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Maisie was raised with lots of other dogs. Her previous owner has about 30 altogether and they all run around and socialised. I know I have only had Maisie for a month or so now but whenever we encountered other dogs she was always friendly and seemed happy to say hello. ...she is a very sweet natured and gentle Airedale so it was a shock when she attacked this pup.
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hey, miti! :--)
i am not trying to paint Maisie as a monster, but living with a large number of dogs (which i presume were the same breed? just an assumption, i could be wrong!) at her breeders home, does not necessarily mean she is highly-social with dogs she has not met before...
or with dogs of other breeds, either.
a human analogy -
i may live with an extended family of several generations, but if those are the only people that i have met to know well in my lifetime, i would have an awful time in public, with people who look, sound, act and speak in ways that i have never experienced - i would want to RUN for home!
breed-specific socialization -
Greyhounds off the track have often never even *seen* a non-Greyhound, and a prick-eared dog can send them into complete panic - they have no idea what a GSD or Siberian might be; in their world, all dogs look alike... and they are frightened by this motley crew of short, hairy, tall, prick-eared, gay-tailed, feathered + plumed THINGS that gallop around and bark!
also, just as in other breed-traits, dogs differ in play-styles and social styles, too; BCs do a tremendous amount of snapping, and this can get them into trouble with breeds who take bites seriously -- bully-breeds, for instance, like to wrestle + grapple with lots of body-contact + shoving. but there is not a lot of SNAPPING - the mouth contact is sustained, but controlled pressure.
a bully-breed dog + a BC brought together to play might really hate one another after just 5-mins, LOL, because the bully would be so frustrated by the BC refusing to engage, and threatening with teeth all the time, and the BC would think the bully was a dull stick because the bully would not chase + snap!
so if Maisies social-life with dogs has been with other Airedales, or maybe Schnauzers or other similar breeds to her own, she may be pretty narrow minded about non-Airedale or just unfamiliar breeds / types...
and heaven knows, a Beardie does not have much in common with an Airedale, LOL.
just a thought... i can be entirely mistaken, and every one of her breeders dogs was a different breed,
(but that does not seem very likely.)
that her sire had a good hip-score is excellent! good traction underfoot and not allowing pups to gain too much weight, too early, will help ensure those young joints are not over-loaded.
i hope all her pups grow-up to be delightful, well-loved pets.
good girl, Maisie... she is being an excellent mum, many Airedales in the USA are lousy mothers, LOL - they slip out of the box as soon as a back is turned,
cheers,
--- terry