marlet

[marlet]

hello all 
We recently adopted a 2-year-old greyhound x wolfhound. She doesn't come from a racing background and all I know of her past is that she was with a family that had to relocate before she came to us.
She is the most amazing, loving dog and super friendly when running free, but gets pretty aggressive / excited when she spots another dog while walking on a leash. 
We have only had her for about 2 months now, so still getting to know each other, but as a result I have been very hesitant to take her to the dog park with other dogs around, not knowing how she might react and not wanting to put other peoples dogs in possible danger.  We have found a large fenced in field that she has all to herself and can get a proper sprint in, but I think she might miss running with other fur friends and don't want to deprive her of socialising with other dogs if it can be helped. 

We do think her "aggression" might just be excitement and wanting to go play with other dogs (we have had play dates with friends and their dogs in a controlled environment and as soon as the leash came off they were all great friends) 

Any advice on how we might be able to manage this behaviour would be greatly appreciated.

thanks again and kind regards
Marlet from South Africa.

[JaimeL]

Others will surely have some good advice, I just wanted to say congrats and what a cutie!

[marlet]

  thank you, yeah she is the best...

[greysmom]

You can deal with leash reactivity.  It takes a bit of work, but so worth it for everyone's happiness.  I hope you can see this link.  You probably can't order it from Amazon US, but you should be able to find it online somewhere you can.  Available as an e-book and paperback.

Feisty Fido: Help for the Leash Reactive Dog

[Jerilyn]

I don't have anything useful to add, but what a cutie!  I'm sure she'll figure things out quickly and settle down.

And welcome! I think you're the first South African I've seen here.

Edited July 23, 2020 by Jerilyn

[MerseyGrey]

On 7/22/2020 at 5:39 PM, greysmom said:

You can deal with leash reactivity.  It takes a bit of work, but so worth it for everyone's happiness.  I hope you can see this link.  You probably can't order it from Amazon US, but you should be able to find it online somewhere you can.  Available as an e-book and paperback.

Feisty Fido: Help for the Leash Reactive Dog

I used this book after recommendations on here and it has certainly helped my dog become more tolerant. I got it on kindle and it was a very quick and simple read.

Your pup is a big fluffy cutie! I love the fuzzy ones!