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6 month old puppy very dog focused
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6 month old puppy very dog focused
I have a 6 month old puppy who is doing very well and remains focused (for a young dog) even when out. However, when any dog is within 50ft or so, he just loses it. Not aggressively–he just wants to play (and mount female dogs). I am loathe to take him to a dog park or something where I am not in full control, but I also do not how to let him get his ya ya’s out with other dogs and play.
For context: he was 1 of a 2 puppy litter, and then was hurt and on crate rest for 4 weeks at 6 weeks old so he has never learned to play with dogs.
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There was a similar question in Friday’s q&a. That dog might have been aggressive, as opposed to super enthusiastic, but it kind of amounts to the same thing… the dog being reactive where we want him to be neutral. Robert’s answer was to increase the distance and to keep at it. There is no need for him to play with other dogs. My pit was like that. This was many years ago. I took the chance and had him play with dogs from 2 different neighbors. Everything went well with those. OTOH, greeting every Bailey met was kind of playing Russian roulette. We had a few incidents, but luckily nothing physically serious. I would do it differently today.
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Friday I was walking down the road with my 2 adult dogs and this lady came down the street with this tiny dog barking his lungs out. I saw them coming and we stepped out of the road and into someone’s lawn waiting for them to pass. She looked at her dog. He was still barking up a storm and choking himself on the leash. And she said “I don’t think they are friendly”… 😂😂😂.
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I deleted my original reply and commend you. Your dogs are very well behaved and probably very social too. That very same thing happened to me last night.
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