My aunt has a black lab who is a great dog. I do not worry about Sparks with her at all. In fact, she was eating...sparks went up to her...I tried to call him off...and she back away from her food. She has nothing in her that would hurt anything. She won't even chase a squirrel.
Anyways, I was watching them yesterday together. Sparks is even careful around her. I think the big dogs have run him over too many times. He likes her and likes to be chased, but ducks from her tail swinging and will get up high a lot and crouch around her. He doesn't appear scared...just careful. He likes it when she lays down. He gives her kisses and tries to play with her when she is on the ground.
Other dogs we've met on walks, no problem. And I don't want there to start being a problem beacause of bad experiences.
The more I think about this dog at the dog park...Sparks was being cornered (bad) and then when I picked him up...this dog was all the way up on me..up to my head!! And the owner did not keep him off me. I should have left sooner. I should have known better.
I'm not going back to dog parks.
We start intermediat obediance next sunday. I did talk to the trainer of the class and she is trying to get a small dog play group together to help keep the dogs socialized well but I don't know how she is coming on that.
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