Hi
My boerboel is a male 11 months old and very confident and friendly with both dogs and people.
I socialised him actively with other dogs up until around 16 weeks.
He still meets other dogs on a daily basis - but at the moment I prefer to keep him on the lead while they meet as other dogs far too often growl and snap at him.
My concern is that if he actually does get properly bitten, his bad experience may make him more likely to become dog aggressive in future.
I am not really concerned that he will get injured (most of the "culprits" are just snappy little midgets), but I really don't want him becoming dog aggressive in future as it is such a pain to manage.
It's the owners that irritate me more than the dogs - it seems that their willingness to offer unsolicited opinions and advice is inversely proportional to their ability to control their own dogs.
The typical scenario is that they approach with their dogs off the lead.
I put mine on the lead.
Their dogs growl and snap.
Mine doesn't react.
They offer me advice - and say that I should let him off the lead!
Sorry for a long post
I am just interested to hear other boerboel owners' views on this.
Regards
Dan
My boerboel is a male 11 months old and very confident and friendly with both dogs and people.
I socialised him actively with other dogs up until around 16 weeks.
He still meets other dogs on a daily basis - but at the moment I prefer to keep him on the lead while they meet as other dogs far too often growl and snap at him.
My concern is that if he actually does get properly bitten, his bad experience may make him more likely to become dog aggressive in future.
I am not really concerned that he will get injured (most of the "culprits" are just snappy little midgets), but I really don't want him becoming dog aggressive in future as it is such a pain to manage.
It's the owners that irritate me more than the dogs - it seems that their willingness to offer unsolicited opinions and advice is inversely proportional to their ability to control their own dogs.
The typical scenario is that they approach with their dogs off the lead.
I put mine on the lead.
Their dogs growl and snap.
Mine doesn't react.
They offer me advice - and say that I should let him off the lead!
Sorry for a long post
I am just interested to hear other boerboel owners' views on this.
Regards
Dan