Dog Owner Chat v3 ~Open!~

[In The Darke]

So, just had a small issue, and I'm not sure if it may cause future problems with my dog.

When I was walking back from the shops about 5 mins from my house with 2 of my neighbours and my Saluki x greyhound, a lassie came out to her garden and asked if we'd seen a rottie about anywhere. We said no, then I asked if it liked or was friendly with other dogs, cause Brooks just wants to play with everything so I knew that he'd most likely be find. She said her dog is scared of other dogs because it was attacked as a pup. Told her I'd take my dog in and take a wee wonder. My 2 neighbours, my dog and I were walking up the lane to get home, and I spot the rottie just ahead of us. I get one of my neighbours to take brooks to walk the opposite way to make sure he wouldn't get hurt. I go up to the dog, talk nicely and it lets me get a hold of it's collar. Before the lassie can start walking away with brooks, this dog pulls me forward and tries to grab my dogs stomach, it was going off the nut, snaring, growling, completely vicious, and not in a scared way. Brooks bites its ear and it lets go, and as the lassie starts to drag brooks away, the dog turned and growled at me. My dog then yanks himself out his lead and starts stalking around this rottie, that must have been at least 6 stone, while I'm holding it back. My dog wouldn't break his attention with this dog. The other lassie I was with had to run up to the persons home to get someone to grab their dog. Brooks wouldn't back off at all, I'm not sure if it was because the dog tried to attack him, since he was fine to back off before it turned on me, or because the rottie tried to go for me... Eventually the guy comes, and I distract brooks and get him far enough away to be able to calm him and get his collar on him.
The guy had a bloody cheek to tell me to control my damn dog... It's also illegal in this country to have a rottie in a public area without a lead and muzzle on it, as they're on the dangerous dog act.

My issue is, my dog was never too fond of male dogs bigger than him, but he would be fine once they're friendly to him. But after this, I'm not sure how he'll act around any other rottie, or even other bigger dog breeds.

I already checked my dog, he has no injury, just drool on him.

He has such a vicious reaction tho. I know he's very protective, but the most he's ever done is warning growls, he's never went for anything in his life. My cat bit right through his ear a few weeks back and he ran away from her crying. I never seen his protectiveness as a problem since he was never outright aggressive, only ever stiffed up and gave a low growl. If whatever he was protecting against didn't back off, he'd pull in the opposite direction, he's never shown any signs of wanting involved in confrontation.

Sorry if this doesn't make much sense, but it literally happened about half an hour ago and I'm scatterbrained and nackered...

[Shirosashi]

@Shirosashi

I'm kind of confused on how a border collie could be killed by a coyote? I understand that a coyote could kill a dog, but border collies aren't small. The pictures you've used (Not even going to mention where they came from, or that your latest picture doesn't even match as the same dog as your puppy one...) show a decent-sized dog. I doubt that this dog could be killed by a coyote who wasn't even looking for a fight in the first place. Wouldn't the coyote ignore the dog if the dog is on a leash and just go to the treats for the horses? Doesn't seem right to me. Plus, you've mentioned before that he's good at tracking and chasing, so he should've been able to fend off a coyote just fine.

I apologize if you're upset, but I just fail to see how this is true. Could you possibly elaborate, please?

He's almost a year and a half and he was better at getting something much smaller. The spot he was tied up at was in the way of the shed so it had to find a way to get past him.

[orpheus.]

Shirosashi, you've already been found out by a bunch of people that you're lying, there really isn't any need to continue it. We're all pretty used to people "owning" fake dogs on here, you can still post without owning one, heck - I used to post all the time before I got Lyra.

[Day Of Silence]

@In The Darke

My dog has fear reactivity. She's scared of larger dogs, but no one else understands it to be fear because she will lunge and bark (and has added some snaps).
Fear is not just shown as a dog tucking tail and running away. So if you grabbed the Rottie's collar (tension on a collar can create stress), and your dog was around, it could easily have stressed and scared him/her, resulting in an aggressive reaction.
And some dogs, even if they've never previously shown signs of aggression, can show them given the right (or wrong?) circumstances.

I wouldn't worry about Brooks. Some dogs just don't like certain dogs. I have a neighbor who says his dog (the local watchdog) hates boxers because of this one incident. But the dog never took what happened with that one boxer as something that every boxer would do.
I'm sure it's fine, and it's nice to know that you two are okay.
(More experienced dog peoples, please correct me if I be typing wrong info.)

