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If that park is at Kingsford which i think it is because it is one of the parks where i take my dog that is actually an On leash dog park. Edit: I have also seen this goat in the City going up to people who are at a very busy bus stop during peak time surprising and in many cases scaring the people. Owner didn't have a worry in the world.

I'm so sorry for what happened to your dog and i hope your makes a full recovery. i can't believe he saw the damage on your dog and walked off. This is an unfortunate perfect example of what the government and councils should be targeting, irresponsible pet owners not specific breeds. I believe if this jerk had for arguments sake jack russels they would be aggressive also. He would also be the type of person who would walk his dogs off leash on the sreet and is non leash free areas i have seen them so many times. They just don't care. I hope you reported him and they catch him and they take his dogs off him as they are dangerous, and they can hopefully receive training and find a good home to someone who actually cares.

Amazing. He is having the best time.

Some good advise in this thread. When any incident happens and a dog gets hurt its hard to take but thankfully all parties are ok. Just learn from the experience and be cautious, alert and responsible which by the sounds of it you are. Also learning your dogs signals from a professional is great as you can avoid incidence before they happen. Chin up. :)

I think you are right. While she enjoys going to the park and interacts sometimes with her friends (they initiate the play she never does) she mostly stays behind me sitting down or sniffing around on her own all nice and calm. I think she prefers just to be out with me. I will try and take her to another park that i know of which has less dogs and have some fun with just us 2. I just wish she would allow to dogs to sniff her as i believe it to be social but not all dogs are comfortable with it and ill accept that.

That is awesome. Love it.

Ill have to be cautious when meeting new dogs. I do associate the words kiss kiss when meeting new dogs who i judge from a distance to be safe and that does calm her down (not as nervous) as those words have always been associated with positive situations which makes the meets generally go ok. I wont let her go up to a dog who's 10 miles in front of his/her owner etc. I will implement some changes to my ways in the next few weeks especially having some distance from big dogs and letting her be more comfortable in that situation and see what progress i get.

Thanks for the advice. One thing to note is when she sees a dog on the street she wants to go up to the dog (medium or a smaller in size) and say hello. I.e she starts pulling me towards the dog. This is what confuses me. On sunday she wanted to cross the road to say hello to a beagle, and all was well (he was 12 and a calm dog).

Only if you're applying human psychology to what is, for a smaller dog, a natural and sensible caution, now heightened by a bad experience and you discplining her for doing it. What you've taught her with corrections for her fears is that meeting strange dogs makes you, her owner, cranky with her. Your dog, your choice. A dog that goes into serious reaction mode in a dog park is a dog that may well drawn the attention of a dog or dogs that will take issue with her. You have been warned. She would also be barking at large dogs (who she doesn't know) who are close to her not even saying hello. I am trying to teach her there is no need to bark as the dog near her is calm and passive. Would it be better just to move her away instead rather then telling her to stop barking because the other dog is ok?

Sydney Eastern suburbs.

She is also uncomfortable with dogs her size. She is even cautious with her friends that she trusts. They rumble with each other etc no worries but if there is sniffing of the bum or up close in her face saying hello she is very cautious/nervous.

I believe she likes the dog park. If i'm walking past the entrance with the intention to walk past and continue on a street walk she will run up to the door wanting to go in the park. I don't force her to go in the park. Also she knows the word park is the dog park and when i say that she gets excited. In the second point making her not face her fears is the correct way? I was not forcing her to go up to large dogs for correction i have tried to implement corrections when i met up with friends on my dog walk or when a large dog comes up to her in the dog park. I cant give her space in those situations as she is confronted by these dogs in a non aggressive way.

We have a small family dog who is now 4 years old and i have a couple of issues with her that i would like to address to help her. I apologize in advanced if my post is not well written i am at work typing this. My first major issue is I believe she is anxious around dogs no matter the size. Ill give you a bit of background on her. She has always been anxious from young age even though i did socialize her as a pup. She has friends who she has been hanging around with for years who she trusts but even when they confront her face to face very close her head goes a bit back, neck and face stiffens up as shes sniffing them and her head shakes a little like its trembling. To me she looks cautious, not sure, bit scared i.e anxious. When she approaches a dog on the street and they are a high energy dog her ears go into alert mode straight up pointing forward like shes ready to fight. But she doesn't fight. I'm assuming she is telling them you have to much energy for me leave me alone but this can cause fights. I think she is a weak minded dog. While walking on the street when she meets new dogs she has gotten into a couple of fights. There not physical as she is on a leash and can stop both the dogs from getting into a physical fight but all the noise is there (from both parties) until i correct her. It doesn't happen all the time but it can. If the dog is very calm and mellow she has no issues with him/her at all. Also she doesn't let any dogs sniff her bum, soon as a dog goes to sniff her she spins around fast facing the dog front on in an alert mode. Even her friends cant sniff her bum. But she does sniff other dogs bums. Shes not hugely social towards dogs and just plays with some of her friends. Secondly she had no issues with larger dogs (biggest dog she went up to on her own was a giant poodle) until 1 year ago when a brown kelpie gave her a warning bark right in her face (cms away) while i was walking her on the street. She cried moved back, i didn't pick her up i just stood between her and the kelpie and said it's ok calm down and my hand up in a stop action. I was calm the whole time. Anyhow now when a larger dog approaches her (that she doesn't know) she barks at them constantly. I correct her but telling her no in a firm voice eventually she stops. She has met a couple of large dogs the last month or so that she initially barked at but now is ok with them. She has issues with large brown dogs in particular but i'm slowly helping her with that to and now for example she can now tolerate a big (overweight) brown labrador. She doesn't play with him but she has no issues with him being near her anymore. I had a scenario where i met my friend on a street and he has a large brown dog and my dog barked at his dog very nervously non stop. After walking them for 20 - 30 minutes my dog was fine with his dog and could stay close to him face on with no issues. I understand that is a way to build trust between dogs but at a dog park i cant do that. Any tips on what i can do on my own to help her especially on my first issue? It would be greatly appreciated. If a video is needed to see the way she reacts i am more then happy to do that and post it here. Thanks :)

YOU may not think it's a big deal but as in my case where my greyhounds cannot use their own yard unsupervised because the cats next door keep coming over the fence it is a big deal and a pain in the arse. It limits everything I do, how long I can go out for as they are locked in the house. I agree, im in that situation to but worse. My dog barks at their car after it comes over into my house and continues her barking (for 2-3 minutes) until i call her back in the house. The neighbor then calls the council and the rangers see us a barking complaint. I then explained the situation and also advised them to do a test at random times if they don't believe me and to leave me alone (as they had come a few times in the space of a few months) or else ill take legal action and i haven't been bothered since, its been over a year now. There is a bit more to the story of course but it was not on topic.

someone left this comment on the article yesterday too. How did you know which vet? Because i went up to the pups and when he showed the police the vaccination paper work he told the police he went to the vet on flinders street at taylor square. After googling i found the name to be animal doctors. Couldn't find any other vets on flinders st so i believe it to be animal doctors.