Dog Chasings...Advice?

[elk]

also short nose --technical term: brachycephalic-- goes with muscular stocky build....more inclined to grab and hold than chase.

an interesting side note :fyi.....the more wolflike the head and face, the more "mature" and predatory the dog...Border collies are using predator technique to herd sheep.... Hunting dogs who actually kill the game as opposed to finding and retrieving it...like sighthounds, whippets, Salukis, greyhounds have very long jaws, as do most terriers. Chase. But this doesn't mean they are the most likely to inflict alot of damage, although they could knock you down.


The more infantilized (sp?) the head shape (think labs/ goldens) IOW, the more puppy like the head stays (blocky/drop eared) the more likely you'll get mouthy behaviors (playful, like to carry things...retrieve).

But a dog is a dog, and at one point more dog bites were inflicted by cocker spaniels than any other breed.

[elk]

Don't mean to sound like an old Know it all...but breed history and psychology is my subject...

A GREAT book on dog body language and communication, also a great read, is The Other End of the Leash by Patricia McConnell. Even if you just pick it up and look at the pictures, you'll learn a lot.

[Tuckervill]

I LOVE Patricia McConnell (Calling all Pets on NPR).

Some cocker spaniels are the devil's spawn. lol.

Karen

[SouthernBelle]

With my Halt in the holder on the bars, I feel in no danger of spraying myself. Used it just this morning.