Originally Posted by miti999

Took Maisie out for a 10-15 minute leg stretch today and we met a lady with two bearded collies. One was an old girl of nine called Maisie! and the other was a 15 week old pup.

I was chatting to her and admittedly off my guard when (I didn't see) there was a commotion and I turned round to see Maisie attacking the 15 week pup.

She had her pinned to the ground and had her jaws around the pup's neck and was shaking it like some sort of toy.

I was so shocked. I got Maisie off this pup and apologised profusely to the owner. I explained that she had seven puppies at the moment but I'd not seen that behaviour in her before, albeit I'd only had Maisie since late sept?early Oct.

We share the same vet and the pup was taken to be checked there straight away.

The vet contacted me to assure me that all was well.

Luckily Maisie hadn't appeared to have done any damage, not even a puncture wound, but it looked horrific at the time. As if she wanted to kill it.

I thought afterwards that maybe the dog had, in all innocence, sniffed round her behind and that had caused Maisie to attack it?

Am I being naive in assuming that Maisie reacted like this to a dog because she has pups or could it be that I need to keep a closer eye on her from now on with dog association?

Your thoughts and views on lactating dogs and how they react to other dogs would be appreciated!

Needless to say, I will keep Maisie on a much tighter lead for the time being.