Originally Posted by Pampered pets

Im not sure if your dog is the same as mine but i find walks just make the matter worse my dog isnt distracted by anything and the trouble is there are so many people who let their dogs run riot and scream from 500 paces 'its ok he is friendly'

well its not ok as a strange dog charging full pelt does nothing for a fear agressive dog except make it worse.

i dont suppose you will ever know what happened in the past so its hard to know what is in the dogs memory and why he is so fearful, is he nervous of other things or does he just not like dogs?