on top of him. when you do get strict, he seems to have an acquired behavior or coming around your left side and behind you to get to heel. Still, his generally good-manneredness seems instinctual to me.