Was out walking the dog this morning. 4 1/2 year old Dalmatian. Went on our normal route, passed lots of dogs as usual.
On the way back home a lady ran passed- us with a little Staffie, suddenly the dog turned as they were going past and 'went' for the poor little dog!
Straight away I pulled him towards me and he acted like nothing had happened!
The Lady shouted at me (rightly so) and all I could do was apologise.
Further away from us she checked the poor little chap over - I knew he hadnt made contact but was very happy to have that confirmed.
This has never happened before - ever.
He has two long walks/runs every day in all sorts of places, the beach, woods etc and every day we go past all sorts of dogs, normally off lead as his recall is amazing and we've never had any reason to believe he was in anyway aggressive.
I just dont understand what happened, I feel so bad for that Lady and her poor dog.
2 minutes later we walked passed another dog and he was fine - not interested.
Obviously I am going to contact a good dog trainer but in the mean time he will still need to be taken out.
Any advice would be much appreciated.