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Date Posted: 16:37:17 07/18/09 Sat
Author: Sharon B
Subject: Jessica
In reply to: Jessica Benyukhis 's message, "Re: Rayna..." on 22:07:03 07/16/09 Thu

Jessica,

Please re-read Amber's post.

She states her boerboel "has been attacking my 1 yr old german shepard who weights about 75 lbs for no apparent reason. This is not them just rough housing or playing. My boerboel acts like he's out for blood..."

From the way I read this, she is not stating that the boerboel is pushy. She is stating that the dog is attacking another dog for no reason. There is a big difference between being "pushy" and "attacking". Some dogs can be pushy when they are playing, or when it comes to food, etc. But when a dog attacks another for no apparent reason, then it is escalating "pushy" to another level. Pushy is one thing, attacking is another. A good handler or dog behaviorist would start to work with a "pushy" dog before it gets aggressive. It sounds like this boerboel has already crossed the line.

She then states, "I have already made an appointment to get the boerboel fixed...will that help? Is this the boerboels way or showing dominance? Please help me!"

Rayna's comment about getting the boerboel fixed is in response to Amber's question about whether neutering the dog will help. Amber has already made the appointment, so she has obviously already made the decision to neuter the dog. Why try to talk her out of it? The young Boerboel is already starting to show signs of aggression, and she obviously has no plans to breed it (thankfully). Hopefully she will take Rayna's advice and get a good handler to help her before this problem escalates into one dead dog.

Based on the ages of both dogs -- 10 months for the boerboel and 1 year old for the GSD, I am guessing that they grew up together. This is something we do not know as fact, just a guess. A dog that is only 10 months old attacking another dog that is part of its household is not demonstrating that it is a "stable" dog. If this is stable, then I would hate to see your idea of an unstable 10-month-old puppy.

My 2 cents. I agree with Rayna.

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