Hmmm, I did both. First, I knelt down in between the two dogs and reached out and pet the 'lion' for a few seconds. I said to my dog, "Gunnar, it's OK" while I did this. He didn't seem to agree with me <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> ! My dog continued to bark so I walked away from the lion and stood right next to Gunnar, waited another few seconds to see if he'd relax but he didn't. (The lion and his owner remained in the same place about 8 or 10 feet away). It was at this point that I gave my dog a tug on the prong and said, "That's enough". Did this twice, he didn't listen so I took my dog to a place in the store where he could no longer see the lion.
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First, I knelt down in between the two dogs and reached out and pet the 'lion' for a few seconds.
You're lucky the lion was nice! I don't think it's a good idea to kneel down between two dogs, especially when one is barking at the other. Luckily the 'lion' was nice and didn't lunge for your dog and get you in the face <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> Sometimes dogs lunge without a sound to warn, and some dogs get irate about looking in their eyes especially at eye level. You never know who is holding the other end of a dogs leash and how poor their judgement could be bringing the dog in. The lion was a nice one, but the next may not be... Be very careful.
I wouldn't worry about your dog. The other dog was huge, you then kneeled down to pet him despite your dogs protests, your dog got even more tense, and it's over now, so forget it <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> Watch him in the future with other dogs to look for a pattern.
I have a young male pup he is about 6 mnths,
he got spooked, I was training him in the evening, and a larger male went for him from a trailer, barking hackels up,he responded accordingly (aggressive barking back), all I did was walk him away, no correction, I just ignored him barking back, he had his hackels up, he kept looking back up at me as if to say, what the <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />, sometimes just taking the dog away diffuses, the situation quicker,
why give him a correction verbal or physical if it was a
normal reaction. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />
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Re: PP Training
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