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[tz1]

What are some of the things Rocky did as far as being do aggressive? did he go up to dogs and just try to attack them, by biting or what?

Cause believe it or not there is this very stupid lady in my neighborhood back home that lets her dog wander. Her previous dog she refused to put to sleep for 2 years...it would limp around pathetically, and I believe it eventually lost all bowel control. It was a very sad sight to see. This new puppy she has is already overweight. She lets it roam free around the neighborhood and I guess the other night the dog kept following my mom and Zero on their walk...the dog kept coming up to Zero and sniffing him, well Zero was getting more and more annoyed with the dog and eventually started biting the other dog's neck and shaking it ROUGHLY...the way he does with his pillows toys and other things... and becoming more aggressive with him. The poor dog was not getting the point....My mom had to actually go and tell the lady to put her dog into the house.

Kinda scary when I heard it, ...zero is pretty freaking huge now, I would definitely be scared of him if I saw him barking or acting unfriendly. I'm pretty sure Zero's dog dominant, he has never backed down to any dog I've seen really. Always pushing the other around & sniffing their butt haha..

actually one of the funniest times was when Zero and my friend's pitbull Rex were playing in petsmart...Oh gosh it was hilarious, the dogs loved each other so much, Rex was licking Zero so much!!! And they were playing very rough. Rex is about 65 pounds of PURE muscle...he is very short and stumpy sort of, and at the time Zero was 75 pounds but much taller.. it was a lot of fun to watch them play wrestle friendly

[KYS]

[QUOTE=tz1]What are some of the things Rocky did as far as being do aggressive? did he go up to dogs and just try to attack them, by biting or what? >>>>>>>>>>

(to long to go into details about pacific incidences.)

I never allow Rocky to go up to strange dogs on our walks.
If he sees a dog a block away being walked he starts
getting very agitated and wants after that dog.
(On very rare occasions on our walks, If I can not put enough distance
between Rocky and another dog walker, he will bark, lung
and growl.) I do put him in a down-stay, but hard to
do when he is agitated. (He also has an unbelievable
high prey drive.)
I always keep my eyes open for loose dogs on
our walks too. I do not think
he would bite a submissive dog, but if not submissive he would
attack. He has fear aggression and he is on the offensive.

Sheba will ignore all dogs on our walks.
She has great body language and will ignore strange dogs as long
as they do not get in her face. She was the best camping dog.
With Rocky, I had to camp in a secluded spot or he would
go ballistic if their was a dog camping near by.

Dog dominant is a breeze compared to dog aggressive.
In his younger years I took him to a behaviorist and 3 separate obedient
classes. (training in on-going.)
IF it wasn't for his dog aggressive, he would be a fantastic dog.
He always has me laughing.

[AllAmericanPUP]

Ozzy and Barkley are very toy driven so i play fetch with them and that wears them out after about 30 minutes, i also use a flirt pole sometimes(you can make a cheap one using a broom stick, a rope and a toy). and they also like the spring pole

i make a flirt pole using a broom stick and rope...i tie the rope to the broom stick and then tie a toy to the end of the rope....then i just make the boys chase the rope with the toy on it...they love it

spring pole you just put a rope on a strong branch and attach a heavy duty spring to it then put a rope from the spring and attach a toy to the rope...ozzy will tug on it for a long time...barkley isnt so bright so he doesnt really get it lol but he will play with it for a bit if ozzy plays with it first


the rest of the dogs dont really care for toys so i just take them over the ball field and let them run their energy out

and in the warmer months i run them next to my bike or strap on my rollerblades and take them running...that wears them out in about 10 minutes

[RobiLee]

I have really enjoyed reading about Zero. He sounds like quite a character. I hope we get to see more pictures of him soon.

Katie is also dog aggressive. I couldn't even begin to tell you why. She was great as a puppy and played well with other dogs in obedient classes and when we were out and about. We knew early on that she was a dog dominant dog and not afraid of any other dog at all. Even as a pup she would never look away from another dog. I think that behavior made older dogs go after her when she was young. She no longer waits for a dog to come after her. She attacks first now and she will also go after a submissive dog. I have finally learned that I can't have Katie off leash around other dogs. It took me awhile to accept that because I wanted so badly to be able to take her to the dog park to play with the other dogs. I would be devastated if she were to hurt another dog. I have no problems with her on a leash though. When we are taking walks she doesn't seemed bother by other dogs. We can walk by dogs who are snarling and barking and acting like they would love to take a bite out of either one of us but Katie doesn't usually pay any attention to that. She is too busy strutting her stuff and sniffing out all those wonderful smells. Sometimes we even stop to meet another dog but only for that introduction sniff because I want to make sure it goes no further. Besides Katie's dog aggression she is a wonderful dog. She loves adults and childern and this is far more important to me. She also loves her husky sister, Tori and lets Tori beat her up quite often...lol. I'm watching them out the window right now and they are romping around in the snow having a blast. Hmmm, I should be out there with my camera. Ok, sorry I rambled on..lol..I just wanted to share my Katie girl with you.

Give Zero a hug from me!

[tz1]

Lol I honestly do love hearing about everyone's dogs, Sometimes their quirks are what makes them so great.

I think I might try that idea AllAmericanPup, with the broom with a toy on the end or something - anything to keep this darn pup runnin!

I think it's hilarious about Katie letting her sister Tori pummel her lol! What I love about dogs , and something about Zero is that he will act so fierce and ferocious around people he doesn't know, or animals he doesn't know, but if you get to know him for awhile, he really opens up to you and will just come up to you and lick you, or let you use him as a headrest LOL. He's just 7 months old now, so big, but really I feel like I can only see him as a big puppy because of the way he acts around me...like when he wants to play, or when he stretches and he gets on his back showing his belly haha