oscarsdad Posted July 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2010 Yes he has a life jacket on...he was only six months then and it was cold so falling into 18ft of water in feb would not have been good! We did get a few fish, but casting a fly line with a terrier attached to the loose line in the boat is tricky! He is from working lines yes...from what I can tell he is anatomically perfect and he is very slim but taller than every border he has met. I am not planning on losing his ******** so maybe he could be used as a stud at some point when he is older Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BertieLeBlanc Posted July 16, 2010 Report Share Posted July 16, 2010 Your dog is just demonstrating normal dog behaviour. You obviously ended the scrap without you loosing any body parts and the dog returned to its happy state so he is obeying you and taking your lead as you are the alpha dog in his eyes. Putting him on a lead and transmitting your tension to him in the face of another dog will make him aggressive, castrating him will just stop him being able to make puppies and probably stop him mounting unsuitable things. He obviously sees you as pack leader so build on that to develop the behaviour you want and to discourage the behaviour you don't want. Dogs fight because the pack leader does not defend the pack and they get fat because they are over fed and not exercised which is not the case for your dog it seems I have a German Shepherd (My Fourth) she loves to play with everyone and is incredibly friendly however recently a Ridgeback was over amourous and tried to mount her (Not in Season) and she was having none of it - she sat down and growled showing her impressive set of teeth which turned his switch off immediately as he went and hid. Smaller dogs don't have as much Ivory to show off and so they resort to biting lumps off the other dog to put it in its place. Your dog knew when to stop when you intervened. You have a great dog there - keep up the good work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJ91 Posted July 16, 2010 Report Share Posted July 16, 2010 (edited) we have 2 patterdales and every now and then they really go for eachother, usually over food or 1 getting more attention then the other. we have had 2 times where it has not been very easy to part them and i have witnessed some bloodshed from them, they are both bitches and from the same mother but 2 years apart, is it the family thing?? i have been bitten before trying to seperate them, my own fault really spur of the moment thing trying to grab them and pull apart, i learnt from that mistake. i heard throwing water over them stops them but not ours, they are sat on the sofa now happily together but i can garantee there will a fight in the next few days, its not a nice thing to see but i dont know how to stop it!? this has only started happening recently, they never had a scrap before the last 7months! nothing has changed in the house so i cant understand it!? Edited July 16, 2010 by TJ91 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BertieLeBlanc Posted July 17, 2010 Report Share Posted July 17, 2010 "we have 2 patterdales and every now and then they really go for each other, usually over food or 1 getting more attention then the other." TJ91 You have answered your own question the dogs are trying to sort out a dominance issue in the pack as they don't see you as pack leader. Start by dominating their food as its yours to share with them as pack leader - just stand over it and let them feed when you want them to not when they sort it out for themselves. Next thing - get them off the settee. Height = Dominance. Make sure they look up to you. If they were wolf size would you allow the behaviour you see - they think they are Wolf size. Dogs are Dogs not four legged children Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilo17 Posted July 31, 2010 Report Share Posted July 31, 2010 Dogs are dogs not four legged children! I could not agree more my girlfriend and her parents treat there dog like a human but only complain when it starts to dominate does my effin head! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albertan_J Posted August 1, 2010 Report Share Posted August 1, 2010 If you let your dog greet another dog before you it will assume that it has the role of your protector. What looks like playing is probably just a show of dominance between them which can turn into a scrap pretty easily. I have a soft coated wheaten terrier and try to have her in heal or on the lead passing other dogs more to show her that I'll address any danger or threat then of any worry I have that she'll nail someones lab or springer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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