You do not want to give two
strange dogs a chance to get entangled in leashes and then decide they have had enough of each other and start a fight.
Not exact matches
Your
dog will have the best
chance if he is under 4 years old (the younger the better), is healthy, friendly to
strangers, obeys commands and adapts quickly to new situations.
The bottom line is I am not going to take a
chance that a
strange dog will attack my
dog.
During this time, they should avoid forcing the
dog to do anything stressful — taking a bath, obedience training classes, meeting too many
strangers at once, etc. — until he's had a
chance to settle in.
If your
dog is old, has health problems or a poor attitude toward
strangers, its
chances of adoption are slim to none.
In - home training is the best way to set a
dog up for success — it begins in their most familiar environment (rather than a
strange facility or kennel), and it gives the owner the opportunity to control things in the home environment so that the
dog has a better
chance of progressing and focusing in the training.
During this time, they should avoid forcing the
dog to do anything stressful - taking a bath, obedience training classes, meeting too many
strangers at once, etc. - until he's had a
chance to settle in.
If your
dog is reasonably well trained, friendly to
strangers and generally easy going, he will likely stand a better
chance than
dogs who are fearful, have zero manners and / or who have
dog intolerance and / or arousal issues.
Occasionally, friendships have been created through our
dogs upon meeting
strangers, where upon we've exchanged brief pleasantries and parted with shared smile, only to eventually
chance meet again and a friendship developed.
Your
dog will have the best
chance if he's less than 4 years old, is healthy, friendly to
strangers, obeys commands, and adapts quickly to new situations.
During this time, they should avoid forcing the
dog to do anything stressful — taking a bath, going to obedience training classes, meeting too many
strangers at once, etc. — until he's had a
chance to settle in.