Dogs Training Blog

I have a 6 year old Parsons Russel Terrier who we got from a breeder at 15 months.. he was supposed to be a show/stud dog so he wasn’t neutered until about 18 months.. anyways, although he spent his first 15 months living in a kennel with other dogs he is VERY afraid (not the best word) whenever dominant dogs are around and he fights with submissive dogs. To be honest we haven’t done much to fix it since its never been a problem, and otherwise he is a saint (don’t give me cr@p about it.. it didn’t effect us or him, we let it slide) He is much better around female dogs then male, but basically they are all problems.Anyways, right now my family is thinking about getting a second dog (not a puppy, probably greyhound) and we’re worried about how Ace will re act to this, besides him being very attached to me we don’t know if he will ever get used to having another dog around all the time. I am the his primary “trainer” and do lots of work with him, along with providing the largest part of his care so i would like to work on getting him used to other dogs before we try to bring one into the house. Any tips on doing this?-i am willing to go to a pro. trainer to help this, but i’d like to try it on my own first if at all possible.

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