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Related to my prior post about my fearful dog, here's a video of my dog doing her favorite thing - chasing a big dog on the other side of a fence.
THis behavior actually started a Human fight last year. One guy on the small dog side always yells at his dogs & sprays tehm with water when they start running (yes - IN the park). When my little dog was chasing like in this video, he approached me and asked why I allow my dog to do what she is doing. He complained that she is riling up the other dogs (on the contrary, it was common for many of the humans i the park to say "Hooray, Cocoa is here. Now our dogs will get some running in" when we arrived).
I just responded that she likes to run, but then the owner of the Pit that she ran with got in the middle telling that guy to mind his own business, etc., and the two of them got into a fight. The Pit's owner was pushed by the guy who complained, but did not respond in kind (He happens to be involved in professional sports and he knew better than to fight anyone). But lots of nasty words before they both walked away.
SO -is my dog showing aggression towards the bigger dogs, or is she just having fun? Or is she showing fear?
What do y'all think?
BTW - in the video, my dog is the one in the pink shirt, and the one with the high pitched bark.
Oh no, doesn't look like aggression to me. My sister's yorkies did the same with a bigger dog and he loves it. Your dog was just having some fun and being hyper. Chasing others and being chased is a common game dogs play.
The funny thing about this Pit - when no one was chasing, he'd sit by the fence looking into the small dog park & actually cry. He really loved playing chase.
Unfortunately, the owner got another Pit - it was actually this one's sister, and if any other dog got near that one, he'd attack it. They eventually had to stop coming to the park. I heard that the prior owner & this owner tried many different typres of therapies to stop that dog's aggressiveness but not yet successful. So here were two siblings with totally opposite personalities.
Looks like play to me. No aggressive barks or snaps (some inviting barks, but I didn't hear or see aggressiveness), the waiting at certain points to cue the other dog, the third dog trying to join in... Dogs just having dog fun.
My Taffy is a runner for play (when not fetching a ball), and Tuck wrestles for play - different dogs, different "play" styles. Looks to me like you have a dog that runs for play.
Personally I am not a fan of dog parks, but I am fortunate that I have a couple of farm fields in walking distance, and a couple of beach parks locally for off leash play for my dogs, and I have 3 dogs (and a foster for a few months), so the dogs have known play mates, and a single human authority when they are out romping.
I don't bring my dog to the dog park to run and bark at dogs along the fence so I would definitely redirect my dog if she tried that. I consider it fence fighting. It's a bad habit and I would discourage it. Just my .02
Looks like play to me. No aggressive barks or snaps (some inviting barks, but I didn't hear or see aggressiveness), the waiting at certain points to cue the other dog, the third dog trying to join in... Dogs just having dog fun.
My Taffy is a runner for play (when not fetching a ball), and Tuck wrestles for play - different dogs, different "play" styles. Looks to me like you have a dog that runs for play.
Personally I am not a fan of dog parks, but I am fortunate that I have a couple of farm fields in walking distance, and a couple of beach parks locally for off leash play for my dogs, and I have 3 dogs (and a foster for a few months), so the dogs have known play mates, and a single human authority when they are out romping.
You are lucky. No beaches here. I take my dog on off leash hikes but I have to be careful because other dogs and people are around. I honestly hate dog parks but I have setter and she needs to be able to run safely off leash. Sometimes I take her at 430-500am just so I can avoid other dogs.
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