Thanks for your advise are vet is very good and informed us of any risk, depends what you read, if she came in season then we would wait

i would think twice about neutering her in a 'fear stage' and with spring coming she is likely to be near a season...jmo.

eta...what do u mean @ the bit in bold?

http://www.caninesports.com/SpayNeuter.html

http://www.naiaonline.org/pdfs/LongT...uterInDogs.pdf

make SURE you are BETWEEN your dog, and the other dog/owner.

IME this just makes things worse. If Jake knows another dog it there, but I am blocking his view and he can't see what it is doing, he gets very het up. I've found it best to just totally ignore them, and praise him when he does too, rather than try to block them off after he has seen them.

I was just noting what has worked amazingly well for us. Our trainer suggested it and it has made a real difference. Now Dex is better, I don't have to be in between him and a friendly dog any longer, but while he was still lunging, it worked a treat.

Thanks you all for your advise, smokeybear thank you for the information.

In my opinion, that's a big part of why some dogs seem aggressive on lead!