- Nov 17, 2025
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First of all this thread is NOT about dog rings, the objective is to enhance our experience in dog conflicts when they accidentally happen
Yesterday I was in the park with a friends little brother, they also have a gsd and at first he was on the leash cause he was agitated and there were more dogs around; once there were only us in the park and since our dogs are used to each other, he unleashed his gsd;
I threw the stick and his gsd ran with mine pushing her with his shoulder in a way she didn't like and they fought
I broke the fight and since I don't like leaving with the dogs when conflicts happen cause it worses any possible trauma, i told him to get his gsd back into the leash and walk his dog around close to mine to let him sniff, relax and remake his bond with my gsd
After awhile we unleashed his gsd again and it was fine until I threw another stick and his gsd attacked again, this time my hound; my hound plays with this gsd more than my gsd cause my gsd grew a mature lady that is more into being the fun police than getting into boy's foolishness and it was the first time his gsd and my hound fought; after this we started to observe that this (male) gsd might have some possessiveness with objects
After I broke this fight we saw his gsds front leg bleeding, not sure if caused by my gsd or my hound, but he was walking just fine nevertheless
We stood for awhile more before leaving, his gsd on the leash, looking to keep the dogs close to each other
Another thing I find important to tell is that, because of other conflicting situations, this kid (14) is getting anxious about going out with his dog, something I see happening every now and then, even with grown men
I told him that I feel it too sometimes but locking the dog in a safe box isn't the anwer and our courage must always be improved together with our dog knowledge to be able to give them the best life and that it was good that such situation happened with my dogs and not strangers
It was the second conflict this kid lived in the last days; a couple days before when I wasn't with him, he was with his gsd and his mutt, a dog attacked his mutt and his gsd defended his mutt
Now I'm speaking to his brother so we make these situations work to strengthen the kids experience with dogs rather than being traumatizing
Yesterday I was in the park with a friends little brother, they also have a gsd and at first he was on the leash cause he was agitated and there were more dogs around; once there were only us in the park and since our dogs are used to each other, he unleashed his gsd;
I threw the stick and his gsd ran with mine pushing her with his shoulder in a way she didn't like and they fought
I broke the fight and since I don't like leaving with the dogs when conflicts happen cause it worses any possible trauma, i told him to get his gsd back into the leash and walk his dog around close to mine to let him sniff, relax and remake his bond with my gsd
After awhile we unleashed his gsd again and it was fine until I threw another stick and his gsd attacked again, this time my hound; my hound plays with this gsd more than my gsd cause my gsd grew a mature lady that is more into being the fun police than getting into boy's foolishness and it was the first time his gsd and my hound fought; after this we started to observe that this (male) gsd might have some possessiveness with objects
After I broke this fight we saw his gsds front leg bleeding, not sure if caused by my gsd or my hound, but he was walking just fine nevertheless
We stood for awhile more before leaving, his gsd on the leash, looking to keep the dogs close to each other
Another thing I find important to tell is that, because of other conflicting situations, this kid (14) is getting anxious about going out with his dog, something I see happening every now and then, even with grown men
I told him that I feel it too sometimes but locking the dog in a safe box isn't the anwer and our courage must always be improved together with our dog knowledge to be able to give them the best life and that it was good that such situation happened with my dogs and not strangers
It was the second conflict this kid lived in the last days; a couple days before when I wasn't with him, he was with his gsd and his mutt, a dog attacked his mutt and his gsd defended his mutt
Now I'm speaking to his brother so we make these situations work to strengthen the kids experience with dogs rather than being traumatizing
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