dog sigh

[pylduck]

If my dog were in school, he would totally not get the comment "plays well with others" on his report card. He's fine generally, but every few dog park visits, he decides that he must munch on a smaller dog and becomes fixated on him or her. I don't think he ever gets aggressive or breaks skin or anything, but he is so single-minded in playing with the dog that he knocks the dog over and chews on the dog. Often, the other dog yelps. And then Giles and I have to leave the dog park with our tails between our legs as the other owners shake their heads at us in shame.

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[poetofthefuture.livejournal.com]

Auf does that single-minded thing too. Of course, he has such a dramatic underbite that he can't really chew on another dog in any substantial or threatening way. Unless it's a Yorkie. Then, somehow, he manages.

[et-blackbird.livejournal.com]

My ex and I had similar problems with Scotty, his border collie. It turned out that he had too much testosterone, and a course of progesterone tablets helped immensely.

Other than that, retraining with a magic word might help. Let me know if you need details of what a magic word is.

yup

[pylduck.livejournal.com]

I'm convinced it's testosterone related with Giles. Also, we've been lax on training. He doesn't respond as much to us anymore, even when no dog or other exciting creature is around to distract him. What is a magic word?