Catweazle Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 My Doberman bitch has started showing dominant behaviour to other dogs whilst on the daily walk over the fields. She hasn't bitten anything, but has rolled a few dogs over by pushing them with her front paws and growled at them. Our male Doberman, who is much bigger, has never done this and is in fact a favourite with many dog owners because of his soppy nature. Puppy owners have sought him out because of his gentle giant reputation. We treat them the same. There doesn't seem to be much pattern in which dogs she does it to, collies to GSD, but no problems with small dogs so far. We keep her away from other dogs as much as possible now, but sometimes dogs just run over to us and that's when she sees them off. In all other ways she is well behaved, intelligent, obedient, clean. It's just this dominance thing, if that's what it is, that worries me. I want to nip it in the bud early. Possibly related, she has had 3 phantom pregnancies in last 3 seasons, produced milk each time and started nesting and adopting soft toys and placing them against her teats. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stour-boy Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 Hi Catweazle, May I suggest that you try and see if there is a Doberman forum,you may get more help there,especially going by her history re phantom pregnancies,it could be tied up with her behaviour.worth a try. S.B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albertan_J Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 How did you get your wife to wear a lead? Mine just won't attempt it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted October 18, 2011 Report Share Posted October 18, 2011 Ahh, nutty females and thier hormones Dont avoid the situation though train for it Difficult to say how as you need to get a close handle on it, cant be done on a forum. Best thing is get a proper qualified behavourist on the job there is sure to be one local. It could be pure desire to dominate or something else your just missing, get it wrong and you might make matters worse or harder to cure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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