Other dog off the lead 'attacked' ours ..

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anonymous said:

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Absolutly right, please go careful it's easy for one untrained dog to give the rest of us Dobe owners a bad name.

When away from roads my dog is always off the lead.

I adore Dobes and they really are very easy to train when you find their "key" my brown and tan dog would recall perfectly as he knew he was going to get a cuddle and praise; he loved to please. (sadly lost suddenly at 5 years old to a heart attack RIP my big lad)

My black and tan bh is very affectionate but slightly more willful, she's not fond of other dogs and feels threatened when they approach and is always back by my side. However she has a swan fettish so I've HAD to ensure that I had the recall sorted and her "Key" is cocktail sausages or cheese.

Whilst my main reason for perfecting the recall should have been for the saftey of other dogs/owners/children I can honestly say it wasn't; I wanted to ensure the safety of my dog

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Jasandjules said:

Very, very few dogs will recall 100% of the time. Most trainers that I am aware of will accept this.

Agree but the post I quoted seems to indicate they have little or no recall at the best of times, hence my anger

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Recently ive been on both ends of this discussion. Out walking my boy the other morning in a field by our house which is surrounded by woods and two St Bernards off lead come galloping towards us owner shouting and screaming for the dogs to come back but with no avail. So i recall my dog he comes and sits next to me sort of growling/standing his ground and looking at me for a command, so i clip him on the lead and stand infront of him giving the owner a mouth full.

Out with the dog then a couple of days later and with my aunties collie a little jack russell comes running towards them off lead and tries snapping at them. So my dog then chases him away , i recall once or twice nothing so run to get him and the owner then shouts at me ? Even though his dog aggresively approached mine. Whos in the wrong ?

[shambolic]

My dogs are rarely on the lead when walking but on lead at times when working one and other is active, and will recall 99% of the time to whistle but if not will respond to stop whistle right away.

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SHutchinson said:

I live on the very edge of a small village. I moved there so I could walk my dog through fields and farm tracks each day rather than walk him around inner city parks etc. Most people who live near me have field dogs (labs, springers etc. etc.) and all the dogs get along great when they meet each other as they're running about. However, if the weather is particularly nice I quite often bump into people, with non-field dogs, that have taken the opportunity to slip on their 3/4 length shorts and their Reebok classic trainers and have a wander along the farm tracks. These dogs are almost always kept on their leader. Whilst it's not an issue to recall my dog and clip his leader on so we can walk past these snarling status symbols it does make we wonder if they'd be better off sticking to their usual parks or simply spending time to socialise their animals properly like the rest of us did.

It's kind of off topic I guess but the OP's story reminded me of it.

Happened again only slightly worse.

My dog (Dave) got mauled by two pit-bulls last night. Some stupid woman I've never seen before couldn't hold her dogs back and they got free and ran over and jumped on him. Luckily they were just really aggressively play-fighting (I guess) and didn't draw blood. I ended up letting go of Daves lead so he could get away and this woman just stood there utterly helpless. Stupid woman! Dave likes a bit rough play but this was crazy, they were rolling around on the grass verge right next to the main road.
I ended up sending Dave away on his own off the leader just so this woman could try and get her dogs back. I resisted giving her a piece of my mind but on reflection I wish I had, she shouldn't be walking them if she can't even hold on to them!!

I can't wait for the weather to turn so all the fair-weather dog-walking morons retreat back into their hiding places.

• edited to add: 'pit-bull' type dogs. Not sure of the exact breed but they were definitely of the status symbol type.

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cyborg said:

We have a 12 month old brown doberman beautiful dog but if we let him off his lead he wont come back

Seriously, I'm not having a go, but you need to sort that out. That is (or will be) a big dog, a guarding breed, and one which the public in general will associate with ferocity, etc. Any dog, big or small, has to come back when called, and if you don't get to that point, you could end up having to deal with the police/warden. If I've misinterpreted your post, feel free to say but that's how it reads at present. (I know I've cut one statement out).

In the interests of not being hypocritical our GSD is pretty good but not 101% perfect on recall, but we continue to work on that, and in addition we don't let her off if there is potential for problems, eg other dogs nearby in a small space. Conversely, we walked her, off the lead, with a large group of Shepherds (20+) recently and not only did she bimble along in the middle of the pack with all the other dogs, she also stopped and came back every time we called her.

[cyborg]

Only just remebered the thread.

Rockys never off his lead around other dogs as all he wants to do is play when we walk him it is just that a walk on the lead. Its usually other dog owners who come over and make a fuss of him as hes brown (and well theres just not that many brown pedigree dobermans) little children stop and just hold their hands out to stoke him , heck weve even had s 7 year old girl walk him (family friend) So theres abosloutley no cat in hells chance that hes an agressive dog nor looks agressive witht he amount of attention and fuss he gets.

Hes been attacked by a staffie before but Rocky thought he was playing didnt know any differant.


The point i was trying to make is peoples opinions differ greatly between dogs attacking eachother and playing hence most of the time the dogs been attacked.

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cyborg said:

The point i was trying to make is peoples opinions differ greatly between dogs attacking eachother and playing hence most of the time the dogs been attacked.

I think most people realise the difference, the problem is only YOU know your dog. I have one with severe anxiety and he really doesn't want another dog bouncing and playing, no matter how harmless he is. My other one is tiny and can get hurt easily - I think people need to be more aware of other dogs needs - not just your own dog.