I use the Baskerville ones on my dogs. They’re not bothered by them in the slightest.
The big dog is seriously aggressive with other animals. I’ve seen two behavioural specialists and both seem to think it’s down to him being bullied as a puppy and also seeing me bit by a dog. He just grew up to be bigger and stronger than most dogs and knows it. One also mentioned that you get people that aren’t very social and no one is surprised, you also get that with dogs and people are for some bizarre reason.
But yes, the Baskerville black ones are great.
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I had a rescued Australian Terrier for 10 years up to June last year. He was very friendly with people of all ages, including young children, and he was fine with other dogs unless they showed aggression against him. Then he changed completely. Unless I stopped him he would wade in, and the bigger they were the worse he was. I'm sure he would have defended himself to the last. Scared of nothing and nobody. This side of him only ever showed though if the other dog was aggressive. It wasn't simply that he didn't like big dogs, as his best friend was a huge Alaskan Malamute who lived in the village centre. When he saw him he would stand up on his back legs to rub noses, and as soon as he saw him his tail would start wagging. He didn't like Huskies for some reason though, and he would growl if he saw one. As he was 5 years old when we got him, I can only assume he had an incident with one in his younger years.
Trying to put this delicately, but a male dog with all its bits intact can’t help being more aggressive than a male dog that’s been neutered. Hormones...
Our rescue dog was possibly a puppy farm brood bitch & she’s really really not keen on being sniffed by un-neutered dogs. She’s fine with bitches & neutered males.
Sadly, lots of folk think it’s unkind to neuter their dogs but it would remove the hormone based aggression. And I wonder if thieves would steal a dog that the buyer can’t breed from or get macho kudos from.
You’re lucky it’s only tissues your dog picks up - our ex-street dog grabs anything remotely edible and (apologies to those of a sensitive disposition) has a particular penchant for rabbit, fox and cat poo. We too are considering a muzzle, to cut down her unwanted snacking!
I have a BT and strip his coat myself, and need to muzzle and tie him to the banister in order to do a decent enough job.
I use one of those fabric ones and it does its job. Recently bought another two that can be adjusted to fit various sizes using velcro.
He does not like it and gets lots of cooked chicken as a reward afterwards.
He used to go to stay the odd night at his dog walker's house and had to be muzzled to prevent him from biting their cats. He still chased them about, so he was not allowed to stay there anymore.
He grew very grumpy during lockdown due to lack of socialising with other dogs, and I had to keep him on a lead all the time when I went camping with him recently.
Had I not kept him on a lead all the time, I would have put a soft muzzle on him.
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I was just searching online for muzzels for border terriers because my own seems to be reactive to a certain type of dog.
Happy to see you manage to combat it with avoidance. I think we may need to aswell. Did you find a muzzel that fitted in the end at all?
Really glad this post popped up because I have 2 rescues who are lead reactive. Its anxiety rather than aggression but still has the same end result so we are looking at muzzles and training. At the moment for the dogs sake we are trying to remove as much anxiety as possible so we walk them away from other dogs and take them to a private dog field. It's expensive but rescues deserve a chance to be spoiled, it's not their fault.
I have a border terr, who behaves very similarly to the others mentioned in the conversation stream. I have to say its such a relief to hear you all chatting, I know it doesn't fix the problem, but knowing I'm not alone is a big help!
I've tried distraction, getting mine to 'sniff' for treats on the ground, and whilst that now works beautifully for dogs in the distance, even across the road, he's not good when they're any closer. It's exhausting scanning the horizon on every attempt to walk him. I've tried a muzzle, but am not convinced it doesn't exacerbate his frustration. He does have some pooches who he likes, and can play with quite happily, as well. He's a puzzle, just can't figure it out, but will keep trying. He's a poppet in the house.
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Topic: Dog muzzle, any good?
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