[SerycegeBunny]

well fannie met her first min pin today. I told the owner to please pick his dog up and let me get fannie into a sit. So i got fannie into a sit position. had the owner walk over(fannie is under my control the whole time). i let her sniff the min pin and when it barked(okay yipped) at her she cocked her head then started to wag her tail(she really likes dogs). So on the walk back the min pin was again running down the side walk at as full force and yipping this time. i put fannie in a sit(thank god i got a good girl who follows directions), picked up the min pin and gave fannie the signal that it was okay to get up that we where walking again. took the horney little min pin back to his owner. i told him he is lucky it was my dog his min pin encountered and not some other dog. I know large dogs that would of eaten that min pin for dinner and not thought twice about it. Im proud that my girl despite the small dog running up did as i asked and behaved-now if i could get her to do that when she sees a cat...

[Yarmark]

Be careful though, she may not always act so sweet and nice to a small dog.



I know my dog who is only 6months old, cant be near small dogs anymore.. his prey drive is just to high. I have to constantly supervise him when he is out with out cat, he has stood on her and pawed her so many times already..

[TeemFilla]

flirting with trouble. pick your dog up and get the #$%^ outta there.

[SerycegeBunny]

yea i know. thats why im trying to be careful. She has a high prey drive and i did try to explain that to the min pin owner that to her his dog looks and moves just like a cat and that he is lucky she listens to me. ive seen what a large dog with prey drive can do to a small dog and even a puppy. BUT nooo in this neighbor hood we have ankle biters running lose all the time which is the reason ive been working with her while walking to sit when a small dog approaches if we are unable to change sides of the street. now we are working on curbing her cat issue. Spray bottle+water=one unhappy dog. she starts barking at the cats i give her one quick spritz and she goes back over and sits or lays down now. That took a few days but now its getting to the point that she does one bark i just have to have the spray bottle in my hand and she automatically goes and sits and looks at the cat but doesnt run in its direction or bark. it'll take a while but if i can curb the behaviour then it will be well worth the time and effort.

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flirting with trouble. pick your dog up and get the #$%^ outta there.

pick my dog up? have you seen the pictures of her? no way in hell and i run into small dogs all over this city. if we cant cross the street i want her in a sit position or a down position with her attention on me until the dog passes.

[ENCOSEARRALIA]

you are truly setting your dog up to fail.....

[enteltcheft]

you are truly setting your dog up to fail.....

Awesome. Best post ever.