Younger dog becoming aggressive and dominant

tbourner

dragonmonkey wrote: »

For example when she doesn’t allow the Terrier to come in the room, block her actions and invite the Terrier in. If she doesn’t accept that then put her out off the room. Again with the growling, correct her. She will very quickly learn that what you say goes.

I am no expert and can only help with what I have experienced with my two Border Collies. I thought I knew about dogs until I got them

Does she know any commands? If you stare at her who breaks eye contact first you or her? These all can help!

This is what I meant by body language dominance rather than aggressive dominance, it's the main reason dog people dislike Milan et al (although he's started using body language more recently rather than pinning dogs and using prong collars!).
It really does work if you have the confidence. Ours have been bad with walkies, getting hyper excited and jumping at the door, simply moving your body in a certain way to block them makes them step back and stop trying to push past, as long as you 'know' in your head what you want and that you ARE going to get it, the dog will know too and should follow.

dragonmonkey

The stay command helped alot with mine at door, I am now just at the stage that I can just ask one to come out while other stays put :j:j

sarabe

I agree with Raksha, your Border Collie needs a job. In the absence of one she has gone self employed. Hence the obsession with herding the cat and the other dog.

It has nothing to do with dominance, in fact employing rank reduction techniques is likely to make the problem worse.

Spend some time on brain games, clicker training is ideal to teach her behaviours that are incompatable with the unwanted ones.

Consider joining an agility club http://www.agilitynet.com/ This site has a list of clubs nationwide.

Raksha

Raksha wrote: »

OP - can you answer this question for me please?

OP - I can't find out if you have already mentioned what you are currently doing during these incidents.

It's very easy to react to a dog whose doing this, and by doing this, build up negative connections for them in the presence of the other dog - therefore encouraging them to drive the other dog away.

I found myself in a similar position with my Springer and my big softie Labradoodle - instead of yelling at her when she drove him away, I praised and rewarded her when she noticed him but didn't react....