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Hello. I posted back in April about 2 year old my border collie/lab mix Sage. I rescued her from the pound in January. She was fine for a few months of her honeymoon period, then started chasing, snapping, stalking,nipping and grabbing strange dogs we met off leash. Then she started developing interdog leash aggression when we kept her on leash. No aggression towards humans, no chasing kids, bicycles, etc. She is pretty shy and nervous around strange dogs and we think she has a combination of fear aggression and herding control issues. Anyway, we have kept her on leash for several months, really working hard on positive reinforcement of appropriate behavior, desensitizing and counterconditioning her with hotdogs when she is behaving appropriately in the presence of other dogs, distracting her with "look at me" and giving her commands, etc. She has done great and the leash aggression is minimal now. My question is this, she was doing so well we tried her off leash again with a dog she was friendly with but used to do some of the chasing bullying stuff with. She started right back in with chasing her, grabbing her neck and growling, nipping, etc. Didn't hurt the dog, who was trying to play but getting intimidated. Any suggestions on how to modify this instinct? I know she will always have this urge, the guidance I have gotten has been to keep up with the obedience and recall and keep her focused on us when she is trying to bully other dogs. I guess, though, I want her to play and be friendly with other dogs. She does have some dog friends and plays very normally with them, so she can do it, but some dogs she just acts like they are sheep and wants to control them I guess. Any thoughts on how to teach her this is rude and to guide her to more normal play?