Ellie is great with most dogs, she loves to play which is kinder the problem. She gets very excited when shes playing which gets quite dominant towards some dogs. My boyfriends nan has a westy which is very playful too, but ellie is so dominate towards him, her heads up high tail dont move and she pushs him round the front room and at times its like shes trying to corner him. I tell her off but she dont seem to learn.. Then with my boyfriends jack russell x, she constintley wants to play with her, she can never just relax which is quite annoying. Even when the other dog growls at her to say theyve had enough she just dont. I wouldnt say shes dominant towards the jack russell but she just wont leave her alone she constintley jumps all over her, and ellies massive compared to her lol Any ideas how to calm her down and to stop her dominant side? will she calm down as she gets older?

Many thanks to all who have gave me advice in the past

Stacey

U need to show that ur top dog! Ellie thinks that shes top dog atm and thats not good. We look after doggies and all of them need to be below us for them all to get along.

Atm we have our 2 dogs in with 5 other dogs. We have no growling and only a certain type of play is allowed.

We usually catch it early and say oi and they usually stop.... I duno how we do it tbh.. Its hard to explain lol x

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My staffie is the boss in my house

She lives with cavaliers and a st bernie so i wont let her be dominent over my other dogs as it would not be fair.

She is still young so try rember that have you ever took her any training classes? i think these are great as it gets them use to meeting all sorts of dogs

Yeh do that! Our pups have been trained and socialised so that might help x

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She is young, so this may well be part of the problem and controlling it is imperative if she isn't to turn into a bully.

I hate the word top dog and dominant. A truly dominant dog, or alpha dog is actually rarely physical - they simply are and other dogs recognise that. In fact, they are usually the calmest dogs. What you describe is more bullying (don't get me wrong, it's not a criticism and I'm sure she's lovely ), but because owners think it's dominance they allow it as natural behaviour. It rarely is, it's more likely she hasn't learnt how to behave around other dogs. This is partly because she is young, excitable and puppyish. But definately control it as otherwise it will become a learned behaviour.

She is like a bully, shes gotta be in control. Do u think the way that cesar milan goes about things is right? Cos when she gets too boistrous i put her on her side and hold her there until she submits, and she'll stay there for about 30 seconds and shes off again lol Shes fine with my boyfriends lurchers, theyre very laid back and she dont take much notice of them at all. Around the house shes very well behaved, laid back, good on demand but a totally different story when shes around certain dogs.

NO NO NO! Dont pin your dog! Its potentially dangerous, not to mention pointless.

Shes not being "dominant", shes just not been taught how to behave around dogs shes unfamiliar with, or ones that she doesnt seen on a daily basis.

Has she ever been socialised or taken to training classes? Has she ever had a run in with another dog?

She sounds like one of my boys. He's not aggressive or dominant, he just missed out on socialisation as a youngster, and now doesnt know what is and isnt acceptable. He can be a bit overbearing with other dogs, and a bit of thug and bully. I find some SBT's can be very fixated with other dogs, especially when playing. Relentless is a word i use to describe one of mine.

Its up to you to train her. When you have another dog in the house you cant allow her to behave in this way. You must remove her from the situation, make her sit, then treat her when she is calm. If she continues to become focused on the other dog, then remove her from the room for 5 mins, allow her back in when she is calm. If she again becomes intense, remove her. You need her to be focused on you, not the other dog.

You need to set her boundaries. She should listen to you above anything else. If you say stop/come/sit she should follow these instructions.

She would benefit hugely from training/socialisation classes.

What sexes are the other dogs and are they neutered? Oscar tends to take more interested in uncastrated males.

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Shes been socialised with other dogs since with got her, she goes on a walk with boyfriends lurcher everyday. Shes also bin on walks with about 8 dogs before, so i would of thought she would have learnt by now how to behave? Shes had a bit of a scrap with two other staffs and a westy. One of the staffs was a girl and the other two were casterated boys. Theyre was no biting just lots of growling, mostly with her on top of them. Shes never bit another dog just got very scrappy. She can play really nice with dogs but seems to get over excited, can that be part of being a puppy? She only really plays with dogs inside the house, when shes out on walks she seems to be alright. Shes good on approaching other dogs when we're out too, shes never growled at another dog she dont know on or off the lead, her tails normally wagging like a gooden. When dannys lurcher comes round mine shes got a habit of sticking her bum in chrissys face, whats all that about? lol

It could be that she feels more confident in your home, or feels that she needs to protect her things/home (resources) or even you.

Ive never had another dog in my house, but im 99% sure my boys behaviour would be much different. In a house a dog cant get away, and may feel forced to interact. There are also far fewer distractions in a home environment.

As you say, she IS only a puppy. You just need to train her how to behave appropriately, and show her she cant, and doesnt need, to behave in the way she is.

I should add, i would never ever risk leaving her alone with another dog. If the other dog decides it doesnt like what shes up to, you could end up with a bit of a scrap.

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