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Why are other dogs attacking my husky?

I have a Siberian Husky and I took him out in front of my yard to handle his business. We found some random dog crap where he usually deposits. So instead of remarking his turf, he went sniffing around for another section of my yard and out of no where, two other dogs ran up and started attacking him. He didn't cower back nor did he attack back, he was trying to push them away in the middle of yelping out in pain - and I'm telling the other dogs firmly no while trying to calm him as the pregnant owner ran up and tried to grab her dogs in the same breath of apologizing. Everything happened so fast. This is the second time this happened with the same dogs in my front yard. I never seen him display anything but friendliness towards other dogs. He gets along well with other dogs especially pits but for some reason, it seems that long haired dogs like retrievers and collies will hone in on him and attack after a couple of sniffs. Any husky owner will tell you that they are chilled dogs and only violent thing they do is lick you to death.

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Is there any known issues that certain breeds just don't plain get along with others?

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I would have to agree that the problem with these particular two dogs is that your neighbor's dogs are dog aggressive, poorly trained and need to be restrained. You can ask your neighbor know that her dog be on her property at all times, by any means or you will have to contact the authorities.

But to answer your question as to why dogs keep attacking your dog without being able to see what actually is happening myself, I will have to rely on logic and years of experience in the rehabing of dog aggressive dogs and fearful dogs. So if like you say long hair dogs keep attacking your dog and only long hair dogs and every long hair dogs do but these dogs are like you say singling your dog out, I would have to say that this has nothing to do with long hair dogs not liking yours but rather your dog sending out signals to long hair dogs. If these long hair dogs were attacking all dogs, I would say they are dog aggressive but f they are always singling your dog out, somehow, in a way you dont see, your dog is frightful of them and that makes him an easy target.

You can work on desensitizing your dog to long hair dogs with different techniques using gradual desensitizing, rewards, games and such, having him around very friendly long hair dogs, things like that.

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Thanks! I didn't see him being fearful. He stood still and let them sniff him then it was all heck breaking loose with the other dogs. It might be something that I can't see. I haven't seen them other dogs attack other dogs when I see them run around in the open field adjacent to my property .

The open field is where the condos are and I don't know which neighbor it is to go talk to them but I been wanting to. I wanted to see if we can get our dogs "to get to know each other" so this won't happen again.

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What is your dog's body language? Is he stiff with his tail straight up? I'd highly recommend watching some videos on dog body language. If you see that either your dog or an approaching dog is tense, don't let them meet. Call your dog over to you, have him on leash. Have treats with you to throw on the ground and stop approaching dogs. If your neighbor refuses to keep her dogs on leash, tell her you will call the authorities. Carry citronella spray (sold for this purpose). Letting other dogs attack yours is incredibly traumatic for him, and will make his future interactions with other dogs stressful. It will also ruin his trust in you, since he looks (should look) to you to protect him. You yelling, is likely only adding stress to the situation. If he is not neutered and the other dogs are neutered, that could also be why they are reacting to him.