Montana

Jemmy that sounds a lot like my boy, starting with the stare but i also try to break it! Thank you, giving me some hope :)

Parent's seemed good around each other and the puppies and towards people. We don't have a problem at all towards people, sometimes he's a bit unsure but 99% he'll let anyone handle him. His dad was calm when we came into the home aswell, he was asking to play fetch and was later on his dog bed with their pet chicken.. Which really sold the puppy to us because I have rabbits and they seemed really calm.

Thank you I hope so to :)

I think you guys have misinterpreted me saying correcting the problem. A friend with similar experience advised we should give him treats in the presence of the other dogs to let him know it's ok. I didn't mean correcting as in telling him off. I only use positive based training. I also understand that some dogs aren't interested in being socialble however he always has enjoyed bein in the presence of other dogs and this was really out of character for him I'm not to sure what has caused it. I don't mind not taking him to dog parks. But we are starting group obedience again in the coming week and I worry how much attention I will get from him with other dogs around. Hence why I asked for opinions and suggestions.

He used to enjoy the dog park.. this is a new thing. I'm not forcing him to do anything, we had previously been probably 8-9 times without any problems. I took him after the first experience to see if it was a once off or not. The first time we went no dogs rushed to him, they almost ignored him if anything and he reacted to them walking past. IT was the second time some dogs rushed towards him, and i got that he was scared. I took him one more time after that in a more controlled manner with my partner to see if we could help his fear. As I have stated in a previous post that I am doing one on one training with a behaviourist starting next week. It makes it hard to excersise him if I cant take him for walks because he will bark at dogs a kilometre in the distance.

Gorgeous :)

Thank you for your responses, I also thought it was fear. However I don't know what has caused it :s Can I ask you how you created a positive association with other dogs?

Took me a while to get it, havent used forums in so long! We have book one on one training sessions starting from next week :) I just dont quite know how they can help without experiencing what hes like, but we'll see? :D

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My 8 month old male Swiss Shepherd puppy has recently started showing aggression to other dogs. Correct me if i'm wrong but i have reason to believe it is his testosterone causing most of the issues.. He has always been very well socialised, the week before the "start" of all this we took him to a busy pet cafe and he was totally fine with the other dogs. The week after, i took him to our dog park as I do every Sunday afternoon, and he was playing nicely with a female labrador, but he started to hump her, but i called him away and that was that, they just continued playing. Soon after, probably 10 other dogs came into the park and i think he freaked out, he stood behind me barking at them if they came near us. So we left. I tried taking him back the following week as maybe it was a once off, but 2 dogs came running towards him and he ran straight for the exit, when he was cornered by them he barked and lunged at one of them. So we left again. That night we took him to the people cafe and he was fine with other people. So.. we took him to the park a few days later again, this time i brought my partner with me to help me correct this behaviour. After 20 minutes trying to walk from the car to the park (he kept barking at the smaller dogs in the other area) we got there and he 'met' a dog that was leaving, and that was all well and good for the first 5-7 seconds, then he started barking at it. When we got in the park he wee'd probably 3 times in different area (maybe marking his territory?" We were planning to wait until 12 months to neuter as he is a large breed but this behaviour is upsetting as he used to come with us everywhere, beaches, parks, cafes etc. Now i'm not so confident about him behaving. Especially because he WAS trusted off lead at the dog beaches etc. Any suggestions of ways I can correct this behavior? I think we are going to neuter, do you think it would help? Thanks :) ;;; Picture is him playing with a great dane