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Yeah it's a tough one to manage, particularly because it's only behaviour that she exhibits when she's with the walker. We'll meet up with friends with dogs but it's not the same thing as being in that bigger, familiar group that she's with for a few hours a week. It makes it quite difficult for us personally to do much about and it's not the walker's responsibility to train our dog for us at the expense of the experience of the other dog's she's looking after. Hopefully it's a blip and doesn't develop in to anything that needs more urgent attention!
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I clearly don't have a dog science GSCE but when Nori's been the aggressor it's always been one on one situations. However she's been attacked several times when joining in with other groups. Being that she's the bull breed and fights back it's nearly always viewed as something she's done wrong or that she's the problem. We discussed this and the pack thing came up. There's a nice guy local to me who has a mountain dog that hates Nori if she comes near the pack the dog is part of. My only suggestion would be to keep it positive. This guy clearly feels bad about it but we try to avoid it being a thing or him telling her off as his dog is clearly uncomfortable (Nori doesn't really pick up on this stuff until it's nose to nose).