I’ve had my Salandit, Ridley for a good while now. I usually carry him on my shoulder or hold him (the little guy really loves affection) but I noticed he’s a little weird. Sometimes, not all the time, he’ll have some odd behaviors. Sometimes he’ll hiss at male Pokémon that aren’t on my team and even male strangers. But it isn’t constant. Sometimes he’ll just follow me and bob his head. I tried to explain no, and he’ll listen for a bit, but he usually goes back to old behaviors.

Anonymous, your salandit may be viewing you as a rather large and odd-looking salazzle. On the positive side, it’s unlikely he’ll engage in aggressive behaviors, and quite honestly, the behavior you’re mentioning now is perfectly harmless unless he does get aggressive. On the negative side, he thinks you’re an odd-looking salazzle, so … make of that what you will. (You may wish to consider training Ridley to recognize you’re not an odd-looking salazzle, but that’s a bit of a sisyphean task, I’m afraid.)