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   From: Kyler@news.Lairds.org   
      
   "slim"  writes:   
      
   >I figured it's best to just keep them seperated.  He definetly is very   
   >scared of the other dog, and thats what seems to be making him   
   >aggressive....but there is nothing I can do to make him calm down around the   
   >other dog.   
      
   I saw an interesting "Dogs with Jobs" episode awhile ago where a dog   
   was used to teach manners to dog-aggressive dogs.  The pupil dog was   
   muzzled for the initial encounters.  Ah ha!  It hit me that a muzzle   
   is a great tool for allowing dogs to get familiar without damaging   
   each other - much better than straining at the end of a lead.   
      
   In the DwJ clip the pupil dog quickly settled after it seemed to   
   realize that the teacher dog wasn't going to hurt it and that it   
   could not do anything to hurt the teaching dog.   
      
   --kyler   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)