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A couple questions about our Chesapeake.....
We have a male Chesapeake Bay Retriever mix that we found wandering
the neighborhood a fews years ago. He's at least 9 years old, possibly even as old as 11, but he's still very spry and loves to go for walks. If another dog comes out to the road to sniff him when he goes by on a walk, 98% of the time, they'll just sniff eachother, tails wagging away. But when he sees a dog coming on the other side of the road on a leash, his ears go up, he starts to walk faster, and when they go by he snarls, barks loudly, and jumps around on his leash trying to get at the dog. We had to get him a harness because he would back up quickly and try to get out of his collar. He still tries to get free of his harness when a dog goes by on a leash. Sometimes the other dog will be doing the same thing, other times it'll ignore him. Our dog is very disobediant and headstrong, but since he's so old and we haven't raised him from the start, nor did his former owners give him any training (apparently), there doesn't seem to be much we can do about it. We'll scold him when he acts like that towards other dogs, but he ignores everything. But there are three dogs on the road (a dalmation, a doberman, and a keeshond) that he hates no matter what. But the other day he went ape over a female poodle (and he gets along with females) that went by on a chain when he had previously sniffed it, wagging his tail while it was loose. He'll always try to "get the last bark" by turning around and giving one last bark at the dogs. I heard this is because it makes dogs feel secure and tough; it lets them be top dog and bully them around. I assume that some dogs will take it, and some dogs will try to snarl and bark back. Is this why he does it? And secondly, there's a little Lhasa Apso-sized female dog that runs out to our dog everytime he goes by. They'll sniff each other's faces, and then my dog will look the other way while that dog sniffs and licks his private areas. Then, our dog will walk on, but the little dog will run in front of him, cut him off, and stare up into his face. Sometimes she nips at him, but our dog just takes it and looks the other way. One time he nipped back, though. I take it this other dog is trying to be dominate and our dog just accepts that? |
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