@I am Baymax

I'm contemplating German, but so much of it is like English it almost seems pointless.

[Marley.&.Me]

managed to snap new pictures of princes tonight <3

[Fascai]

@fascai
Congrats!
Opie's so cute! So you guys are partnered with two business now correct? So exciting!

@fascia -- Opie is just too cute for words, I can't even. It's no wonder he got a job as a model, he's just too perfect! When Dezi was a puppy we entered her in a cutest puppy contest for funsies and she actually came in second! The first place dog was a bulldog puppy, if I remember correctly... That was about a year ago, I shouldn't be having that much trouble remembering ahaha.

thank you guys! & yes, this makes our second partnership. c: it's exciting. we're super excited and I can't wait. one is a bow company and the other is a leash/collar company. our products are in the mail and headed towards us, hopefully they'll be here soon so that I can upload some photos! I asked the lady to surprise me on the pattern, so it'll be cool!

[Saracirce]

I'm bored and I don't think we've done something like this in a while sooo

Name your top three dream breeds and the reasons why. Doesn't count as a dream breed if you already own one or owned one in the past. Has to be recognized as a breed by a reputable kennel club (like the AKC or UKC but not the Continental KC)

1. Boxer - what's better then a devoted, athletic companion with a sense of humor, up-for-anything attitude and who will protect you until the end of time? Not to mention huge snuggle bugs! (I'm not counting Clemmy since she was never actually mine.)

2. Chihuahua - long coat and with points preferred. Fiery, confident personality in a teeny tiny body! Velcroed to their masters and athletic if you let them be.

3. Silken Windhound - Versatile companion dog in the sleek yet fluffy body of a teeny Borzoi. So many drool worthy dogs in this breed, both looks and performance wise. I do wish more breeders would move away from Kristull (puppy mill-like breeder that established the breed) but maybe that will come with time.

[Starwalker123]

Name your top three dream breeds and the reasons why. Doesn't count as a dream breed if you already own one or owned one in the past.
1.Pug, a smuggle dog, I have want one my whole life
2. Belgian Laekenwois, the curly haired cousin, being a big Belgian fan I would love a curly haired one
3. Shetlie, but only in bi blue, I saw one at a dog show last weekend and it was so cute

[claypigeon]

I'm equally bored, so yep I'll do this too

Name your top three dream breeds and the reasons why. Doesn't count as a dream breed if you already own one or owned one in the past.

my all time dream breed #1
Those mini border collies!
Who doesn't love something that has sommuch energy it vibrates constantly? These dogs are a great excuse to get a BC if you can't have something too heavy or large. Plus they are the cutest things u v u

#2
Australian Shepherd
These are the most beautiful things, wow
#3
Phareoh hound, an elegant thing who just wow looks so great

I would put rhodisian ridgeback on there but my first dog was a rhodisian x boxer ( a lot more rhodisian then boxer. They only got the boxer personality and some slight boxer build

[catcher.]

Name your top three dream breeds and the reasons why. Doesn't count as a dream breed if you already own one or owned one in the past.

1. Norwegian Lundehund
2. Brittany
3. GSD

If your using the same treats and rewarding frequently, it's completely possible she may be getting bored of the treats. When teaching classes since we have to keep the dog engaged for an hour, I always ask the students bring 3 kinds of treats mixed in a bag, that way the reward is different every time. The dog doesn't know what it will get. I really like the treat brand "My Mighty Wolf" and freeze dried beef liver or bits of chicken are always a hit in the reactive dog class. Or tuna treats (which are easily made by mixing flour, eggs and a tin or two of tuna together then baking for like 15 minutes in the over I'd look into mixing up her treats and keeping your training sessions 5 minutes or under, be super engaging and if you're teaching something boring to her don't dwell on it too long and add in tricks you know she likes every once in a while, use a happy upbeat voice, if she likes toys, stop and have a play break. The more fun you make training, the more she'll look forward to it and you'll be able to extend your sessions. Charlie gets 2 15 minute sessions of training pretty much every day- and he loves it because of a lot of the above things I've done. Hope that makes sense and helps a bit

Thank you very much for the ideas I'll definitely try them, and I'll make the tuna treats too (I know she loves tuna, so she'll probably like them)