Our dog just bit me whilst out on a walk this morning. She was on her lead whilst walking around the edge of the field where I usually take her and we came across another dog coming the other way. As you do. She started lunging for this dog so I tried to distract her with treats, didn't work, so moved my hand down her lead to get better control whilst apologising to the other owner and suggesting they carry on walking (they'd stopped rather than carry on for some reason, although the walker was quite a young lad so maybe didn't quite know what to do?). She immediately started twisting her head from side to side towards my hand and eventually managed to bite my lower arm. The other dog and owner had moved away by this time and I managed to get her walking so we carried on home pretty sharpish. Have cleaned and dressed the bite but it bloody hurts.
Bit of background. We've had her a little over 7 weeks, quite a large Romanian rescue, 15 months old, very puppy-like in some ways such as mouthing a lot (although we have been dissuading that and had mainly got it under control). She approaches any and every dog and person, which is a bit issue, and I make sure she's on her lead if there is any chance of her coming across other dogs or people that she doesn't know, although it's still a problem even on the lead as she's strong. NB - she does spend time off lead, we take her to a local dog field to work off some energy, for example.
We're due to start with a trainer very soon (they told me to leave it 8 weeks to settle her in before starting formal training) but to be honest, I am not at all confident about taking her out anymore.
She has many redeeming qualities and is a very sweet girl in many ways, but I really don't know where to go from here - any advice?
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Vinosaurus · 20/08/2020 11:55
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