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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have a medium-sized shepherd mix from a local rescue organization.  When we got her (as an adult) she was very dog-friendly and we went to dog parks, she went to doggie daycare, etc.  Over time she has become increasingly hostile to other dogs -- started with not liking the dog park, then to not liking her doggie "friends" when they came over, then to not liking daycare.  Earlier this year she bit a neighbor's leashed dog, completely unprovoked, while we were out for a leashed walk (did not draw blood, but still not acceptable).  We now consider her too unpredictable to allow near other dogs.

I do not know what has caused this -- she is maybe 5 or 6 years old, certainly slowing down but not old enough to be this cranky.  She gets long daily walks and has no health problems we've identified.  She is a great family dog, no food aggression or other issues, but we avoid all interactions with other dogs now.  I'm posting this to show that you can start out with an apparently well-socialized normal dog, and continue its socialization, and still have things go wrong.  There are no guarantees.[/quote]

This happened to my five year old jack but I know what caused it. I socialized her as a puppy and she was always fine but at one daycare she was attacked by another dog and since then she has been fearful of all dogs. As long as the other dogs don't come to close she is fine but if they sniff her butt she goes nuts. We have also had the unfortunate experience of walking by aggressive dogs that were not trained and would bark and snip at her.[/quote]

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