lunging aggressively....

Hi there,
We have 2 rescue greyhounds, Phil is very much the boss and Paris his follower. After a good long walk this morning we met some fellow greyhound owners and their sweeties. Paris was friendly, head down happy to smell and be smelt and seemed completely at ease.
Phil lunged and snapped and i had to stand away from the group with him. We got chatting to the owners and once the initial meeting was over he seemed to calm down but i still didnt let him get too close for fear of him snapping again. Is there any way we can stop him doing this or will this be a long term behaviour issue when meeting other dogs?
Phil is quite dominant with paris at home which we have tried to correct and help the balance, The kennels suggested we feed Paris first every time, Put her lead on first etc and we have been doing all that. Is this lunging and snapping all to do with protecting Paris and us? is he being overly dominant?
We have booked a visit from a local dog behaviourist on saturday. Although we havent had the dogs for long we want to make sure we are getting things right from the start so behaviours dont become habits.
Any advice would be much appreciated. Thank you.
Clare xx

The best thing is to wait to see what the behaviourist says.

Do you know whether they have experience of greyhounds?

Hi hali, not sure if she has had experience with greyhounds or not. Guess we'll just have to wait and see. A lady we met yesterday has given us the number of a lady a little way away from us that does classes just for greyhounds so we might give that a try.
clare x

When you say you havent had your dogs for long, how long have you had them ?

Hi stephanie we've had them 4 weeks now. The behaviourist didnt seem particularly good to be honest. Also we went to the kennels yesterday and the kennel staff said Phil was fine with other dogs when he was at the kennels
Another man there said he might be being overly protective of me and my OH and Paris. Is there anything we can do to let him know he doesnt need to be so protective?

I am just about to leave work but will PM you later

Just pm'd you stephanie, sorry i missed you yesterday!

Hi Clare

It was lovely talking to you - hope the advice helps. Give Phil and Paris a hug from me and keep me posted on the progress. If you need to talk you can always get me on {phone number removed, please PM the poster}
Take Care
Steph

Thanks so much for all your advice Steph, really appreciate you taking the time to help out us dog novices! I've just written up some notes so i dont forget anything for when my OH gets home. Thanks again, looking forward to trying the new ideas. I'll keep you posted.
Clare, Phil and Paris xxx

Hi,
This seems to be the same issue that we have now!
I have 2 bassetts - you may have seen my other posts a while ago. Our older one has started to snap at other dogs too when we meet them. But no all other dogs !!
He goes up with a wagging tail and then lunges. We have tried letting him up to sniff the other dogs first and then the younger one and also the other way round. It doesn't matter but either way he goes for the other dog. If we pull him away he goes for our younger one (displacement aggression I have been told). There is no telling why and when he does this. It has been a couple of months now. I don't want them not to socialise with other dogs but now have a fear of him hurting some one or another dog. If he snaps and can't get a grip of another dog, or the younger one he tries to turn on me but then realises that he can't.

Hope you get your problem sorted - it sounds quite similar to mine!!