juli
05-03-2006, 03:10 AM
Hi, i'm new to the site and need some advice. I have a border collie who is 18 months old and good as gold, two weeks ago we got a rescue dog a jack russell that was going to be abandoned, he lived on a farm with three big dogs and i presume that he had to fight for everything. first time he met our other dog he went for him and we had to introduce them very slowly, now they are best of friends and stick up for each other and spend their whole day playing and snuggling up together. The trouble is that when he sees a strange dog he goes mad, snapping and jumping around barking and growling, we never let him off the lead but i'm always wary of other dogs not on leads that come close to investigate, how can i calm him down and get him to realise that not all dogs are going to hurt him. He seems to calm down quicker if the other dog is on a lead as well, but still has the same initial reaction. We introduced him to my fiances mothers two jack russell at the weekend and after ten minutes of snapping, snarling, and trying to go for them (he was on a lead and had muzzle on ) he was then running around and playing with them. I don't have the luxury of the ten minute introduction with dogs we meet on walks. We have a field right opposite our house where i take them for a walk but unfortunately we never seem to see the same dog twice so he can't get used to them.