Thanks, Connie, you're right. I can't accept this. It SEEMED all so peaceful, until ...!

I will not fall again in that trap. I know it's of no help to search for all the possible reasons, why she reacts like that, but at the moment I can't hinder my thoughts always circling about this. (Which doesn't mean I'll allow them to be together again. No new trials.)

Charlie is still in shock, though it seems to get a bit better. I'm unsure about how to handle him at the moment. I mean: to show too much pity will probably not be good. Is it not better to behave as normal as possible in order to make him feel at home again? What do you think?

In the beginning he didn't want to eat. Now he eats again, but not much. He also doesn't like to do those little things he learned and loved to do before, like stepping on different elevated objects, handtouch, going by luring around my legs or another object. Of course I will will not insist.

Today he came and pushed himself between my legs, a behavior he always liked to do since he learned it. He loves to wander about with me like this, forward, backward, making curves and about turns. I do give him this, but I don't know if this is now a protection seeking behavior.

If it helps him, i want of course to go on like this, but on the other hand I'm unsure whether i'm reinforcing it too much into this direction. I've got the feeling I should better guide him gently towards the other behaviors he was used to before, into his previos normal life.

But for the moment it seems to be the only thing he loves to do and I'm glad he searches at least that contact. When i'm trying just to walk some steps through the yard he comes with me but with some resistance. I never force and I don't want to use the slightest leash pressure for the time being, but I'm very unsure which one is the right way to continue.

He prob feels your stress! Inhale and move past the attack now you know what can happen, now you move on, and be the leader you know you can be, and the companion Charlie wants! Nothing wrong with touch, put it into a praise, there is nothing you did wrong for the dogs to have differences, all people do not like eachother, dogs just have a different way of showing it! Take this time and get to know each dog individually good luck, and give him a good scratch from me

Thanks Becky, you could be right, may be he feels that I'm stressed. It is true i still am, though it's getting better. I just don't want to do the wrong thing, neither spoil him out of pity nor force him to do what knew doing before.
I gave him the good scratch from you. He enjoyed it and told me to thank you for it.