help! dog aggresive - Page 2

thankyou all so much, i did know, i always thought that to solve this behavoir problem was to expose him to more dogs, but its just a natural characteristic of a GSD that needs to be handle diferently.

thanks again

I personally would never bring my dog to a dog park either.  Even if your dog is completely sound with other dogs, you never know what vicious dogs might show up there that day.  One of my buddies from back home in LA lost a chunk of his calf muscle to a pit bull that was ripping up his friendly little mutt at the local dog park, run by the most popular dog trainer in the city.  Of course, the owners of the pit were horrified and said she had NEVER bitten any dog before, but that doesn't undo the damage done.

If you want to get a handle on dog-on-dog aggression I would suggest getting plugged in with a local SchH club or other dog sport club, not for training, but to get access to experienced people who know how to deal with this.  You might be able to arrange a private session to get one-on-one help.

Yvette

dog parks are for Golden Retrievers.  If i was playing catch in the park and someone came up, grabbed my ball, and ran off with it, I would chase him down and kick his ace!  Why do we think differently for dogs?  It's just like when a stranger wants to stick their face right in your dogs face and talk like a baby to him.  They often wonder why they are missing the left side of their face.  If someone you didn't know came right up into your face and started talking in a high pitched voice, what would you do?  Again, I would kick his/her ace! 

As an owner of a dog, you must be the responsible one.  you must know the surroundings and what may be ahead for your dog.  Not just for your dog's safety, but for other's as well.  Besides, Why would you want to take him to a disease infested  park anyways?