On Kate's daily walks, we almost always run into another dog or two (or three, or four). We don't go to an off-leash park, just a regular park that dogs are allowed to be walked in. Kate is SO submissive with other dogs, I don't know if it's good or bad? The reason it concerns me is because of this IDIOT the other day...
So, as I've mentioned - it's NOT an off-leash park. I was walking Kate by myself the other evening (later than our usual walk), and we were happily strolling along. As we turned a corner in the park (there's lots of trees and shrubs) this Malamute comes out of no where and lunges at Kate. Not fighting - playing. A big, clumsy, gorgeous boy, but as soon as he got up to Kate, she slammed right down to the ground and was on her back. She does this with every dog she meets (however) this time she REALLY slammed down - fast. She didn't seem hurt (and I suppose the dog could have scared her too, seeing as it was dark out). The idiot came around the corner "oh, so sorry dude", "oh, he never does that" (etc). I told him if he wanted to walk his dog off-leash, he was in the wrong park. Just miffed me cause the dog practically bowled right over me too (imagine if I had a kid with me)?
ANYHOW - just wondering about Kate's submissiveness - anything I can do to make her "not" as submissive? She really hit the ground hard (and) I didn't like it. Makes me kind of scared to let her play with other dogs (especially ones her size or bigger)...