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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a dog who is super-friendly and loves all dogs except this one GSD who we occasionally see out on walks. They've never met or even been within 20 ft of each other, but my dog goes absolutely bananas when he sees that GSD. No idea why so we just avoid that dog. If we're out on a walk and see him in the distance, we do an emergency U-turn. Fortunately, that dog does not live next door to us (sorry, OP). Our trainer said that sometimes this happens and the best thing we can do is teach out dog to focus on us when walking.[/quote] I do this as much as I can. I never walk by his house, but he always walks his dog by mine, I yes his route. If I see him out the window I’ll close my blinds so my dog doesn’t get a glance. If I’m about to walk my dog I always check to see if he is walking by. If he is I’ll wait until I know he’s down the street and around the corner, and I’ll go in a different direction with mine. But yeah, it’s hard to completely avoid them as they are 2 houses down from me.

It’s not often that we both happen to be outside at the same time with our dogs, but it was really bad yesterday. I’m still thinking about it and I feel terrible about it. [/quote]

The dog can pick up on your anxiety/tension that you feel from history with this dog, which now will be increased since the incident. I'd practice snapping him out of his reactivity and bringing his focus back to you/calming down, whether indoors or outdoors. Sorry, OP. Sounds like you are doing well with having his place for him to go and he did obey. So you have a good foundation to build on. [/quote]

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