Jules
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PAT Dog Owner
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Post by Jules on Feb 19, 2005 19:34:13 GMT 1
As some of you already know Ollie's only been properly off lead since January time ;DHe's doing really well and I'd say his recall has been around 99% which is great He doesn't seem overly bothered by other dogs on walks, he likes to 'do his own thing' which basically involves sniffering and poking around in the bushes But he will happily play with other dogs and have a good chase around too On watching him though he tends to only feel comfortable playing with dogs of his own size or smaller (he's a springer / bc cross) he's had some mad chasing sessions with a border collie, mini schnauzer, westie and a cocker but he seems to be a bit 'fearful' of larger dogs that are off-lead For example today a 7 month old red setter came bounding over to him wanting to play and Ollie seemed very unsure - they chased around for a bit but Ollie looked uncomfortable and had a bit of a bark so I called him and we walked on (although the setter followed us rather than his owner) and Ollie started to have a real good bark at him as he wouldn't leave him alone - although the setters owner eventually came and got him I'd say that from today's reaction Ollie did want to play with the other dog but felt unsure due to it's size and began to have a bark in nervousness - I'm just wondering if this is quite common or not i.e. dogs feeling uncomfortable around much larger dogs and is there anything I can do to help?
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Post by LurcherGirl on Feb 19, 2005 20:49:07 GMT 1
I think this is just a matter of socialisation. He probably hasn't met that many large dogs. Try to find owners of large dogs that know their dogs very well and eould be prepared to co-operate! The more large dogs Ollie meets, the more confident he will get around them (and possibly the more confident you will get too...?).
Vera
PS. If I have dogs following us persistently, and Dylan makes clear to them that he doesn't like them around, I let him tell them off as this is perfectly within reason! That's often the only language these dogs understand!
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