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We have a 9 month old GSD/Malinois Mix. We are first time owners but knew exactly what we were getting into, did all research etc. Benji is very well trained and picks things up extremely fast. Especially body language of other dogs, giving space etc. in the local area we have a lot of dogs and some we see on a frequent basis in the park. There is a 6 month old bully who is almost always on lead. last week the owner decided to let him off so they could play (benji is mostly offlead and has great recall - and ofc as part malinois more interested in training and his humans than anything else unless given permission). the pup started jumping up at benji and even though he is 6 months he is the same size as Benji. benji gave him a warning which the other dog did not register and in the end pinned him as the pup continued to jump up at benji and me and my bf. There is also a 6 motnh old cocker spaniel (considerably smaller) who does the exact same thing. She has 0 recall and came dashing over to us from the other side of the park. She came striaght to me and my bf to say hi, jumping up at us etc. benji told her off and when she started jumping on him he pinned her. then let her go. he tried to initiate play by chasing, and trying to get her to chase him but she was more interested at jumping on us to say hi, so again he tried to correct her. We couldnt do much as her owner was still far away so i told my bf to ignore the puppy and not pet as it would encourage more jumping, and we waited for the owner to get to us.
a seperate incident was a 1yo black lab who jumped up on me, benji got inbtween us andbarked at him (no pinning as he got the hint)
My question is should I allow these corrections? I'm conserned it could lead to resource guarding toward us as he really hates when other dogs jump on us. He has never jumped on other dogs and has always been cautious when approaching, waiting to sniff the nose and start play that way.
Thank you!
a seperate incident was a 1yo black lab who jumped up on me, benji got inbtween us andbarked at him (no pinning as he got the hint)
My question is should I allow these corrections? I'm conserned it could lead to resource guarding toward us as he really hates when other dogs jump on us. He has never jumped on other dogs and has always been cautious when approaching, waiting to sniff the nose and start play that way.
Thank you!
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