How does one tell if you have a dominant dog? I have adopted a 2 year old German Shepherd mix from the Humane Society 7 weeks ago. I have a ten year cat. So far, the cat and dog do not go on the same floor. They have been face to face. The dog gets excited, but when I tell her to stay, she will. However, I don't trust the dog around the cat when I am not around. I put the dog in the crate.

I have taken the dog to a friend's house last week and the dog did not get along with her dog. The dogs fought for a few minutes. We took the dogs on a walk and they did fine (side by side). However, when we came back from the walk, we took the leashes off and they started fighting again. After reading the messages on this board, I now realize I should not have taken the leash off because I don't have control over her when she is off the leash. (I have bought a prong collar which makes a huge difference). Have I created more problems with this dog because the dogs fought. My friend thinks I should keep bringing her back to her place until the dogs get along. (she boards dogs). Is this the right thing to do