Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005
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Quote: aude-noelle nevius
All right, I can see my HB and I have made mistakes but there are mixed messages out there in the world about socializing your dog. We've been fairly good (not enough obviously) being pack leaders, but always with the idea that it's good for him to "play" with friend dogs. For instance, he regularly plays with a female Vishla who is half his size and they've always gotten along GREAT. So should this playmate be ruled out as well ? I'm now concerned he could hurt her out of mistrust.
We are going to have to reinforce our leading skills. My HB is better than me and tells me I'm too soft, so I have a little work to do there.
Thanks for all this info, I will read the articles too.
Your husband might be right, based on the dog "insisting" on stopping to sniff, and you going along with that...
A good pack leader doesn't have to be "mean" or negative -- just completely in charge.
I'd be careful about the old playmate, too, now that your dog is (or it sounds like he might be) scared and defensive. I'd probably see how they acted with the handlers right there, but calm.... and watch the wounded dog especially for any change in body language.
Personally, I'd be quick to end that playmate interaction too if I saw any signs at all of aggression.
JMO.
And I probably would not even have that trial unless/until the wounded dog was much less anxious and defensive.
There is great advise for you here! Try hard (read: do it anyway with no excuses :-)) to follow it. You will probably get strange looks and comments, especially from former playmates, but now it is imperative for your dog to not view other dogs as anything other than things to ignore.
This is for his safety, the other dogs’ safety, and your sanity. It is very stressful to have a dog that reacts the way you describe and he can read that in you and that will feed his reaction. Just try to be calm and confident and show him how to behave.
It is unfortunate what happened, now fix the way you live with him. Don't look back except to learn. Do it right from now on. Good luck!
Great story Mike and an excellent point. If things like that can happen to someone who has good pack structure, it can happy definitely happen to anybody. My dog is friendly, but I don't allow her to play with dogs I don't know. I do let her play with dogs I do know, but I am always there and an occasional snarl has happend to which both dogs are corrected immediately.
Just keep a close on your dog. I'd also wait til his leg has healed and if you feel comfortable letting him play with the Vizla, let him play. Just watch him like a hawk and the moment you see something you don't like. End it.
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Re: Dog fight with wound
[Re: Aude-Noelle Nevius ]
#146460 - 06/28/2007 01:31 PM 
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