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It is unfortunate that some people bring aggressive, dangerous dogs to dog parks; hopefully our park will continue on its present track (without any real problems, with good dogs and owners). teacup dogs Chow dogs. L. GlissonP. S. teacup dogs Teacup dogs. The typical reaction of both my dogs, when they are "snapped at" by another dog, is to stand there without moving and stare them down, as if to say to them "What do you think you're doing?" 90% of the time this will make the other dog stop its bad behavior. I do not deny that they would fight back if pushed, but the average dog out there does not want to mess with a dog that shows no fear toward them. Not all of the other dogs have the high level of confidence my dogs have; I realize I am lucky in that respect, also. teacup dogs Dogs. Confidence is perhaps more important than toughness, as far as keeping the peace at our little dog park. SECOND RESPONSE:You do not need to send your URL on your dog park. I would not consider adding any information on something I am so strongly against and know that I am right. I think your quote "I realize I am fortunate to have two relatively large dogs with at least somewhat good fighting ability, should an 'incident' occur," indicates that you are out of touch with reality and are living in a dream world. To TopQUESTION:I have been reading your Q&A section, and have found several articles very useful for our problem, specifically the one about the dog that wouldn't come when called. Our problem is this: We take our Kimba, a neutered, 1 yr old male Rhodesian Ridgeback, everyday to an off-leash park to run/walk/play (I know that you are not an advocate of dog parks, but please hear me out). We often walk with friends who also have two RR's - Rio, a female littermate of Kimba's, and Rocco, a 4 yr old neutred male RR. The dogs love to play, especially Kimba and Rio - Rocco is more aloof and likes to take it easy. As is with RR's, they love to play rough, and Rio and Kimba are no different. That is not the problem. Kimba is very dog and people friendly with the exception that he thinks that every dog we meet should want to play, and play rough. By rough I don't mean biting or nasty play, just lots of paws and "arms," rough and tumble, big dog play. In most cases this is ok - but he seems to lose his sense of hearing when he is playing - often not coming let alone leaving the dog alone. I end up going up and often getting him back, putting him on the leash etc. While I recognize that he is "tuning me out," and that we need to work on our "coming" (and your article gave some good ideas for doing that), is there another command i. e. "leave it" that I can teach him in order to get him to leave the dog alone? I don't necessarily need him to come to me every time we experience this, but I want him to leave the other dog alone if it becomes obvious that the dog and/or owner don't want to play, or if we just want to walk further along. I would appreciate your advice. Thank you. Carol Siminoski and KimbaANSWER:This is an obedience issue and you are confused on the steps of training. If you would like to learn more about the principles of obedience training a dog, read the description for my Basic Dog Obedience video and a prong collar.
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