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Sasha

Sasha - always ready for- fun		 
 
Barked: Sat Dec 15, '07 8:26am PST 
Sasha, our mostly ACD used to love almost all other dogs when she was younger. Now she has become very picky about which dogs she will become friends with. She still loves her original dog friends, but when she meets a new dog she is now very suspicious and often immediately snarls and growls after the initial sniff and often nips at the other dogs face. This initiated a fight with a large standard poodle male she met yesterday ( no one was hurt, just alot of noise). Now I am wary of taking her to the dog park anymore. Conversely she sometimes accepts an new dog immediately. There was a tiny toy poodle loose when I was walking in our neighborhood, but she immediately greeted him with a wagging tail. I cant figure out which dogs she will like and which she won't. This makes it hard to get together with people with other dogs for play time, walking etc. Does anyone know what could set off an immediate dislike to another dog and how I can handle this? I would like her to be sociable to all to the greatest extent possible. Thanks to your advice. Jeff And Sasha
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Hannah 1995 - 2007

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Barked: Tue Dec 25, '07 11:42am PST 
Hannah was part ACD too and I think that this tends to be a breed issue . You might want to post in the ACD forum too. What to do? I never figured it out completely. I do know that when I would get nervous when she would be near a new dog it made it worse. Leashes made it worse too. Good lick.
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