Why is my older dog now acting aggressive at the dog park?
Why is my older dog now acting aggressive at the dog park? Dogs Training Discussions
We have a 2 year old female boxer and now a 5 month old female boxer. We used to bring our older one to the park all the time before the puppy and she was great, never got in a fight. Today there was only one dog in the park while I was walking them both so i figured it would be a good time to introduce the puppy to the park. As soon as we got in the other dog snapped at my older one and they left. Shortly after another dog, about 8 months old, came in and my older one snapped at her. I had to pull her off and hold on to her while the other dog played with my puppy, who was loving the park. I could only stay a total of 5 min because any time the other dog came near my older one she would snap and other dogs started showing up.Is our older dog being over protective of the puppy? Or was it a doomed attempt because as soon as we got there the first dog snapped at her? Any suggestions on what to do? We want to be able to bring them to the park to socialize and I have always had a good experience but not i'm just worried about what would happen.