I own a 9yr old Golden Retriever. Adopted about 3 months ago.
With practice I've been able to learn some of the dog's boddy language and I can tell if there's going to be a fight. But something is to tell what's going to happen and other is to prevent it.
If my dog tries to be dominant (very rarely), I just pull it out. But if the other dog is the dominant and is off-leash I'm not sure what to do. I can't pull my dog away because the other one keeps comming. I have to rely on the other owner but I always find them slow to reach their dogs, even when they seem to know that their dog is normally aggressive. (You can hear them calling their dogs in panic, but they just don't run, just walk to reach their dogs).
When another dog has a dominant stance towards my dog, my dog chooses to ignore him and keeps wagging the tail, but he won't yield and that leads to the other dog trying to bite him and my dog responding the aggression.
So, what should I do? Try to pull my dog anyway? Let him fight? Cray in panic as the other useless owner?
Thanks
Diego
With practice I've been able to learn some of the dog's boddy language and I can tell if there's going to be a fight. But something is to tell what's going to happen and other is to prevent it.
If my dog tries to be dominant (very rarely), I just pull it out. But if the other dog is the dominant and is off-leash I'm not sure what to do. I can't pull my dog away because the other one keeps comming. I have to rely on the other owner but I always find them slow to reach their dogs, even when they seem to know that their dog is normally aggressive. (You can hear them calling their dogs in panic, but they just don't run, just walk to reach their dogs).
When another dog has a dominant stance towards my dog, my dog chooses to ignore him and keeps wagging the tail, but he won't yield and that leads to the other dog trying to bite him and my dog responding the aggression.
So, what should I do? Try to pull my dog anyway? Let him fight? Cray in panic as the other useless owner?
Thanks
Diego