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Hey folks,
So I took Sam to the dog park today (how many stories have started out like this?) where we met some nice friendly dogs - most of them retrievers. There was one 15 month lab there playing fetch with his owner. Now I generally stay away from dog parks because of aggressive dogs and a couple of instances where some dogs have gotten too aggressive with Sam.
Ever since Sam, who is almost 5 months, started playing fetch with balls playing with dogs has taken a back seat. Sam was getting along with the yellow lab and would do his usual routine of snatching the ball from him whenever he could and not giving it back. Well, twice when the ball came loose and they both went for it at the same time Sam growled and snapped at the other dog. The other dog was fine but this is behavior that I definitely did not want happening with my GSD - especially as becomes bigger in size. I grabbed his collar and corrected him both times and decided to not let him play with the ball after the second time as his behavior was unacceptable.
Does anybody have any good advice on how to train this out of him?
I won't tolerate him being aggressive towards any dog - especially friendly ones so I would really like this to stop before it becomes a real problem.
:help:
So I took Sam to the dog park today (how many stories have started out like this?) where we met some nice friendly dogs - most of them retrievers. There was one 15 month lab there playing fetch with his owner. Now I generally stay away from dog parks because of aggressive dogs and a couple of instances where some dogs have gotten too aggressive with Sam.
Ever since Sam, who is almost 5 months, started playing fetch with balls playing with dogs has taken a back seat. Sam was getting along with the yellow lab and would do his usual routine of snatching the ball from him whenever he could and not giving it back. Well, twice when the ball came loose and they both went for it at the same time Sam growled and snapped at the other dog. The other dog was fine but this is behavior that I definitely did not want happening with my GSD - especially as becomes bigger in size. I grabbed his collar and corrected him both times and decided to not let him play with the ball after the second time as his behavior was unacceptable.
Does anybody have any good advice on how to train this out of him?
I won't tolerate him being aggressive towards any dog - especially friendly ones so I would really like this to stop before it becomes a real problem.
:help: