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Strange behavior after being in a dog fight
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After my dog was the on the recieving end of an aggressive dog display (not sure what to call it because attack sounds too vicious, basically the dog "went after" my dog), he rubbed the sides of his face in dog poop. Any one know why? Long Description: Ever since he had all his shots (about 16 weeks), I have taken my 9 month old, male, Austrailian Shepard (name is Tiger) to the off-leash dog park near my house. We go once or twice a week and he loves it and loves to play with all the dogs. This week we went and he had a run in with a dog (it was a mix, not sure of what breeds, but it was probably 80 pds and built like a German Shepard but not colored like one) at the park. The owner said this was only the second this dog had been to the park (she found him on the street and had had him for 2 months) and that he fought with a dog last time he was there too (which make me terribly upset that she brought the dog back). Anyway, I left the park. I have done too much work socializing Tiger to let one irresponsible owner ruin his confidence. One the way out of the park, he was doing his normal sniffing around but this time he located some dog poop and rubbed each side of his face in it (in the puff of hair right below his ears). He has never done this before, but then he has never been attacked by a dog before either. He hasn't done it since, but we haven't been back to the dog park yet. Anyone have any idea why this behavior? I looked around the internet but I am not sure how search for "dog rubs his face in poo" and get a valid website. Thanks! Audrey and Tiger BTW: he was not hurt, just very scared. Right after the scare he ran between my legs and laid down (another behavior he has never done, but that one is pretty readable). |
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