Roscco my 13mth old Lurchur x Collie tried to atack a certain dog on his walk, whenever we have met other dogs he has been fine and never been aggresive towards them, infact he's too playful if anything, but for some reason he always goes for this one dog (who hasnt even gone near Roscco or shown any aggression towards him), Roscco takes it upon himself to run towards this dog, barking, growling chasing him and today bit him.. luckily it wasnt nothing major! The owneer of this dog was ok about it but im worried that one day he might hurt this dog. I cant keep him on the lead throughout his walk, he comes back when called even if he's playing with other dogs... except when we see this other dog. Any advice would be very helpful. :-)

It's possible that at some stage in his life he has been attacked by a dog like that, or maybe he has simply taken a dislike to him full stop. If he is oK with other dogs, make sure he is always under control ( so do lots of training, try to get him really good with Leave, maybe a distance Sit, and excellent recall so that if there is ever any trouble hopefully you will have enough training under your belt to control it before anything starts :) )

Sounds as if he is generally obedient anyway, which is a good start :)

Lindsay

hi, he's very obedient and does all the 'normal' commands, its only when this one dog appears that he turns into a demon dog and runs, goes for it and wont listen. Ive had him since 8 weeks he's never been attacked or anything like that from the time he's lived here. Its totaly out of character for him, nothing like this has ever happened before. :-/

Andy :-)

I have a dog: Pepper. He is very lovely, but sometimes aggressive to other dogs (never bitches...). Probably because he feels that he has to protect his own bitch (Nibble, my other pet). I don't know for sure. I had the same problem with him, untill someone suggested to me to distract Pepper and walk the other way. Generally this works out pretty fine. In some cases (mostly when I see the other dog too late) he still barks, but as soon as I walk the other way he stops and follows me. According to the trainer that gave me the advise this is because in the case when I walk away, Pepper feels as if he has lost his game. He says that walking toward the dog is the same as rewarding him for his wrong behaviour, because Pepper really wants to go towards that dog... I hope you understand what I mean, if else: please ask.

Regards,

Rianne

Hi, i dont have time to walk the other way, Roscco is a very fast dog and as soon as the other dog is in the field then whoosh he's gone! After what people said i think its just a case of taking an instant dislike to this other dog, i thought there might be something i could do but its quite hard, dont get the time to put the lead on him.......... when the other dog appears as he's just too fast for me..lol Ive taken the easy option and changed the time for his second walk to avoid the other dog. Thanks for taking the time to give advice all. Andy

Hah! I had to smile at this one! Ever met that guy in the pub that you just can't stand? Would love to just put a pint on his head??? We all know them. Dogs on the other hand can only do what dogs do and run at them and bite! Would not worry. At least your dog only has a problem with one. Mine?? Dunno what the doggie world did to him but he hates em all. Be grateful!!!

Seriously though, if you see the dog, be aware, put yours on the lead and avoid like mad. Dogs are no different to people. Can't get on with everyone. Well that's my opinion anyway!

CG

Andy,

Just a thought I had a similar problem years ago with Sam a Stafford dog for soem reason another dog took a dislike to him. Sam was so laid back at time I swear he was horizontal but Gypsy my bitch took umberage at the other dog attacking Sam and tried to defend him (although of course he didn't need it)

I spoke to the other owner and we agreed to walk at different times. Simple but effective.

Our paths never crossed again, other than last week oddly and we both have (pups) now mine being 11 months hers being 12 months and they played together happily as we reminesiced about years and dogs sadly no longer with us.

We even laughed together at the time her yorkie (the aggressive one)launched an all out attack on Sam and Sam picked him up by the scruff of the neck and just looked at me as if to say "Well do something will you"

Karen