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Originally Posted by sportschick  I know!! I started doing the same thing, looking over my shoulder and all around for other dogs. Of course, our own dogs pick up on OUR behavior and it affects THEM.
I'll tell you what though, Beanie doesn't back down. She doesn't give a crap how big the dog is, she will hold her own barking her head off at the dog. Of course, she IS in a car or the dog IS behind a fence. But she will go right up that that fence and bark at the big dog. Yes, I agree that is her way of acting out.
Now that she has calmed back down to the way she used to be, I will allow her to greet other dogs. I always ask the person if their dog is friendly. Some people have told me NO, don't come near us!! Can you imagine that? Like, hey there, I have a dog that will bite you or your dog's head off if you even come near us. Nice.
And let me tell you, I do not trust Huskies. They are such beautiful dogs, but I have heard so many stories about them attacking small dogs and these idiot owners just let them off leash. It really p!!sses me off when people do that.
Anyway, if the Bark Genie doesn't work for you, you can send it back for a refund. |
What use to be the baby of the pack was fearless, scared of nothing, she was the smallest of the pack, but the leader, even tho I would often tell her I WAS THE PACK LEADER. She would also stand her place and not back down, at this time I lived in NY, Da Bronx,all residential area, dogs in gated driveway, Dobermans, 3 St. Barnard's, beagel, long haied Doxie, all buddies of my 3 dog pack. If a strange dog was on the block it was the little that would start, I would have to pick up her up, concerned her barking would seem like a challenge to the other dog, with these 3 I never had a stray dog approach us, whoops, correction, there were a few on my camping trips, nothing major, owner always got their dog before it got to us. When my 2 oldest went to rainbow bridge, I had to get the baby, now 6 y/o a new sister, matese, she was a very passive girl, and Schnae once the baby was now the momma and was totally in love with the new kid. On a camping trip I was walking just Matese the passive one when the huge Husky approached us, when ever I was camping and would walk the dogs I was always on the look out for dogs off leash. This time when I walked just the one dog there was a group of campers playing Frisbee, they had the Husky, I couldn't see if the dog was leashed, the next thing I know my dog was SCREAMING, I looked down to see what the h!!l was wrong with her, there she was on her back in the submissive position with the Husky over her, I grabbed my screaming traumatized baby, screaming for someone to get the Husky, the owner came over, said his dog was friendly, my dog is still screaming, I screamed at him, there is a reason why this campground has a leash law, I said look at my dog, she is traumatized. ppl don't realize what affect their dog will have on other dogs. Now if I had, had my tough lil Schnae on that walk god only knows what the out come would have been. Schnae was kinda friendly but when taken by surprise she could have went after that Husky. It was after that insistent both Matese and myself would look over our shoulder, sure our dogs feed off us, but I was not going to be taken off guard again. That surprise of the Husky cause a forever fear in my sweet lil girl. The 2nd insistent happend a week after moving towhere Iam now living, the Belgium Shepard. I never walked my dogs again here after that. Now I have Cody, I do walk him sometimes, and yes I still look over my shoulder, and look into the woods to make sure no dog is around, Cody is so busy sniffing I don't really think he senses what I am doing, but it is necessary. That stun gun would be good for the walks, it would act as a 2 for 1 on both dogs, I could leave the wasp spray at home.