Just to put a smile on rb owners faces

piperh

I've just got back from doggy play and my big daft brute decided he wanted to play with the biggest dog there which happened to be the Akita. He ran up to it barking (puppy tail wagging barking) jumping all over it. The Akita put up with this for 5mins before giving him a look that said grow up and walked off. Clyde proceded to follow it around for the next half an hour before the Akita finally gave in and played football with him :D. Not once did the Akita show the slightest bit of impatience with the big bouncing puppy.

Goes to show you shouldn't (not that i would) judge a dog specifically by its breed.

Shanao

Welcome to my world. Although, if that had been my akita, he would have been delighted, started playing with your dog instantly and ended up sleeping with your dog lying on top of him, (which always seems to happen with other dogs for some reason?) He is most definitely the best behaved dog I've ever had and brilliant with other dogs, even intact males.

piperh

It was so funny to watch and just made me laugh at some of the sterotyping rbs get, if only people could see them for the lovely individuals they are.

jinxycat

Reading this put a smile on my face as i've an Akita, and then later on it made me laugh as it's actually a "deja vu" moment for me lol:D

Oranage2

was walking my dog today and an unleashed unmuzzled pit bull started playing with my dog. an bit later a Yorki tried to rip the throat out of my dog. it really all depend on the individual dog

The Sweeper

piperh wrote: »

I've just got back from doggy play and my big daft brute decided he wanted to play with the biggest dog there which happened to be the Akita. He ran up to it barking (puppy tail wagging barking) jumping all over it. The Akita put up with this for 5mins before giving him a look that said grow up and walked off. Clyde proceded to follow it around for the next half an hour before the Akita finally gave in and played football with him :D. Not once did the Akita show the slightest bit of impatience with the big bouncing puppy.

Goes to show you shouldn't (not that i would) judge a dog specifically by its breed.

piperh, it's really sweet that your pup is so playful and that you're giving him the opportunity to socialise. Just be a little careful though - if your pup had the opportunity to pester an adult Akita for 35 minutes it really is testament to the Akita's temperament that your pup didn't get smacked down.

Another dog may have chosen to put your pup in his place (for instance, went for him, grabbed him by the neck and held him down - maximum scare, minimum damage) - and usually when that happens in a public space like a dog park, there is a fairly hysterical reaction from all human parties involved.

I'm not trying to rain on your parade particularly, and obviously the actual story may have been a bit different and you were just exaggerating some elements for the positive, but from your post it sounds like you allowed your pup to pester another dog for half an hour, and honestly I think that's a bad idea.

My own dog can be pretty full on at times - he plays best with bigger dogs, like malamutes, huskies, boxers, because he's physically very full on when he plays. It's up to me to stop him bouncing all over a dog that doesn't like it, because if he uses his 'HAI! WANNA BE FLATTENED?' tactics on a dog that's not up for it, and that dog retaliates, it would be unfair of me to accuse the retaliating dog of unwarranted aggression.

The worst thing in the world to me is my rude dog bounces on another dog before I can stop him, the other dog issues a correction - growl, snap, bit of bluster - and the owner of the other dog catches and slaps their dog for its actions.

piperh

The Sweeper wrote: »

piperh, it's really sweet that your pup is so playful and that you're giving him the opportunity to socialise. Just be a little careful though - if your pup had the opportunity to pester an adult Akita for 35 minutes it really is testament to the Akita's temperament that your pup didn't get smacked down.

Another dog may have chosen to put your pup in his place (for instance, went for him, grabbed him by the neck and held him down - maximum scare, minimum damage) - and usually when that happens in a public space like a dog park, there is a fairly hysterical reaction from all human parties involved.

I'm not trying to rain on your parade particularly, and obviously the actual story may have been a bit different and you were just exaggerating some elements for the positive, but from your post it sounds like you allowed your pup to pester another dog for half an hour, and honestly I think that's a bad idea.

My own dog can be pretty full on at times - he plays best with bigger dogs, like malamutes, huskies, boxers, because he's physically very full on when he plays. It's up to me to stop him bouncing all over a dog that doesn't like it, because if he uses his 'HAI! WANNA BE FLATTENED?' tactics on a dog that's not up for it, and that dog retaliates, it would be unfair of me to accuse the retaliating dog of unwarranted aggression.

The worst thing in the world to me is my rude dog bounces on another dog before I can stop him, the other dog issues a correction - growl, snap, bit of bluster - and the owner of the other dog catches and slaps their dog for its actions.

I understand what you're saying Sweeper and trust me my 30kg pain was continually corrected and bought out of the situation by both me and the trainer but literally every time he was released back to play he made a beeline for the Akita. I would never have blamed the other dog or the owner for anything that happened, I knew the situation i was walking into. It was in an enclosed room and all owners and dogs know each other well as we attend the same classes together at least twice a week. There are 2 trainers in each session and an adult per dog. I understand how quickly these situations can turn.

Unfortunatly there is no dog park around here so that situation is unlikely to occur but they would be quickly leashed in the event they pestered any dog they did meet, we have a couple of places that they can run free but encountering another dog is rare and in town situations they are leashed.

The Sweeper

aaaah okay, didn't understand it was a training session and supervised.

Good to hear you have a 30kg pain in the arse too.

"What breed is your dog?"
"He's a PITA."

There are no dog parks near me, so I can't bring my guy to socialise with other dogs. The best I can do is socialisation at training. My dog's a shocker - part personality, part unfortunate circumstances. In spite of being desexed at 12 weeks, he's a humper - he has to be supervised with other dogs all the time or off he goes, mounting and humping. After the first few corrections you don't have to take him by the collar, he just stops, but he'd keep at it if allowed.

My guy wasn't socialised up to 12 weeks and couldn't be socialised from 12 - 16 weeks due to ringworm (no class would have him until he had the all-clear). Waiting list for a class meant first time at class was 20 weeks. His best friend was an 8 month old boxer bitch, bigger than him then and very, very boisterous - so he learned all his bouncing brat skills from her.

piperh

The Sweeper wrote: »

aaaah okay, didn't understand it was a training session and supervised.

Good to hear you have a 30kg pain in the arse too.

"What breed is your dog?"
"He's a PITA."

There are no dog parks near me, so I can't bring my guy to socialise with other dogs. The best I can do is socialisation at training. My dog's a shocker - part personality, part unfortunate circumstances. In spite of being desexed at 12 weeks, he's a humper - he has to be supervised with other dogs all the time or off he goes, mounting and humping. After the first few corrections you don't have to take him by the collar, he just stops, but he'd keep at it if allowed.

My guy wasn't socialised up to 12 weeks and couldn't be socialised from 12 - 16 weeks due to ringworm (no class would have him until he had the all-clear). Waiting list for a class meant first time at class was 20 weeks. His best friend was an 8 month old boxer bitch, bigger than him then and very, very boisterous - so he learned all his bouncing brat skills from her.

My pain in ass beast is 30kg and still only 7mnths old, we were told he's a wheaten/lab x but the vet, vet nurses, trainers and everybody else seems to think he's wheaten/wolfhound cross:eek::eek: He just keeps on growing.

Not fun for you and slightly embarrassing when somebody new come to class i'd imagine Not the poor boys fault. Socialisation is so important when young it can make all the difference, i have 2 (different litter) 7mnth olds and have been taking them to class since they were 14wks but cus they rough and tumble with each other sometimes they forget other dogs don't want to play like that lol.