getting older.. "aggressive" ?

jsabina

Here I am again with Jago issues


Now Jago is 10 months old.. neutered male..
The first most important thing for me is that I didn't want him to become aggressive with dogs.
For this reason I started socialising as much as I could, puppy classes etc.
He has been always very good and "submissive" when other dogs were dominant with him.

Two days ago he was without lead in front of my house.
A guy passed by with a dog on lead because a bit aggressive.
Jago usually doesn't care... this time he started running around him barking in a non friendly way... not too scary, the guy and the other dogs were fine.
I have been able to stop him quite quickly, but not straigh away.

Today we were out for the evening walk.
Everything good, met other dogs and fine.
Then we passed by a guy with a german sheperd.
He stopped as I suppose the dog was aggressive.
Both on lead.
Jago started with a not friendly growl.
I said no and he walked away with no problem.


Soooo... what's happening here???
Getting older?
What should I do?

My goals are

1. I want him to be friendly with ALL dogs :P if another dog is not friendly he should just not care :eek:
or
2. I want to be able to control him very well and stop him straight away even if he is not on lead

Now, I know it's asking a lot, but I think is the minimum to have a nice life.

What I am doing now is:

day care once a week, he has no problem
he has been 15 days in a kennel daycare holidays free all together no problem
every weekend walks with other dogs and people in different places
daily walks on lead and off lead where safe but not always meeting dogs

My plan is to go to an obedience course hopefully in september.

What do you think?
Which are the best things to do?
Trainings or something?

I am really serious in this thing because my previous dog around 1 year became aggressive with dogs and our life has been more difficult and he enjoyed much less everything!

Thanks and sorry for the long post :P

Rigsby

You dont say where you are based, so assuming it is in Dublin. I intend to bring my dog to "Dog Training Ireland". My dog also has problems when approached by other dogs.

This training centre seems to have a lot of recommendations from people here on "Boards".

http://www.dogtrainingireland.ie/home.php

fatmammycat

He maturing and testing his boundries a little and also probably a little fearful, which can happen when dogs begin to mature.
I'd go right back to basics with training, lots of redirection when he begins to get stressed and praise praise praise when he ignores the other dog or does not react in a negative way. Make sure the focus is on you, rather than the other dog. You can't, by the way, make him be friends with every dog, some dogs don't like each other, and that's that. But you can train him to behave accordingly, whether he likes them or not.

jsabina

Yes,
we will go to dog training ireland, we did there the puppy classes.
I think as well he is testing, today all fine, I will do more training with him now.

Thanks