Comment to 'dog agression'
Comment to dog agression
  • Boss, the white male bulldog, is not as much dog aggressive as he is "dog dominant" if there is such a term. Boss can deal with other dogs but he can only tolerate so much. I don't think I have ever seen him raise his hackles or do much displaying. Boss has been taught to ignore other dogs. He does a pretty good job at this, He ignores older dogs, likes puppies and tolerates overtly friendly dogs that we happen to run into. But he tends to want to put aggressive large males in "their place." Boss seems to think that, since I named him Boss, that all other males should show him difference. If the dog is not older, overtly friendly or too pushy Boss tends to punk him off. His body will stiffen and he will give the other dog a really, really dirty but oddly calm look. He started doing this when he was about six months old. We where at the park and Boss was sleeping. An off leash dog ran up to about 10 feet from Boss, I was reading and did not see it, and started barking. Boss stood up, made eye contact and very casually starts to stroll in its direction. I snapped the leash to make Boss calm down. Too most people he did not look pissed off but believe me he was. That's why I never go to dog parks. Bunch of off leash dogs running around humping each other and snarling. Ain't no place for my dogs. I guess you could Boss is DA but at a level that I can manage and tolerate. I am not sure about Pattys DA because she seems to follow Boss. If he is cool she is cool. If he is upset she is upset. Honestly I tend to like a bit of fire in the dogs I own.