Hi Everyone,
I can't believe I am typing this.
Tilly is 22 months and never been a problem walking ( other than pulling like a train - but mostly sorted by a halti, and getting better every day ! )
Never been a prob with other dogs etc. She is a dog that loves life and everything in it !
I live in a quiet cul de sac, where most residents are either dead or deaf...tis lovely...
Anyway...yesturday Tilly and I went for our stroll, and the house we have to pass at end of road has a dog that I hear barking a lot but nothing else.
When we returned, clearly we had to pass this same house and their dog jumped up his side of the wall.
Tilly acted as I hoped she would which was, waggy tail ' Hello ' lets be friends type thing.
Bearing in mind she was ' all paws on the floor ' and not looking threatening at all.
But this dog flew at her, knashing and trying to get at her, snarling and biting, only missed her face by inches because I yanked her away in time.
Tilly was momentarily taken aback then, I suspect, went into ' fear aggression ' / defence mechanism and barked back with her back up.
Well, went out today and even though the other dog was not in garden, as soon as we approached the house, her back went up and she was fighting against the lead and growling.
This set the mood for the entire walk and, totally out of character, everytime she approached a dog, human, cat, post box, lampost infact anything she reacted the same way.
Basically for most of the walk her back was up and she was on alert....never seen anything like it.......and she has never been like it before.
It was real hard work....I thought ' just bin it and come home ' but was in two minds whether this was counter productive or not. Hoped to walk it out of her!
Sadly we have to go past this house everytime, to leave the road, so clearly I need to sort this, along with reversing any prob with her.
Am at a bit of a loss to know the best way to deal with this.......any ideas guys?
I can't believe I am typing this.
Tilly is 22 months and never been a problem walking ( other than pulling like a train - but mostly sorted by a halti, and getting better every day ! )
Never been a prob with other dogs etc. She is a dog that loves life and everything in it !
I live in a quiet cul de sac, where most residents are either dead or deaf...tis lovely...
Anyway...yesturday Tilly and I went for our stroll, and the house we have to pass at end of road has a dog that I hear barking a lot but nothing else.
When we returned, clearly we had to pass this same house and their dog jumped up his side of the wall.
Tilly acted as I hoped she would which was, waggy tail ' Hello ' lets be friends type thing.
Bearing in mind she was ' all paws on the floor ' and not looking threatening at all.
But this dog flew at her, knashing and trying to get at her, snarling and biting, only missed her face by inches because I yanked her away in time.
Tilly was momentarily taken aback then, I suspect, went into ' fear aggression ' / defence mechanism and barked back with her back up.
Well, went out today and even though the other dog was not in garden, as soon as we approached the house, her back went up and she was fighting against the lead and growling.
This set the mood for the entire walk and, totally out of character, everytime she approached a dog, human, cat, post box, lampost infact anything she reacted the same way.
Basically for most of the walk her back was up and she was on alert....never seen anything like it.......and she has never been like it before.
It was real hard work....I thought ' just bin it and come home ' but was in two minds whether this was counter productive or not. Hoped to walk it out of her!
Sadly we have to go past this house everytime, to leave the road, so clearly I need to sort this, along with reversing any prob with her.
Am at a bit of a loss to know the best way to deal with this.......any ideas guys?