Maggie,
I am so sorry for you and Blarney.
We had a huge problem with Frankie but his wasn't about biting his was emotional, he would go from door to door window to window trying to get out. (he was chained to a pool deck 24/7) so that is what he wanted to be outside.
I tried everything holistic and then my vet recommended Prozac, he has been on it for almost 6 mo. and he is a changed dog.
He now wants attention and only goes to the door when he has to do his business.
We are reducing his medication to see how he reacts and so far so good.
Ask your vet what they think about some sort of medication for Blarney.

We felt just like you frustrated ,the poor sole didn't know what it was like to have a real home.

Let me know how you make, I will be thinking of You.

June

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It sure does sound like Blarney and Copper are alike in this instance.
Since Blarney (and Copper) is a rescue he quite likely wasn't properly socialized and since he didn't get neutered until he was an adult he has a setback there too. It took about 6 months for Copper to act like the testosterone was out of his system and it took a lot of work to get him to accept other males. I still don't know if he would accept another adult male on his home turf. He is good with puppies and bitches though. He was quite the bully boy when I first brought him home. He had two huge fights with my resident golden, but Chance outweighed Copper by 30 lbs so he won pretty quickly. Copper has never drawn blood - he just hangs on for dear life, but Chance drew blood both times and once quite badly.

I did not have the forum for help/advice and pretty much just avoided other dogs until Copper learned obedience and I still was never completely comfortable around other dogs. I must admit - I still would be a little leery of him meeting another large male. He seems to consider the small ones beneath his notice (that would probably make Blarney mad all by itself).

I hope you find a way to get around this problem.

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Maggie, were the girls around when this happened? Did Blarney feel like he had to protect them from this male dog? Just throwing this out there.

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They were there and they were saying hello to the other dog like they always do then they went to get a fuss forn the other dogs owner and Blarney sniffed the other dog then it all took off and the other woman was shouting to get Blarney off she was so afraid he was going to kill her dog its the first dog she has had and poor girl was so frightend.

It did wonder that i am just so glad my girls are so layed back and did not join in the fight.

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I'm glad the girls did not join in. That would have been a nightmare!

Maybe they will teach Blarney better manners.

Did you hear from the Dog Trust people and get advice?

I'm sure Copper does not have staffie or pitbull in him and he grabs and hangs on too so don't be too worried about what Blarney might have mixed in there.


The little terrier mix my husband brought home a month ago is very, very different from my GRs and GRXs I've had. They just have a different personality. She ran away after a deer or rabbit when we went up the mountain Sunday. My hisband found her about a quarter mile from the house a couple of hours later. I'm going to have to learn a lot to deal with her. When Copper was young, he would run away and bring whatever he was chasing back to me, but he never just ran away completely.

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Yes Teresa i have heard from dogs trust they were very good and going to come out to us Friday.
I am not worried what he is mixed with his ears look like he is a Pixie and he has piggy eyes bless him.lol
My Daisy used to love playing with a little staffie its just there jaws are so hard to get open.

I am taking him out at the moment and this morning he was quite good as dog trainners and people say you just have to catch them at the right moment and i did this morning he is still on the lead we could not let him off yet he may well make it to your place
At least when my Charlie used to disapear across the fields she was big enough to see and when i got close i could grab her tail
I will keep you update but we do love the little monster

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Maggie, so sorry about what happened. Remembering back when my little Charlie was a young boy he never did like a lot of other dogs. I always had to keep him away. He did like the dogs we had in the house, Spice and Muffy...but they where girl's.

He also never liked men to much or any kind of hat on someone head, he would loose it. Acted like he was gonna attack.

As he got older, he did start to tolerate a few more dogs around him, well guess he didn't have a choice..LOL

No seriously he would grump and growl at the boys but never attacked them. They knew to get away from him when he wanted his peace.

He also never got used to a hole lot of other dogs on our walks, I had to keep him close to me when a dog came around.

I hope you can work this out, terriers are a lot different from goldens, they have a very strong will and try to get what they want.

Charlie was horrible the first couple of years

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I am so sorry to hear this.

My pointer got attackted 2.5 years ago by a Rottweiler and ever since she is nifty around strange dogs. She even started a nasty fight once and for weeks I was scared to leave the house with her bc the other dogs owner called thr police on me.

I am convinced it's mainly me because I get so scared when we walk up to another dog, that she picks up my fear.

She is a great dog with my two Labs but I would never trust her around anyones dogs. It's sad because i can't take her to outings

Claudia i won't mind just a growl as he used to growl at Daisy and Charlie but him and Daisy best friends now and they play lovely together.
But i think its a dog thing he seems ok with bitches.
But because he was picked up off the street has he had to defend himself and tries to get in first ! i just don't no but this morning i met the stables dog she is a bitch and came running out barking within 3 attemps i had him under control but i still think he will be better when i can let him off the lead .
He sure makes my Charlie look good even though Charlie did empty someone's trash can yesterday when i turned my back .

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This is why i am taking him out at the moment as we are afraid the vibes off my husband my travel down the lead although it worries me i try hard not to show it.
As you can see by the post he is a rescue and don't know his background but he is so good indoors and with my 2 Goldens both bitches.

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