However, his quality of life is being diminished because he is extremely agressive with strange dogs. He was fine at the dog park until he was about two. At that point, when the other males kept trying to mount him, he got aggressive and started to pin them on their backs, growl scarily, and pretend to bite their neck. He never has bitten and I think he is just exerting his alpha role. However, tonight he got out and did this to a strange dog being walked. Of course, it scared that owner and she was very mad and said he needed to be locked up. I don't know how to handle this, because in all other sense there has never been any, even small, signs of agression. He's just a big lovable Golden except... Also, I can't figure out how to deal with it because he seldom has the opportunity to exhibit this behavior. He loves all kids and people and most female dogs. We can no longer take him to the dog park, or for that matter, trust him around other dogs. Help.
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I have a Golden Retriever and she doesn't like other dogs either. Of course, this has happened as she's gotten older so I just contributed it to age.
However, this is probably just your dog being cocky. His dominance was questioned at the park that day when the other dog tried to mount it.
All you need to do is discipline him properly and let him know that his aggressive behavior isn't acceptable.
That's what I did with mine. Now, she still doesn't especially like any dogs except the ones my relatives own, but she refrains at least from showing physical aggression, because she knows I'll scold her.
Why do people with aggressive dogs always first say their dog is the sweetest bestest dog ever? It's a dog. It's aggressive. That doesn't mean that it isn't nice sometimes. And your dog being aggressie doesn't mean you can't love your dog.
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Be careful. Big lovable Goldens have attacked other because of dog v dog aggression. There was a really bad attack last month in Minnesota. A man was trying to protect his dogs from the eighbor's sweet lovable Golden who was attacking his dogs. It was REALLY bad.
You will never be able to trust your dog around other dogs. (And that is OK.)
Dog Parks are where inexperienced and ignorant people take their dogs not to mention a paradise for Parvo...
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