I haven't been on in awhile due to poor internet access but...

We moved from Maryland to Michigan (Home). My wife sort of rescued a 9 mo. Miniature American Eskimo (Strummer) from a lady at work. The place we moved to has about 3 acres of fenced in property. Strummer and Bruno play like crazy. There is no doubt Bruno is the dominant dog but there are seldom problems. Bruno's aggression has diminished substantially. He gets allot more exercise than before both playing with Strummer, and occassionally going to grandma's and playing with her 2 dogs, and chasing large trucks. We live on a corner lot so from corner to corner he'll get a good 20-25 second sprint before he has to stop for the fence. One thing they do that's sort of funny is: Strummer lays on the front porch while Bruno lays on the back. Strummer will alert to something and start barking. He'll go halfway to the fence, then go to the back porch and get Bruno, barking all the while. Once Bruno responds and catches up to Strummer, the 2 of them will go investigate. It's like Strummer going to get his back-up. We have Beware of Dog signs on our gate and with Strummer coming out first, people don't take it seriously until they see Bruno. Glad to be back on the forum, hopefully I can help others as you all have helped us.

DZ

Eric,
What kind of dog is Bruno? How old are they.
I envy you !! 3 acres all fenced, you lucky dog...

I'm trying to add an image, hopefully it works. Bruno is now a 2.5 year old Chow. We got him at 8 weeks along with some bad advice on keeping an aggressive dog in check. We should have not chosen him when the breeder said we could not go near the father but hindsight is 20/20. We know allot more now than we did then.

We got Strummer, a Miniature American Eskimo, this past October at 9 months. He lived in an apartment with no-place to do anything and got into chewing things. His owner didn't want him. My wife got Bruno because our previous Chow(Pivo)was not aggressive under any circumstances. We had to put him down due to cancer in 04. She wanted a dog to love on, like we did with Pivo, and to have in the house when I was not home. Bruno turned out to be totally different than Pivo, more typical Chow. Susan was home more when Bruno was growing up so she was the one to implement all of the bad training techniques we were given. They work for some dogs, but not for an aggressive dog and Bruno can be extremely aggressive.

So here's this little white dog who needed a home and my wife wanted a little dog to love on. It was perfect but she lived in Michigan, looking for a house, and Bruno and I lived in Maryland, selling a house. She took him in and was living with her parents. They have a little Boston Terrier and the 2 of them will play for hours non-stop. We found a house, sold our other house and Bruno and Strummer get along great. It seems like he bullies the little one until you see the little one hanging from his lip and tufts of black fur in Strummers mouth. The Eskimo is a little scrapper and gets Bruno from underneath where he can't see. We live in the country and half our land is completely fenced in so they get plenty of running space.

For those asking for a picture, I finally figured it out. Well, I had help. Anne didn't like his lion cut, as most don't, so here he is about a month ago. We got allot of snow and were out on a walk. He's keyed in on the neighbors horses. I had him on the DD collar and he pulled like a mule. Some snowmobiles came by and he pulled me off my feet trying to get away, several times! When we first moved in I was riding my daughters dirt bike around the yard and Bruno was chasing me to the left. He was looking at me while running and ran smack dab, right into the well thing that sticks up out of the ground. I heard a yelp and he ran to his room. Now, he won't even come out if a small engine is running.

I still like his lion cut

I think I said the lion cut didn't look properly dignified for a dog that thinks so much of himself