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23-11-2011, 06:35 PM
Originally Posted by Dobermann 
Dogs he would have ignored barking at him, he would react completely different towards, when walking with a female.
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23-11-2011, 06:35 PM
Originally Posted by Maisiesmum
Well this lab does think he is part of the family. Tara gets on better with him than our own dogs. He was a pup when I started walking him and Tara was less than a year. Sweet!
Loui has a girl too but when another girl comes and they go off and play without him, he just looks really "sulky"
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23-11-2011, 06:43 PM
Originally Posted by Dobermann
Loui has a girl too but when another girl comes and they go off and play without him, he just looks really "sulky"
If the lab plays with another bitch Tara splits them up. And they say dogs don't get jealous!
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23-11-2011, 11:48 PM
Originally Posted by smokeybear
No it is not the same thing at all, and if he was being "protective" what was he being protective of, if not the owner?
Originally Posted by Ben Mcfuzzylugs
I said about the 'getting in between' thing because that can be a collie thing anyway
I call Ben the fun police sometimes because when some of his friends are getting a bit too rough he will put himself between them and try and split them up
Paddy is usually at the end of it, coz he gets too boisterous, especially with Jake's wee girlfriend, Willow He also does it if another dog is hassling another. Louie, the EBT, is only 9 months old and he can be a real pest... especially with the females! Today, he was grabbing poor Button's tail, and she had to constantly tell him off... I could see Jake was keeping an eye on the situation, and then twice, he ran over and put himself between them. He didn't make contact, but he stared at Louie and followed him for a few feet when Louie walked away. After the second time, Louie left her alone
He can also be protective of Paddy, and if Paddy is getting worried about another dog, Jake gets in between them and will sometimes air snap at the other dog. He doesn't seem to do this with dogs he knows well and trusts (like when Paddy first met Louie he was terrified, Jake just looked at him like he was saying 'get over it'
), but he did it once with a dog who he does know, but can be unpredictable and gets a bit OTT. Jake and Zach used to play all the time, but last year the fireworks sent him loopy and in the one walk, Zach kept snapping in Jake's face and then aggressively pinned Willow to the ground. Jake is ok with Zach, but he has never since played with Zach, and so I think that is why he got protective over Paddy when he first met Zach
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24-11-2011, 03:30 AM
Originally Posted by Krusewalker
sorry I'm not getting your drift
this is probably rooted in his anxiety over these dogs, not a sense of protectiveness as such.
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