Karen and Ruby
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This is horrendus, poor little man!! I hope he is feeling better today!
I would advise anyone with a suseptable breed like the Cavalier to get a really good book on canine body languadge.
I read these sorts of books all the time and look out for all sorts of different signs from strange dogs to assess whether they will be friendly or not, aggression and too playful etc etc.
There are a few that I have found tremendously helpful and I have managed on a few occasions to scoop my two out of danger and "touch wood" haven't been in a situation where they have been badly hurt-
Mental scars are a whole other story and you need to do everything you can now so as not to have this affect him in to his future.
You will probably find he will be very nervous around bigger dogs now for life.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb...the+domestic+dog&sprefix=canine+body+language
The above book is expensive but a life long investment!!!
I can spot an aggressive dog 9 times out of 10 with in seconds of seeing them these days and I also spot the over the top dogs that aren't a good play mate for such little and fragile doggies too!!!
Ruby has very good "doggie language" and is forever sending signals to dogs when out and about but Charlie on the other hand has barely any!!
Some dogs are great talkers and others aren't and its the ones that aren't that are the worry!
I would advise anyone with a suseptable breed like the Cavalier to get a really good book on canine body languadge.
I read these sorts of books all the time and look out for all sorts of different signs from strange dogs to assess whether they will be friendly or not, aggression and too playful etc etc.
There are a few that I have found tremendously helpful and I have managed on a few occasions to scoop my two out of danger and "touch wood" haven't been in a situation where they have been badly hurt-
Mental scars are a whole other story and you need to do everything you can now so as not to have this affect him in to his future.
You will probably find he will be very nervous around bigger dogs now for life.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb...the+domestic+dog&sprefix=canine+body+language
The above book is expensive but a life long investment!!!
I can spot an aggressive dog 9 times out of 10 with in seconds of seeing them these days and I also spot the over the top dogs that aren't a good play mate for such little and fragile doggies too!!!
Ruby has very good "doggie language" and is forever sending signals to dogs when out and about but Charlie on the other hand has barely any!!
Some dogs are great talkers and others aren't and its the ones that aren't that are the worry!