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Agreed with others that it's not just down to you to stop Nori reacting badly to other dogs. A responsible dog owner should be able to keep their dog away from a dog on a lead, it's obviously on there for a reason. That is sometimes easier said than done though, we still struggle with Crumpet's recall. That and her overwhelming desire to interact with every dog she meets means that it's sometimes a struggle to stop her running up to a dog on a lead that is clearly nervous. We accept that that's our failing though and is something we're constantly working on, we would never blame another dog or owner if Crumpet pushed her luck and if we sense that she's in a mood to misbehave we put her on the lead and take her somewhere quieter. You'd hope that any sensible dog owner would feel similarly!
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Thanks for sharing and good on you for putting the work in. My partner and i are at the same 6 month stage with our rescue and it's been quite the rollercoaster.
On reactivity, Nori our Staffie cross has reactivity issues with other dogs that we were not made aware of from the rescue charity beforehand. Sadly after a scrap last week where i had to pry another big dogs jaws of her face only for her to lunge back in and she has taken a real downward turn. She now disengages very quickly, looks tense, has poor recall and looks like she's brewing for a fight. In the time we've had her we've had 3 quite severe incidents and i'm worried it's taken it's toll on me and the dog. It's becoming increasingly hard not to tense up when other dogs come bundling over (which clearly makes things worse) or not feel that a disproportionate amount of other dog owners are fucking useless (which given that me and my dog are the "problem" doesn't get me very far with them).
We're trying to lock down a decent behaviourist but we're struggling to find someone that can either give us the time atm. FWIW both the trainer and the behaviourist we've seen have made very positive comments about her but it's hard to put the bad stuff out my head.
Apologies for the dump, feeling the pressure right now!