Ok. My dog was attacked at 13 weeks on lead. He has always been nervous of other dogs. Last summer, when he turned 1, he started to get a bit narky with other dogs if he had his ball. I stopped taking it out. This then progressed to jumping at the face of approaching dogs and making a lot of noise. I have worked hard since we saw a behaviourist last October to avoid him getting over threshold (basically, we've used BAT, treats when passing other dogs on lead and the ball as a distraction). This has gone really quite well, and I accept the fact that my dog will never really be the type to play happily with other dogs. He really would rather be ignored. He's a cocker/springer cross with bags of energy, so I do run him off lead. Today at the park (which was empty when I arrived), a small terrier came flying across the field towards us. Jas told it to naff off. It didn't. He tolerated another two minutes of being harrassed (owner was too far away to recall and made no move to come over) before really telling it to sod off. The other dog yelped, then barked in a pissed off way before finally leaving. Now, because my dog is reactive when approached, and I can't control other people and their dogs, do I need to muzzle my dog? I hasten to add that he never approaches other dogs, or people, but is very friendly to people if they attract his attention.
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