[rylasasin]

um hi I'm in need of help again.

my ... not sure of the exact age somewhere betewen 6 and 8 years old yellow labrador retriever has a problem: she seems to be quite agressive twoards other dogs, thought it only seems to be a problem twoards outgoing dogs, as my dad's dog a small fox terrier mix named buddy is a very shy dog, so although sally (my dog) sniffs him a lot she never shows any agression twoards that dog. however, my dads other dog, a Minature Schnauzer is a very very outgoing (not agressive, just very outgoing) dog, and its here where sally begins to bark and growl vicously at her when sally first enters his house with me. of course after being in the house for a little while its always fine, its not my dads house that scares me. its my aunts house that scares me. My aunts dog is a medium-large dog that was adopted (we cant' figure out the breed of her) who is a young dog and like sophie is very outgoing.

sally is a very obedient and loyal dog (most obedient i've ever seen in a dog in real life) and doesn't display any agression twoards anything else except outgoing dogs. could someone help me out here?

[Killerdrgn]

well for one thing you have to remember one aggressive dog and one submissive dog or two submissive dogs will lead to no problems, but when you get 2 aggressive dogs together then you have problems. Which seems to be the case here. Your probably going to have to take pack leader status and make your dog learn to make you handle his problems and your dad is goign to have to teach his dogs to do the same thing.

[rylasasin]

and uh how do I do that?

[Killerdrgn]

Well remember since you are pack leader you do everything before him, eat before him, walk in front of him (do not let him decide where to go, you lead the walks), win all the games that you play, pretty much everything you would do to like a friend to belittle him or something. There are alot of other posts in this forum about how to make yourself the pack leader.

[Cheetah]

Actually, forcing dominance upon a dog around every corner, for everything that they do can lead to a neurotic, confused dog that will lash out because it's constantly under stress. I would suggest NOT using dominance techniques for everything... you could harm your dog mentally and make it more dangerous... Use stuff like this sparingly.

Is this aggression happening when the dog is on a leash? Are other dogs being brought into her house/territory when it happens? Is she aggressive off the leash?

If it's on-leash aggression, I would first start working on a heel if she doesn't know it.

As far as eating first goes, that's not necessary at all. Just make her do something for her meal, like "wait," "down," "sit," etc. Teach her to wait at the entrance to your house until you release her.

I honestly don't think it's necessary to barge ahead of her through doorways INSIDE the house. But teaching a dog to wait at the entrances could save its life, and it also give you a little more control.

It doesn't matter if she wins a game of tug. What matters is that YOU initiate the game, and YOU decide when you're done playing. Making them lose every game you play can cause a loss of confidence, and a loss of interest.

Don't "belittle" your dog. Why would you do that? >O.o;<

I hope that helps.

[rylasasin]

it happens mostly on a leash, and no its always the dog entering the other dog's house (sally loves to travel)

with dad, it only happens when his two dogs go to greet sally. after they've actually gotten into the house everyone is a-ok.

with my aunt... not sure. I only took sally there once. both the dog there and sally were growling at each other and barking at each other and we didn't let them get close to each other after that (no actual fighting took place in either case) we just kept one in the house and one outside. it wasn't long though that we left and I've been avoiding going to my aunts house since. sally is very very obedient though. the other dog of my aunts... well, thats a whole nother story altogether.