To friendly????

Rosieposie · 12-28-2009, 06:45 AM

I have recently rescued my first boxer, i can not fault this dog in the house, with my son, on the lead or with people.....but when he See's other dogs he is just mad to say hello, i don't think he is looking for a fight but he comes across so over the top that i think he frightens the other dog which in turn makes them lash out. I do not want him on the lead for the rest of his life and he does get to run free at the beach when i have walked to the other end of it and checked for other dogs. He still has his crown jewels and i am not a fan of having them removed, but does anyone think it would help???

daisy'smom · 12-28-2009, 08:29 AM

When I had Daisy and she would see other dogs when she was on the leash she would go nuts. Off the leash at the dog park she was OK. Maybe try a high value treat when she sees other dogs and is calm.

KeeperBoy · 12-28-2009, 08:33 AM

Personally, taking an unaltered male off lead is probably not the best plan anyways. A lot of dog parks in our area won't even let unaltered males in.

I would meet with a professional dog trainer to see what they think of the behavior. He could be overly excited, but he could also be fearful or anxious. Even if he is acting out of friendliness, some professional training could help curb the behavior.

Rosieposie · 12-28-2009, 10:40 AM

Yes he does love his treats i will try that and i am booked in with a trainer the end of Jan. On the lead he will just trot past another dog, but if he See's a dog in the distance and is off the lead he has to say hello. Unfortunately we don't have dog parks over here (Ireland) But my house is a 5 min walk from a very big beach. But had some success today and managed a whole hour off the lead, where he ran and ran and ran, was great to watch.

AussieGirl · 12-29-2009, 03:14 AM

with the above posts and would probably add that recall training is a MUST I would make sure he has FANTASTIC recall before letting him off lead, the link to my favourite recall training article doesn't seem to work anymore but I found

Teaching a Reliable Recall

Magic Emergency Recall Cue

I did notice the first article says to take them for a walk on a "flexi" I assume this means one of those retractable leads - I would not use one, I used a lightweight length of rope with a lead clip on it and at first would hold the end while we recalled her, it just means that if they don't listen you can use the rope to get them back to you thus enforcing the recall and teaching them they MUST come EVERY time they are recalled (a super juicy treat is a must each time they come

), after a while we let it drag on the ground behind her so it is there in an emergency if we need it, when she is past her teen stage we hope to do away with it all together.

Rosieposie · 12-29-2009, 04:43 AM

Thanks for the articles, very helpful and i do have a long light weight rope and will now go on a mission to get his recall up to scratch, your very right if he had a great recall there would be no problem 99% of the time. And have managed to get him to sit, lie down on command something he did not do a week ago and that was all done with treats.
Did work with Dogs in England, mostly GSDs, these boxers are a breed in a league all of there own.