As some of you know already Katie was attacked by a dog outside her own home and that was how I ended up with her. Well since I've had her I've tried to socialise her with other very friendly dogs but to no avail she was still frightened by any other dog off the lead and unsure about dogs on the lead.

Yesterday one of my friends came round and had brought her yorkie with her, I popped Katie on her lead to see what her response to this 'stranger' in her house was and she was fine sniffing and tail wagging. As it was a hot day here we went out into the back garden, I let Katie off the lead but we kept Roxy on the lead for a little while. Once Katie seemed comfortable with Roxy being in her garden we let Roxy off the lead. Well for the first time in the three years since she was attacked Katie was playing with another dog, I was so proud of her I know that it's only 1 dog and it is a small breed and nothing like the dog that attacked her but it's eventually a start. Thought I'd share this as I was so pleased with it all, and it was lovely to see her enjoying another dogs company.

Awww thats good,a smaller dog will seem less scarey to her i imagine,its a good start

Arrrr bless nice to know she had fun afta her bad experiance u willhave to take pics next time and show us all so we can see her lil face

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thats great news no wonder you are pleased, its good that she now gets the chance to play with other dogs

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Great news exposure t other dogs should be done gradual and on your dogstearms nice and easy so well done and lets hope its the road to recovery .

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That's excellent! Really good start.

thats really good, it might even help her confidence with other dogs hopefully

I hope it'll help with other dogs especially as most people in the street have a dog now, Eola she always looks guilty on pics, lol, but I'll get some uploaded next time she's playing with her friend.

It sounds like you handled it perfectly! and that will probably be the case with most non agressive dogs going forward. The more you can get coming into the home will probably help her when she's outside and worried. She'll hopefully then learn that other dogs do not mean agression.

Sorry, am new, what breed is she? is she a small breed or a big one? I know many big ones who are more intimidated by small dogs If she's a small breed and was attacked by a big one, maybe getting a big one to come to 'her' house will also be good, if it's non agressive etc...

Shes actually jack russell x gsd/bc but she's about a big as a lab. She was attacked by a neighbours rescued white staffie, so anything staffie shaped and she's behind my legs, she was just outside my mums garden when it happened. Neighbours dog who'd met Katie a few times and didn't appear aggressive shot out of the front door and attacked her whilst she was on the lead. Took all her confidence away, she wouldn't even go out to pee at one point. My mum was gonna have her pts as she didn't have any quality of life like that, but Katie hadn't done anything wrong so I asked her if I could try her at my house. After about 4 visits each becoming longer each time Katie decided on the last time she wasn't going home - when I got up to leave my mums she came with me, so her bed, bowl etc; came to stay. All this happened 3 years ago and she'll only now walk past the end of my mums street without worry. My toddler wants to take katie to grandmas as he takes toys round there and wants to take his friend there but I dont think she'd cope with my mums 2 dogs even though she grew up with them, when we meet my dad on walks with them she hides behind my legs and is trying to get away. Hopefully as she's played with her new friend when we meet the other dogs (a lurcher and a Cairn) out and about she won't be too worried. It really ruined a very confident and outgoing dog and turned it into basically a nervous wreck. The neighbour eventually got rid of the staffie to a member of his family and I've heard that it has gone on to attack a couple more dogs If only they'd rehomed the staffie with someone who knew a lot more about dogs than he did (things like don't have your front door open when you've not got any fencing around your front garden and your dog can escape into the street) I don't think any attack would have happened.