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Hi, I feel this is a stupid question but I do tend to overthink and worry! We have a 2 year old doodle. He did suffer with a little bit of fear reactivity as a puppy which was to bigger dogs on leash (the ones that stand and stare and give off spooky vibes) I’ve handled this with lots of sausage when we walk past dogs and it’s worked a treat. He now looks at me when a dog approaches and waits for his treat!
my questions is if we approach a very reactive dog unexpectedly (and I usually avoid dogs we don’t know like the plague) and that dog goes nuts my dog will bark back (not normally as crazy though) There’s dogs we have got to know that are reactive and my dog doesn’t react back at those through (guess because he knows them)
Part of me feels that it’s normal for a dog to bark back at another behaving in a threatening way (although I won’t encourage this and avoid these dogs when I can) He’s very poodle like and just interested in his ball and just likes to run with other dogs (he’s really stopped bothering with other dogs since he became 2, which is great)
Do any of your dogs bark back at reactive dogs?
Thank you
my questions is if we approach a very reactive dog unexpectedly (and I usually avoid dogs we don’t know like the plague) and that dog goes nuts my dog will bark back (not normally as crazy though) There’s dogs we have got to know that are reactive and my dog doesn’t react back at those through (guess because he knows them)
Part of me feels that it’s normal for a dog to bark back at another behaving in a threatening way (although I won’t encourage this and avoid these dogs when I can) He’s very poodle like and just interested in his ball and just likes to run with other dogs (he’s really stopped bothering with other dogs since he became 2, which is great)
Do any of your dogs bark back at reactive dogs?
Thank you