What's More Likely To Cause a Fight: Excitable Dog or Reactive Dog?

Don't add fuel to a fire, here's our tips to prevent a dog fight!

No one wants their dog to get into a fight with another dog, it's horrible for all and can cause long-term physical and emotional trauma. When walking excitable dogs and reactive dogs, people are naturally inclined to assume the reactive dog would cause a dog fight but that's incorrect and here's why. If your dog is excitable and loves meeting everyone in which you normally comment by saying "they just want to say hello to everyone" but fail to restrict them, we're sad to say but this one might be for you.. Dogs that are excitable and loves socialising can come in too hot. By this, we mean that they come bounding over, ready to be loved and to give love but in doing so, they can tend to misread social cues. Furthermore, they can also tend to miss the other dog's boundary cues which this is where the dog can lead to corrective behaviour which can escalate into a dog fight. Further adding this, if your dog just loves to socialise and tends to turn deaf when you try to re-avert their attention, it reduces the time to check in with the other owner for their consent. In comparision, people always think reactive dogs are the bad eggs when it comes to socialising but that's incorrect - they are simply expressing their insecurities in the matter. It's your job as a dog owner to understand why they have these insecurities and correct them but in the meantime, stand in their corner and express the need for space (excitable dog owners, are you seeing the link here?).

In summary, dog socialising is essential for their wellbeing and your enjoyment in dog walks. It's crucial to take the time to teach your dog properly socialising (which isn't just saying hello to ta dog but more so living in harmony without disturbance) and lead manners.

What's more likely To cause a fight: Excitable Dog or Reactive Dog? We'll let you decide..