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When we would take her for a walk on the leash, our springer who was always docile & laid back, would lash out and start barking & growling whenever someone with a dog would walk by. So, we would stop, make her sit and wait for the other dog to pass, and then she would be okay. Another thing we would do, tho' which was probably not the best thing, we would unleash her, and she would just walk by and not even pay any attention! It was when she was on the leash she must have felt threatened. But, she did get bit by a pit bull who was loose when she was young, and after that, she was always more "crabby" to the other dogs she met, but she liked other dogs. She just didn't like being leashed up when they met. There was probably some obedience thing we missed with this situation!! But we never worried about it that much. We just always wanted to make sure she was a polite dog...and she usually was!
Estie
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