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My friend recently got a 5yo rescue blue ACD. He had a incident with my dog (slight single puncture/tear on the neck) right after he got him. And he seems to stalk (chest out up on front toes walking forward slowly tail level) other dogs if they are the same size or larger. My friend is afraid to allow him interaction due to the initial incident.
He has absurdly superb recall and is a off leash dog currently since he can be redirected as soon as another dog is in sight.
One more thing that is odd the rescue said he lived with 5 other dogs and was fine. He is perfect with cats, doesn't even look at them. He was fearful/nippy with humans but that has gotten completely cured he LOVES people now. couple questions...
1. Is this reactivity or aggression?
2. Can he be resocialized?
3. Could this possibly be a herding behavior since it is expressed only to same size or larger dogs?
He has absurdly superb recall and is a off leash dog currently since he can be redirected as soon as another dog is in sight.
One more thing that is odd the rescue said he lived with 5 other dogs and was fine. He is perfect with cats, doesn't even look at them. He was fearful/nippy with humans but that has gotten completely cured he LOVES people now. couple questions...
1. Is this reactivity or aggression?
2. Can he be resocialized?
3. Could this possibly be a herding behavior since it is expressed only to same size or larger dogs?