Bandit is a Teddy Bear, I don't think he would have done a thing but simply gone up to get petted.As for Yaggo I could'nt get mad at him because that is what he's been taught to do.My father did the right thing and did not fight Yaggo or it would have been worse.Yaggo is not a fear biter or a nervous dog, he is a tense dog , it's hard to explain.But I have never seen his hackles up, ever.

You're so fortunate to have such a strong dog in Yaggo, Angelique. You did a great job picking him out... it's so cool how all the dogs you pick out are just perfectly suited to your goals for them. You really know what you're doing, it's very impressive

In my case, I'm hoping I won't have problems with my pup who clearly bit out of sheer fear and panic. I'd hate to see him become "nervy" and on edge because of that one experience.

I'll just go back to socializing him a lot (especially at night) and hope he forgets that experience...

I'll get my friend (the one who got bitten) to help out with this positive socialization confidence-building process... he still feels really bad about last week so he'll be eager to help out, I'm sure.

Do you have any advice as to how I should proceed Angelique? I really don't want my dog to become a fear biter because of this (he was never really people friendly to begin with - he ignores anyone he doesn't know and won't even take treats from strangers)
He's doing fine on our walks during the day (I let a few people come up to us on our walks and pet him and he didn't seem to care either way), but I haven't taken him out at night yet since this happened last week...

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Yaggo is not a fear biter or a nervous dog, he is a tense dog , it's hard to explain.But I have never seen his hackles up, ever.

Wow. Very interesting. Angelique, I'm going to PM you.

Yuko,
Sometimes one bad experience is all it takes for your dog to change.I don't know that yours will be affected by it on a long run but keep up his socialization.I have never had an experience like yours ,especially your dog is still young.I would make my walks at night short for a while and keep the walks at night very positive for him.Dogs are creatures of habits, 2 bad incidents could set him up for every night walks when he crosses a stranger coming towards you both. So IMO I would keep it as positive as possible during our walks.May be later on add a friend that comes accross and simply walks up in a friendly matter and shakes your hand at first and then the next walk if all looks good with your dog , have your friend give you a hug.Planned encounters are better than the ones that aren't just to see where your pups head is at.

Thanks for the advice, I'll definitely work on it.

I'll PM you with a couple more questions - sorry to everyone else for taking this so off-topic (bad habit of mine )

Of course, you can always go in a completely different direction with the ever popular "Screw the dog, Beware of Owner" sign (the words are set against a big outline of a gun).

well i live in the uk and a cant recall his name but a man has been locked up since time began and sued because he shot two men who broke in and tried to kill him, he got sent down for murder and now the other robber is seuing him for everything he worth because he cant walk or have sex because he got shot for breaking in. this man has recently been released from prison now but i dunno weathere he won or lost against the robber, i think he lost i will have to look it up

look up tony martin and read up on that story, weather it relavant to this topic though............