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Hi Guys

Anyone know a good canine behavioural person? We got a lovely Cocker Spaniel about 3 months ago when he was about 14 months old. He's great round the house but is so anxious of other dogs... will chase em barking his head off, very frustrating. Had those fairytale dreams of meeting all those other dog owners over the park etc.. At the moment I turn and walk in the other direction whenever we see another dog!
I'm in SE London.. any recommendations?

Cheers
Nic

From my experiences with dogs I've figured they are just as social as we are (or need to be),and the more other dogs they are around when growing up, generally the better they are at dealing with meeting new dogs later in life, greeting them right, approaching them right, reacting or not reacting to the other dogs movements.

Saying that, we've got a pair of weird ones. As pictured on the last page, casper (flying dog) is utterly brilliant with other dogs, but not so great with humans (badly treated by humans at a young age) and can bite if cornered, he's 7 and since we got him (6months) he's got better, but not to the point you can trust him with a stranger without giving the stranger VERY specific instructions on how to handle him.
The other, bushy, is a lunatic. Got him from a rescue 6months ago, he's actually 12, but he thinks he is 18months (and looks it), brilliant with people, perfect infact. But other dogs? he'll eat them. not in an angry way, we're pretty sure its sexual frustration, he doesn't bite them, instead stalks them, then when he's close enough to be able to smell them, charges at them, and nips at their rear end. Bizarre and the only way to improve him is keeping him on a lead when around other dogs, which isn't always possible!