Hi, I have a lovely one year old dog but he suffers from fear aggression. Was quite severe at one point but he is alot better now(depending on the size of the dog) Anyway, he has been doing great just lately,has been running around the beach,mixing very cautiously with other dogs,but you could tell that his confidence with other dogs was coming on in leaps and bounds and that he actually wanted to start and involve him self with other dogs play.
The last few days though, four dogs have wandered up to him,sniffed him(all has been well up to this point) and then rolled straight over onto their backs in that submissive roll that some do? Within seconds of each dog doing this my dog has lunged at them,snarling and barking etc He isn't biting, but is getting very nasty and making alot of noise. Why would he do this?
No dog has ever rolled over when near my dog in that submissive thing they do, yet four have done it in a matter of days and he is reacting to it very aggressively?
Any advice/ideas very welcome before I have to call the behaviourist in again
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thwinka · 08/02/2013 15:11
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