Hello world,
My dog has been attacked THREE times now during the 2 months that i have had her..........
So this thread might be where things started...:http://www.germanshepherds.com/forum/puppy-behavior/666458-ptsd-aggressive-dog-puppy.html and it is the first time.
The second time was in a puppy class. In the puppy socialization classes, there are generally a play time where puppies play with each other after training. My pup usually plays the role of being chased in the dog chase game despite her being one of the biggest dogs in her puppy class. However, roughly 1.5 weeks ago, a smaller puppy decides to bite her muzzle while she is being chased, my pup whined and ran towards me but she did not dare to look back nor bite back. That puppy was much smaller than my puppy, and he did not have any problems with any other puppy. The instructor quickly intervened, and my pup continued to whine and cuddle with me for 1 min and then return to play, while the other pup got taken out. After that incident, she sometimes whine while being chased, but nothing alarming so I did not pay attention.
Third time is the worst yestarday...My pup is 4months old now, and yesterday was the first time that I took her to our local dog park's big playground area where there are ~20 dogs. It was because she was sick before yesterday and had to be stuck at home, eating sensitive stomach meals, so I kinda tried to celebrate her recovery by taking her there.
It was terrible. Right after we entered the playground from the off-leash trails, my pup happily walked up to the group of dogs who were playing, but then a yorkshire terrier ran out from the group and bit my dog's furs near her stomach (I am convinced she was aiming for throat but my dog was too high for her), that dog won't let go and my dog frantically ran and shaked and howled. That dog got shaken off by my dog's movement but they were surrounded by a group of dogs who gathered around so my dog could not escape, and that yorkshire terrier bit my dog's leg's furs again and of course he refused to let go despite his owner screaming at him!!! My dog was whining and trying to get towards me through the dogs like crazy, luckily those owners called away their dogs who were surrounding the scene and I got to my dog while the other owner got to her dog, and she successfully called her yorkshire terrier away as she got close enough. There was only a little blood thanks to GSDs' tough double coat, and needless to say I immediately took her home after she stopped whining. However, as I walked away from the playground area, I noticed that dog who attacked mine play with all other dogs again without any problems.
On the way out of the dog park, my dog would excitedly ran towards a dog when she saw it, but immediately changed her direction back to me after like 3 seconds (and she would try to sit on my foot), and if the other dog chased her thinking she initiated play, she would gave out this big scream and lay on the ground, tails ducked and exposing her belly despite the other dog only meant to play and she was the one who started it.
I only posted this now because I sprayed my ankle when my dog suddenly changed direction, bumped into me, and sat on my foot, I ended up tripping over my dog and had to go to a doctor at 6pm. So i am the one who end up getting physically hurt the most in this incident...lol
Anyway any ideas how to deal with this situation? I suspect my dog gave out a submissive aura or something and all other dogs sensed it, I mean a 10 pounds dog can feel safe bullying her, she must rank really low in the dog's world. I don't plan on making her a protection dog so that is not a problem, but I would want her to interact peacefully with other dogs off-leash as there are huge off-leash areas near my home and my dog and I really enjoy our time there. So how not to make her a target to other dogs? And how to make her stop running to strange dogs but then immediately running back, scaring the heck out of herself?
Thanks,
J
My dog has been attacked THREE times now during the 2 months that i have had her..........
So this thread might be where things started...:http://www.germanshepherds.com/forum/puppy-behavior/666458-ptsd-aggressive-dog-puppy.html and it is the first time.
The second time was in a puppy class. In the puppy socialization classes, there are generally a play time where puppies play with each other after training. My pup usually plays the role of being chased in the dog chase game despite her being one of the biggest dogs in her puppy class. However, roughly 1.5 weeks ago, a smaller puppy decides to bite her muzzle while she is being chased, my pup whined and ran towards me but she did not dare to look back nor bite back. That puppy was much smaller than my puppy, and he did not have any problems with any other puppy. The instructor quickly intervened, and my pup continued to whine and cuddle with me for 1 min and then return to play, while the other pup got taken out. After that incident, she sometimes whine while being chased, but nothing alarming so I did not pay attention.
Third time is the worst yestarday...My pup is 4months old now, and yesterday was the first time that I took her to our local dog park's big playground area where there are ~20 dogs. It was because she was sick before yesterday and had to be stuck at home, eating sensitive stomach meals, so I kinda tried to celebrate her recovery by taking her there.
It was terrible. Right after we entered the playground from the off-leash trails, my pup happily walked up to the group of dogs who were playing, but then a yorkshire terrier ran out from the group and bit my dog's furs near her stomach (I am convinced she was aiming for throat but my dog was too high for her), that dog won't let go and my dog frantically ran and shaked and howled. That dog got shaken off by my dog's movement but they were surrounded by a group of dogs who gathered around so my dog could not escape, and that yorkshire terrier bit my dog's leg's furs again and of course he refused to let go despite his owner screaming at him!!! My dog was whining and trying to get towards me through the dogs like crazy, luckily those owners called away their dogs who were surrounding the scene and I got to my dog while the other owner got to her dog, and she successfully called her yorkshire terrier away as she got close enough. There was only a little blood thanks to GSDs' tough double coat, and needless to say I immediately took her home after she stopped whining. However, as I walked away from the playground area, I noticed that dog who attacked mine play with all other dogs again without any problems.
On the way out of the dog park, my dog would excitedly ran towards a dog when she saw it, but immediately changed her direction back to me after like 3 seconds (and she would try to sit on my foot), and if the other dog chased her thinking she initiated play, she would gave out this big scream and lay on the ground, tails ducked and exposing her belly despite the other dog only meant to play and she was the one who started it.
I only posted this now because I sprayed my ankle when my dog suddenly changed direction, bumped into me, and sat on my foot, I ended up tripping over my dog and had to go to a doctor at 6pm. So i am the one who end up getting physically hurt the most in this incident...lol
Anyway any ideas how to deal with this situation? I suspect my dog gave out a submissive aura or something and all other dogs sensed it, I mean a 10 pounds dog can feel safe bullying her, she must rank really low in the dog's world. I don't plan on making her a protection dog so that is not a problem, but I would want her to interact peacefully with other dogs off-leash as there are huge off-leash areas near my home and my dog and I really enjoy our time there. So how not to make her a target to other dogs? And how to make her stop running to strange dogs but then immediately running back, scaring the heck out of herself?
Thanks,
J