Enzo is actually pretty submissive and in this case he was just defending himself. The other dog was big and very dominant and pinned him so they were rolling around in the dirt attacking each other. I hope this doesn’t make him think he always needs to be defensive with other males.
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Hazel_1914
Dog park, training session, or just out & about? This is wild.
Callistemon
Sorry about this. I have perpetual problems with idiots because my rescue dog doesn't like being approached and jumped on by strange dogs. So I put her on the leash when there's dogs that look badly controlled, and then often we have to put ourselves between our dog and other people's leaping, uncontrolled dogs, sometimes have to kick at them when they won't go away...
Callistemon
...and then we often get owners telling us, "Why are you doing that? My dog is friendly. If your dog isn't, don't bring it here."
Chatted to the ranger and the etiquette is, other dogs should not be allowed to approach people, or dogs on leads, unless they are invited to. Try explaining that to people...
Chatted to the ranger and the etiquette is, other dogs should not be allowed to approach people, or dogs on leads, unless they are invited to. Try explaining that to people...