Ryan Smith

Birthday:

October 1

Name:

Ryan

Your dogs name/s:

Winnie

Breeds owned:

Malinios

Has owned dogs for:

1 to 3 years

Dogs Owned:

1

Number of dogs owned over the years.:

3

I have trained dogs to:

An intermediate level (10 commands or more)

Believe in using positive training methods?:

Yes - but I will raise my voice if I have to

Have you ever shown any of your dogs?:

No I do not show

Have you ever bred your dog?:

no

Other Animals I own:

• Cat/s

Marital Status:

Married

My Story:

Me and my gf have a 1 year old Malinios names Winnie and absolutely love her! She’s super sweet and fun and of course full of energy. The problem is over the past couple months we have noticed that while taking her almost anywhere (dog park, friends houses, family) if there are other dogs there she doesn’t play nice. She isn’t necessarily mean but she nips and barks and is very much in the faces of other dogs. She is however more aggressive with the neighbor dogs. There are dogs on both sides of our place and whenever they are out side she runs from window to window trying to see or get outside to them. She barks and growls through the fence and on 2 occasions has pushed her way through the fence by breaking the fence boards. These dogs to my knowledge aren’t provoking her, however one of the dogs does stand his ground and bark back showing his teeth. On the other side is a very sweet older German Shepard who doesn’t really care about Winnie. It’s getting to the point where we can’t take her anywhere and are always scared while at the dog park. She is generally well behaved and knows simple commands such as, comes on command, knows sit, stay, shake, roll over, “go to your bed”, “load up” in the truck, but she could care less about me or my gf while enteracting with the neighbor dogs. I have tried swatting her butt, and even a shock collar at one point but that only made her nervous and unsettled. I’m by no means a dog trainer and am looking for any and all advice from people familiar with the breed or anyone really. I’m worried We’re raising a dog who will only get worse over time and get herself and us in trouble by hurting herself or another dog.