Hi from me and Chewie

MrChew

MrChew

Xena Dog Princess said:
Welcome to you and Chewie - I remember you too! We're always so happy when people make their way here. Did you find us via a well-placed hint on the other board? I know that @Lab_adore left one recently but they're always deleted very quickly.
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Yes, it was a well-placed hint! I forget who left it though.

Chewie startled a couple of times on his walk, which is unusual for him. I guess it is normal to be hypervigilant after being attacked out of the blue. I suppose all I can do as his protector is keep him safe going forward?
 
snowbunny

snowbunny

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Andorra and Spain
Hi and welcome to MLF!! I have advice I’ll be happy to share from my experience with Shadow, but right now I am a couple of glasses too happy of sentient and so I’ll leave the wisdom until tomorrow if you don’t mind 😂
 
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Oberon

Oberon

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Canberra, Australia
Welcome to this forum! :)

I’m sure Chewie will be fine after his scare with the cattle dog. If you can arrange it so he gets to meet a couple of nice, calm doggies in the near future that will also help.
 
snowbunny

snowbunny

Location
Andorra and Spain
I'm sure Chewie will be fine; I wouldn't classify this as an attack, even - dogs are gifted with a full mouth of very effective weapons, so if he'd actually attacked him, there would be a lot more than just noise. It sounds like the other dog was trying to chase Chewie off, and using language within the normal range to do so. It doesn't make it any less frightening for you, of course, and for Chewie, too, if it was a surprise to him - and if, being on lead he felt trapped.

My main advice is to try not to let it affect you - sometimes easier said than done, I know! - and be very careful about the things you do when faced with other dogs if you are finding yourself a bit worried. It's natural for us to start tensing up, shortening leads etc when we've had a bit of a fright like this, and that can actually make things worse for your dog. Hopefully by now you've both just shaken it off, but if you do find yourself getting a bit anxious, try not to do anything that will translate to Chewie - so keep the leash nice and loose, talk to him in a normal tone of voice (or not, if you wouldn't normally) and try to behave as if nothing is out of the ordinary.
 
MrChew

MrChew

Yes, in retrospect I think it was a territorial dog being.. territorial. Chewie will be fine. He gets a but of a fright but resumes business as usual pretty quickly. It makes me feel a bit sorry for him when he yelps, but in reality it's good that he never, ever escalates aggression.

Thanks for the perspective!
 
Emily_Babbelhund

Emily_Babbelhund

Mama Red HOT Pepper
Location
Regensburg, Germany
Hello again and welcome! Glad you found us and glad that you think Chewie is on the mend. I always think that events like that are much harder for us to get over than our dogs. Hopefully you will both come out of it just fine.
 
Naya

Naya

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Location
Bristol, UK
Hi and welcome to this forum. Being pregnant might make you a bit more on edge, but try and set up some nice meet and greets or plays with some nice dogs. Just remember that most dogs are really nice 😀
 
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