My 2yr old will be agressive with dogs he does not know, expecially
larger ones! I live in a complex where there are lots of dogs. He has
been socialized since he was 3mos old. I made sure of that. He know his
friends and if he sees a dog he does not know I go through the same thing.
He is fine at the groomers and vets where there are strange dogs, it is
only where he lives that he gets like this. I think he thinks they do not
belong there and is protecting his turf. In holding him one time he actually
came out of his coat and harness. I had him by the neck fur that is how
bad he can get. I am trying very hard to correct this and we are moving
slowly. I am mortified when someone does not know him and thinks he must
be a crazed animal when he is really very loving. This is one thing I said I
would never let happen, having a terrior that was like this all the time and
here I go again. But this is the ONLY problem I have with him. The vet said
it is a turf thing and told me how to work on it which is what I will do until
it is corrected. |