). Athena is an Australian shepherd/Doberman/Rottweiler mix (Athena looks like a mini, skinny Rottweiler and her mom looked a little like an Australian shepherd). We have a large, fenced in yard and the dogs get walks most days. I was recently reading about socializing dogs, and I learned that if you stop socializing dogs after puppyhood, they can develop territorial problems. I think that the barking problems may be cause by a lack of dog to dog socialization. We did enroll in a dog obedience class, but that is over now. In the class, dogs were not allowed to meet each other. Other than that class, Remi and
Athena don't get much dog to dog socialization (occasionally, the neighbor's dog goes outside when one of our dogs are outside, and they play along the fence line). Is proper socialization allowing the dogs to meet friendly and stable dogs? How do you socialize your dogs? I don't know anybody who is willing to go on walks with our dogs or let the dogs greet each other. The dog park is not the best idea because or dogs play very roughly and also have had some bad experiences with mean dogs.
Thank you for reading!
