serious dog question...

Does your dog get along with other dogs it doesnt know????

1 of my dogs jumped the fence this morning to have a go at a dog.....

hes never done this before...
hes never had a prob with other dogs before....
We have 2 dogs so hes not alone!...
hes normally a very calm dog....

and the owner of this other dog often walks past and on as few occasions he has hissed at our dogs (the whole "skiss skiss" noise thing!) ....

DH now wants to get OUR dog put down

have anyone else dog had a sudden issue with a strange dog??????

My dog has recently started taking himself for a walk too. He's only a minature poodle, we live in a new property with sturdy fences. Circus dog much? Anyway, back on topic. We've been down to the local and ordered some trellis to extend our fences. Are you able to do something similar?

It is very possibly just something about this dog thats upset yours,or maybe he was antagonised by the owner. A pitbull (of course that doesn't help his case) that lives locally is known as both an escape artist and a true sweetheart, but she went for me the other day, first time ever, but I had my dog with me. If you generally have no issues I'd just do what you can to prevent it happening again.

Good Luck xox

Edited to add: My FIL made that kind of noise, a short sharp hiss, when my dog was still a pup and very jumpy. When I asked him why, he said that according to Cesear Malan or however you spell his name, it is supposed to settle a dog. I just explained what we were doing instead. Not excusing it by any means, but just a thought as he may not be directly antagonising.

Edited by Flake

the guy that makes that noise is quite strange and its the noise you make to wind dogs up (we use to do it when we were young bcos it excited our dog!),,

possibly he is iritated by this little dog or the dominance thing..

im so anoyed at DH for straight out saying to get him put down!! he said that he may attack 1 of our kids! ...wev had this dog for 2 yrs (he was 6 weeks old when we got him) and our kids have tortured him with no response from him!

hes a blue merle (sp?) too so not even a dangerous breed!

Put the neighbor down instead

Right. I've trained dogs all my life but I need to know a few things first.

Is your dog male or female? Entire or desexed?
Was the other dog is jumped the fence to get to physically larger that your dog?
What breed of dog is yours?
Have you done any obedience classes with your dog?


Don't be too hasty to put your dog to sleep. There could be a very simple remedy to this problem, especialy if the person walking past has been "skiss, skiss"ing at your dog.
A swift "oi, noddy, F*&% OFF" may well deter the person from doing this again in future.

we have two dogs...one of them goes off at the fence to most people...reason mainly is cause when we moved here there was one neighbour similar to yours and some idiot pre teen girl up the road who would go past "barking" at the dogs thru the fence...that was until I threatened to let them out to eat her!!!

If I know the kids are / or have been teasing them and are going past I open window or door and yell "cut it out" - kids get damn fright and usually those ones never do it again...and dogs get fright too!!! Hey I could be yelling at either right?

Tell your neighbour to stop or you will report them to the police and / or SPCA for harassment and cruel behaviuour to animals - remind them of todays front page of NZ herald and tell them they will be viewed in much the same way! thats the kind of response I gave the dog hater over the road when he reported MY dogs - oh I think the mention that I might call him a paedophile in public made him stop teasing my dogs too! heck tit for tat when it comes to my (fur) babies!!!

and as for DH - does he really want ME to come down there and get on his baack about the dog!!! Heck its not the dogs fault....if he wants to train it better go to classes etc...and make HIM the masters voice (as in he does the classes!!!) - that might train them both!!! BTW my old girl grazed Ella on weekend...Ella gave her a fright and she is old and half blind and deaf....well even after my child getting scared witless and a grazed chin I would NEVER consider putting her down for that....that is extreme...worst case rehouse if you must!

Flake wrote: Edited to add: My FIL made that kind of noise, a short sharp hiss, when my dog was still a pup and very jumpy. When I asked him why, he said that according to Cesear Malan or however you spell his name, it is supposed to settle a dog. I just explained what we were doing instead. Not excusing it by any means, but just a thought as he may not be directly antagonising.

Sorry, just wanted to say, the noise Cesar uses is a "shhh"ing noise rather than the "skiss skiss" noise. And it is used in conjuntion with body language. On it's own it's pointless.
But yeah, I suppose the guy COULD have been trying to utilse that?

I must say it sh*ts me the kids who think it's funny to rile up dogs through fences.

I've had that with neighbours kids now we have drive way down the side of us. Me calling out "I can see you" makes them crap themselves.

Amber, your dog wasn't herding the other dog???

No good vet would ever put a dog down just for that. If you guys really can't trust the dog take him to a dog shelter where he can be adopted by another family

I have a lab who is the most docile, placid dog you could ever meet, she wouldn't hurt a fly. Over the past 6 months she has developed a dislike towards two dog breeds - bichon frise and schnauzer, I don't know why, she just doesn't like them. In the dog park she will go for one if she sees it, not biting it, just pushing it down on the ground and going crazy, but she LOVES all other dogs and plays nicely with them. Some dogs don't like some other dogs, it doesn't mean they are dangerous.

Everyone else has covered the points well in regards to training and it is also your responsibility to ensure that your dog can't escape your property.

I volunteer at a dog shelter on the weekends and all to often I see dogs who have been rejected by families for various reason, mainly because they don't invest the time and effort into them (i'm not pointing the finger here). These dogs are all wonderful, are treated well and 99% of the time they are rehomed. I would recommend this as an option if you make the decision that you don't want to keep the dog.