Good boy turned bad

So after a good week and a great day yesterday,indie had to go and spoil it all
took him out today for a run and on the way home i met a guy who has a gsd same age
as indie,well the dog came towards him on a long lead and it was barking and whining
with excitement,anyway as it got closer indie went to lunge at it snarling,i was totally
shocked as he hasnt shown aggression before,so now i'm wondering did he see the
other dog as a threat to himself or was he protecting me,he is never like this with other
dogs when off lead,anyway not sure how to deal with this as obviously i cant let him
behave like this,so any advice would be welcome,....FARRAAAAHHHH,HELP. :2431:

oh dear that is a worry Jan

hun he prob felt threatend bu the other dog i wouldnt worry or dwell on it but be aware for next time and have indie sitting at your side and have his focus before allowing him to play if the other dog is gonna be OTT then it wont be gud

its always better for them to meet wen off lead tho hun :love:

hope u get this sorted Jan , Axle is the same just now thats why we got the pinch collar to nip it in the bud so to speak.
he will be getting stronger soon so you'll want to stop this as soon as u can

yeah he's always been good off lead but today the other dog wanted to
play but indie was acting very aggressively,thanks fazz. :love:

kennym wrote:

hope u get this sorted Jan , Axle is the same just now thats why we got the pinch collar to nip it in the bud so to speak.
he will be getting stronger soon so you'll want to stop this as soon as u can

Well he's already at 50kg so i need to be able to control him,i've noticed in the house
he always lies by my feet wherever i am and sometimes if the other two approach me
just for a cuddle or a stroke he doesnt like it and tries to block them he seems to be
very possessive of me. :2431:

Axle can be the same at shows if ive got him he will show agression to dogs but when handler has him in ring hes to busy looking for me he ignores the other dogs.
Axlw was gettin above his station a week or so ago and we increased his ob and ignored him it has been working so far .
he is the same if i was clapping Xena he would come over and try to nudge her away.He is now put in down stay and xena is shouted over when ever he try's this now he getting the message slowly that he can now only do things when i allow

i would teach him to be a lil more independent hun as he seems to be claiming you a lil my lad can be that way but will attack malis are extreme lol

altho the other dog may only have wanted to play if he was leaping round like a nutter it may have upset indie i would still correct indie wen he does this tho hun xx

SUMMER wrote:

kennym wrote:

hope u get this sorted Jan , Axle is the same just now thats why we got the pinch collar to nip it in the bud so to speak.
he will be getting stronger soon so you'll want to stop this as soon as u can

Well he's already at 50kg so i need to be able to control him,i've noticed in the house
he always lies by my feet wherever i am and sometimes if the other two approach me
just for a cuddle or a stroke he doesnt like it and tries to block them he seems to be
very possessive of me. :2431:

you have me thinking now Jan.

Bryn is exactly the same, he has to be as close to me as possible, where I go he follows, when I am on the laptop he goes to sleep under my legs etc. he moans when I cuddle the others, I ignore it, if he blocks them I push my arm into his chest to edge him away. I never thought of it as possessiveness, I thought jealous little bugger, I will pay more attention to it now (especially with the little pup coming)

I think its probably a lot to do with his age too,at 14 months he's not
a baby anymore but not quite an adult,he's pushing the bounderies a bit
just gonna be really firm with him now and hope that works as his nature
is lovely. :love: :love:

:2445: they all sound like Bailey, he's my shadow constantly and hates it when i show attention to the other 2, not hates it aggresivly, but nudges them away and makes a whiney noise. like Indie, he has a wonderful nature and i'd hate for him to change the way he is if i where to be more firm with him.. if you get what i mean

Sound like mummys boys Think Mickey might be heading that way he is always lying by me Mind you keira is like my shadow aswell

Absolutely...

Jan, do you agree with trying to be firmer but still not wanting to change his lovely nature, he's a mummy's boy but thats how you like it sort of

Yeah karen i know exactly what you mean and i really do think that
the fact that we both bred them makes the bond even stronger.

Jan how is he with your O.H.
Although my OH is with them all day and feeds them they totally change when i come in as soon as they here car parking they start barking and then totally ignore her
Even at training they attract to me and ignore OH

I dont have a oh kenny its just me and the dogs.

oops sorry Jan :2431:

No problem mate, my oh passed away few years back. :love:

SUMMER wrote:

Yeah karen i know exactly what you mean and i really do think that
the fact that we both bred them makes the bond even stronger.

i'm sooo glad you said that Jan because i thought i was imagining it, of all the sheps i've had he's differant, it's more of a bond iykwim :love:

not sure about the bond bit Karen when Axles litter was born i was in saudi and didnt get back for a bit off time so u would think he would have bonded with OH

yeh you would of the there was a special bond, but saying that kenny my OH and Bailey dont have much of a bond either :nhy:

may be its because they all no i wear the trousers in my house :san42: