Mitzi is also 9 y.o. and very agressive towards other dogs even if they are 20 times her size (I call it her 'Napoleon Complex'
.) We always pick her up when another dog comes by and try to cover her eyes. It is funny how the other dog owners are always intimidated by that and assure us that their dog is friendly. Our answer is:" Oh, I'm sure of that but you know this little Terror isn't!" and everybody laughs.
We don't try to sozialize her because we are to worried that she might get hurt in the process and we don't think it is really nescessary for her to be social with other dogs. It would be different if she would be bigger and it would be a problem to controll her. All our big dogs were very well socialized and had several degrees of obidience competitions!
