Why adolescent male being set upon by other male dogs?

Well, it's great that you've had a couple of positive experiences. Things are looking up!

That wolfie dog would've had me nervous too. Glad it all turned out well.

 

Hi Beanwood

my dogs have been attacked by huskies so many times I actively avoid them now unless I know them and am sure of them. I have one that lives next door and it is vile. Its has had my old male dog round the throat twice (after crashing through a fence) and i had to hit it with a bucket to make it let go. Its bitten my small female and general intimidates and threatens my dogs and me all day and everyday. We have put up new fencing and it will be through that soon. It growls at me all the time and tries to get me when I do anything in the garden. It has smashed the fence on the other side and the guy who lives there only just managed to avoid being seriously attacked. by holding a door shut on it as it attacked. Its poorly socialised and human and dog aggresive but the owners? still think he's gentle?
We have (the neighbours) told them that if anything happens again we will call the dog warden and the police but its horrible living next to a dog that you know is going to really hurt someone whether its a dog or human in the future. I used feel sorry for it its outside in all weathers and seems lonely, but I'm just really frightened of it now.
I think its very dangerous
S

 

We have some issues with Finn, our 20 month old lab too! He is a very active boy. When we go out and he is of lead he will run into cats, other dogs, people, people on bikes and there are a lot of in the Netherlands....etc... He also tends to bark when he runs towards them! On lead he will pull me over, I can't hold him, he is too strong. When we are on holiday he goes in a pension with other dogs. The woman who is taking care of him had once asked us to let him neutered. I was very reluctant and also popped the question here on this forum, which made me more convinced not to do so.

After a while I talked to the dog walkers, who is a qualified dog walker and has also learned for dog behavour. And she had always worked at a vet, also taken care of stray dogs and re socializing other dogs. So she has a lot of experience. She is the one who walk our 2 labs. When Finn comes out of the car and he sees people or other dogs, they can't hold him too and he runs of, loud barking to the people or other dogs. Other dogs are also afraid of him! As he is walking with the dog walker, he is in a group of dogs. He is very excited, runs a lot, but not hostile of any kind.

We did let him to be neutered. His behavior hasn't changed. More or less he is more anxious. My husband went to dog training again. We did that from pup of. When my husband is on the field amongst the other people with all sorts of dogs, he barks most of the time! Quite annoying!

When I walk the dog I use a halty. It's a band around the nose. He can do everything with it, but no pulling on the lead, no more running off. It's the only way I can handle him!

Our oldest lab of almost 10, Euan, has picked up his behavior! He would never bark, now he is doing this. The only thing he won't do is running away to others. It's only the barking he took over.

The neutering hasn't helped, so I don't think it is about a intact or not male. As someone already wrote it's more in the genes, and of course the environment.

I or I must say we are also at a loss how to handle this young fellow. He is brought up with a bottle, he didn't have a mother who took care of him. He was the smallest one when born, had the lowest weight of all pups. I think the absence of a mother has made him like this. He has still puppy behavior. He "drinks" from his cuddle!!

Annemarie

 

Just a little update on Shadow. He's met lots of dogs over the last couple of weeks, of both sexes, both entire and neutered. We've had no more instances of him being set upon. There have been a few growls here and there, but that's it. He's really relaxed around bitches and now I can relax when there are boys around, too. The rescue family dogs we had growing up were always iffy with other dogs, as is my sister's cocker and sister-in-law's Tibetan terrier, so it's such a relief to me that I now appear to have two dogs that are able to be around others without any problems.

 

thats so great. He sounds like he's going to become a real star as he gets older