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**SergeyLisin** · 06-04-2012, 01:33 AM

Question, why did you pull Amy up on her rear legs to your chest? In the act of being Fear Aggressive toward this other dog, she might redirect on you, making a bad situation, worse.

You know...the thought never even occurred to me. She's never redirected except when she's happy excited, and then she bites the leash and or looks for a stick to chew. She's really gentle and honestly the thought of her hurting her never even crossed my mind. I just had to think fast. I was about to throw her in back of a pickup truck that was parked nearby.

There are leash laws in my city and county, and they're taken very seriously. I seem to be a pit bull friendly area too - it's a nice neighborhood (Northern Virginia) and a lot of people in the neighborhood have pit mixes.

The one good thing is Amy actually seemed MORE relaxed around other dogs after this happened. We passed a few and she was like "oh, a dog" instead of "holy shit! A dog! It's going to eat me!" I wonder if maybe she realized that I'll protect her from other dogs? I can hope. We've made so, so much progress I was worried that this would set us back. I would have punted that spaniel into next week if I had to.

---------- Post added at 07:33 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:30 PM ----------

The owner of the bulldog is at fault.

How did your dog act after the spaniel was under control? I wonder if getting picked up and smashed against you while you yelled at the spaniel's owner freaked her out worse? Was she trying to get at the other dog at all?

She was but I had an iron vice grip on her collar so she wasn't going anywhere. I was talking to her though in between yelling at the other woman. Amy was really relaxed after it, which kind of surprised me. It actually was like she smoked a big fat joint or something because she was super chilled out afterward.

06-04-2012, 01:33 AM	#6
SergeyLisin Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 491 Senior Member	Question, why did you pull Amy up on her rear legs to your chest? In the act of being Fear Aggressive toward this other dog, she might redirect on you, making a bad situation, worse. You know...the thought never even occurred to me. She's never redirected except when she's happy excited, and then she bites the leash and or looks for a stick to chew. She's really gentle and honestly the thought of her hurting her never even crossed my mind. I just had to think fast. I was about to throw her in back of a pickup truck that was parked nearby. There are leash laws in my city and county, and they're taken very seriously. I seem to be a pit bull friendly area too - it's a nice neighborhood (Northern Virginia) and a lot of people in the neighborhood have pit mixes. The one good thing is Amy actually seemed MORE relaxed around other dogs after this happened. We passed a few and she was like "oh, a dog" instead of "holy shit! A dog! It's going to eat me!" I wonder if maybe she realized that I'll protect her from other dogs? I can hope. We've made so, so much progress I was worried that this would set us back. I would have punted that spaniel into next week if I had to. ---------- Post added at 07:33 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:30 PM ---------- The owner of the bulldog is at fault. How did your dog act after the spaniel was under control? I wonder if getting picked up and smashed against you while you yelled at the spaniel's owner freaked her out worse? Was she trying to get at the other dog at all? She was but I had an iron vice grip on her collar so she wasn't going anywhere. I was talking to her though in between yelling at the other woman. Amy was really relaxed after it, which kind of surprised me. It actually was like she smoked a big fat joint or something because she was super chilled out afterward.
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