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Dog does not like when other dogs jump on me

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My dog Rocky does not like it when another dog jumps up on me. Doesn't matter if it's a dog he knows or has been playing with. He will immediately snap at and chase the other dog away. He will then stand right in front of me and snap at any dog who even seems to be approaching me. This all started after I was injured by being jumped on by a dog in the park. When he jumped on me he slammed me into a brick wall and I cried out. Rocky chased that dog off and I limped out. Ever since then he has displayed the above behavior. He does this at the dog park, on leash and at home. I know he is guarding me but I would like to get him to stop if possible. He does not have any issue with other dogs other than this. Any advice on this is welcome!
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I don't think that you should do much.
communicating the other dog that they're respectless towards its owner is nothing wrong especially of the dog experienced a strange dog hurting you with such a behaviour.
As long as it's growling and air snapping, to manage the situation, I'd just inform the owner, that everything's okay as long as their dog doesn't try to jump me and that if they get acting respectless there's the chance that your dog will get a bit grouchy.
the owner can then have an eye on their dog to call the dog away from you before it is in a distance to you were it could make your dog grouchy.

parallely I work with dogs that you know on making the distance between you and the other dogs smaller again and desensibilise your dog for polite, calm dogs again.
leashed social walks can help with this, since you handlers can react fast to deescalate the situation before your dog feels pestered too much...some dogs also do better with other dogs when they're moving and not standing around in one place.
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can't you let him run off-leash or with a drag line somewhere else?
like the normal park... or drive a bit outside of town in walk with him in the fieelds or the forest?
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