Monica told me about the problem with her new boxer:
“Hello,
I have two boxer dogs a one and a half year old male (Bailey) and a 16wk female (Daisy). They are both very good in the house and listen to both my husband and I however whenever we take them around other dogs they both start barking and the male even lunges at other dogs. For instance, we recently signed them up for training classes and the whole class Bailey was barking and lunging at the other dogs. Some times it would be at a dog that wasn’t doing anything and some times another dog would growl at him and it would set him off. Daisy was good until Bailey started getting out of control and then it would set her off and she would start barking but not lunging.
We just dont know what to do, we take him on long runs so he gets a lot of exercise and we made sure to socialize him as a puppy, he does ok at a leash free dog park when the other dogs are behaving but as soon as theres a scuffel he tries to be right in the middle of it. Is there any hope for him?”
There is always hope, Monica!
I could list some advice for you here, but I think it would be better for the dogs to have some one-on-one training sessions. It looks to me as though Bailey is being protective over Daisy and his male hormones are getting the better of him.
Unless you want to breed from them, consider at least having Bailey neutered. This may help calm him down around other dogs.
