He wasn't pushing her away, which for Crowley was more or less the same thing as allowing. He shifted, crossed his ankles, nudging Johann in the process. The hound simply shifted and turned his back to his master.
"He must take after me. He sure didn't get the quiet gene from you." Though the statement could be taken as an insult, Crowley didn't mean it that way. He unconsciously attempted to lessen the blow by stroking Anna's hair.