Hi there all, I'm wondering if one of you can help me please with this problem.
About two weeks ago was the first time my dog first saw the other dog and I had her on the lead and the other dog came up to her and my dog showed no signs of aggression and they were fine, following on from that, three days ago I saw the same dog again when crossing the field and was speaking to the guy and we said we would give it a go letting my dog off with his and they were fine and just played quite happily.
I saw the same guy tonight so assumed that the two of them would be fine together so I kept her on until I was close to the guy and I let her off and they began to play and then all of a sudden she just started to attack the other dog, I managed to get her off straight away and there was no marks on either of them but I just can't put a finger on it why this happened.
Can anybody tell me the likeliness of why my behaved like this?
Now I would like to say that my family has owned the Rottweiler from her being a puppy but I never bothered with it when it was young and I know that my father who used to take her out never bothered to socialise her at all and in all likelihood I'm sure this is why she has turned out the way she has, do you think my assumption is correct?
There has been a few incidents in the past where it has either been she has taken a dislike to a dog straight away and has started to bark and growl and also where she was once okay with the dog and then (why?) decided to attack the dog.
Is the poor socialising more than likely the reason for this aggression?
As you can imagine, I feel very embarrassed for the way her behaviour is and I would just love it if she would play friendly with other dogs at all times and not decided to suddenly go off on one and attack other dogs - I understand dogs are like humans and not all dogs will get on but I mean where she will welcome new dogs approaching her or if she is off the lead she won't just go and try and attack other dogs.
I keep her on the lead at all times but try my best to socialise her by letting her go up to other dogs but for some reason she appears to be nervous around some dogs and gets really defensive and has barked and even tried to attack some dogs, why is she doing this and how can I prevent this and stop it completely?
Cheers, Peter.
About two weeks ago was the first time my dog first saw the other dog and I had her on the lead and the other dog came up to her and my dog showed no signs of aggression and they were fine, following on from that, three days ago I saw the same dog again when crossing the field and was speaking to the guy and we said we would give it a go letting my dog off with his and they were fine and just played quite happily.
I saw the same guy tonight so assumed that the two of them would be fine together so I kept her on until I was close to the guy and I let her off and they began to play and then all of a sudden she just started to attack the other dog, I managed to get her off straight away and there was no marks on either of them but I just can't put a finger on it why this happened.
Can anybody tell me the likeliness of why my behaved like this?
Now I would like to say that my family has owned the Rottweiler from her being a puppy but I never bothered with it when it was young and I know that my father who used to take her out never bothered to socialise her at all and in all likelihood I'm sure this is why she has turned out the way she has, do you think my assumption is correct?
There has been a few incidents in the past where it has either been she has taken a dislike to a dog straight away and has started to bark and growl and also where she was once okay with the dog and then (why?) decided to attack the dog.
Is the poor socialising more than likely the reason for this aggression?
As you can imagine, I feel very embarrassed for the way her behaviour is and I would just love it if she would play friendly with other dogs at all times and not decided to suddenly go off on one and attack other dogs - I understand dogs are like humans and not all dogs will get on but I mean where she will welcome new dogs approaching her or if she is off the lead she won't just go and try and attack other dogs.
I keep her on the lead at all times but try my best to socialise her by letting her go up to other dogs but for some reason she appears to be nervous around some dogs and gets really defensive and has barked and even tried to attack some dogs, why is she doing this and how can I prevent this and stop it completely?
Cheers, Peter.