Comments: Raising a dog-friendly dog

“I have a 4 year old pit-bull mix that I adopted from a resuce group a few years ago. She had alot of problems but has really come a long way. She is competely social towards people and almost all other dogs in the neighborhood. There is however, one dog that she had a run in with early on and now she absolutely hates this dog. She got out of our yard on two occassions and attacked the dog in his own yard. I don't know what to do. It seems to be just this one dog, like she's holding a grudge against this dog maybe with reason because the first attack was provoked by this dog. I think the neighbors are pretty fed up and I'm afraid animal control may get involved. How do you fix a problem when it seems to be dog aggression towards one particular dog???

Laura” — Laura, Jun 20 2009

“I have six month gorgeous labrador who is just SO full-on and enthusiastic around other puppies and children that its getting difficult to continue her socialisation, as she is now quite large and wont calm down. She went to preschool and has had lots of plays with kids and pups but she is just so agressively playful. Any advice?” — kmalss, Mar 16 2009

“i have a female pit that is 7 months old now,but ever since she was 9-10 weeks old she was aggressive over other dogs, she nearly killed 2 small dogs at 6 months when her jaw finally locked how do i get her to stop going after the 2 small ones?” — upbrotherhood, Feb 19 2009

“i have a 5 year old australian cattle dog who is skittish with other dogs but i would like to get another dog. What would you recommend?” — xmosoccer9x, Sep 29 2008

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