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My Dog Aggressive Toward Neighbor Dog

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Recently I have been sick, and have not been able to walk my dogs for two days. (My male dog, Diego, is aggressive towards other big dogs) I had someone walk them yesterday, and today I played fetch with them. I had brought Diego in our front yard and threw his ball a few times. He always has a long lead on, but he kept tripping over it and getting it tangled around his feet. I took it off since he is really great about coming back to me. But ever since I have been taking him over to my friends big yard across the street he has been running over there. This time he didn't listen to me and ran across. A big doberman next door was outside in his yard, and Diego ran over face to face, and started a fight. Luckily, both owners which I'm friends with were outside and acted like it was no big deal and were really comforting to the fact that I was apologizing over and over and freaking out. Diego has met him before, no problem, but not this time. I will NEVER EVER take his leash off again. I thought I could trust him but I learned my lesson. I'm crying right now, ashamed of myself. I'm mainly upset over Diego, I thought it was fear aggression, but why would he run over to the Doberman if it was? I'm so confused now! I had already planned on taking him to a positive reinforcement trainer Tuesday. Do you think he will ever be friendly towards other dogs if we stay consistent with training? If you don't know already, he is neutered and the family members that trained our dogs never socialized them when he was a puppy. Our female dog plays fine with other dogs. When Diego started the fight, he had a deep bark and was snapping, not biting, but it looked like a fight. It really scared me and made me realize I have to be extremely careful with him. When the Doberman got away and I got a hold of him, he acted like nothing was wrong, as if he was just the regular happy Diego.
 
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Take a deep breath, you made a mistake, you let Diego off the longline, lesson learned, right? I know that when a dog acts 'aggressive' towards another dog it is scarey, heart stopping, but it all turned out okay, it could have been much worse. It is possible that Diego's rushing toward the other dog and barking and snapping at it, was an attempt to 'run it off', a dog that is unsure of other dogs may try to make the other dog -go away by acting 'aggressive'.
Do make sure that you take Diego to the trainer. A good trainer will help you understand what Diego is doing when he sees another dog, and will be able to help you help Diego. There truly is hope and help for Diego, BELEIVE it!
Keep in mind that not ALL dogs like ALL dogs, all the time, and that is okay.
Hang in there!
 
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