Reactive dog

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We have a 5 year old reactive dog, she isn’t allowed off lead and will bark, snarl and leap at cars and dogs.

Things have got worse since our old dog died and I think we need help. The old dog was confident and friendly so I think she literally hid behind him.

Has anyone claimed on their insurance for this and did it help? We have cover for it and I can book a call with a behaviourist. Would it be “held against her” in future?

You can usually use your insurance to see a behaviourist you can be vet referred, good luck reactive dogs are a lot ,

What do you mean held against her ?

Insurance premiums rise as she is seen as a higher risk, more likely to have insurance claims turned down in future as blamed on her reactivity etc, although I believe her insurance covered pre-existing conditions.

Just to add, she’s good with people and has great bite inhibition so hurting people wouldn’t be a risk unless they waded into a dog fight.

Ah right I get you now, I am not sure if it will affect the premiums, my dc is just going through the process of a behaviourist for his dog for a behaviour problem, if you can afford it just see a behaviourist trainer firstly and maybe ask your vet for medication.

We had a reactive dog years ago and just paid our vet referred us, it did help manage our dog better he was never completely cured though.

I've recently had an email from PetPlan asking about my dog's reactivity and anxiety and aggression at the vets. This was because I said she had 'become reactive to noise', meaning she hides in a corner trembling.
They said depending on my answers, they may not be able to offer me public liability insurance any more. However, someone recently posted saying their insurance has refused to pay for any treatment because of their dog's behaviour.