Doesn't sound alarming to me either. Occasionally Sally acts like that around a group of dogs. It's like she has to get things settled with them, then everything is fine.
We took our dogs to Bark in the Park Atlanta Braves game last fall and just happened to meet up with her breeder and a friend who was taking some of her dogs to the game. There were a LOT of dogs there.
Sally started her hackles up, barking, intimidating behavior. Honestly, I was embarrassed. I started to correct her. The breeder said, "Oh that's ok. She's just letting everyone know who's boss around here."
After that, I started paying closer attention to what she actually does, and that was right on. Once it's all settled, she is just fine. Has a great time playing nicely with everyone.
So, right now, your "problem" doesn't sound so bad. But, of course, that's my non-professional, non-trainer, non-behaviorist opinion FWIW!
We took our dogs to Bark in the Park Atlanta Braves game last fall and just happened to meet up with her breeder and a friend who was taking some of her dogs to the game. There were a LOT of dogs there.
Sally started her hackles up, barking, intimidating behavior. Honestly, I was embarrassed. I started to correct her. The breeder said, "Oh that's ok. She's just letting everyone know who's boss around here."
After that, I started paying closer attention to what she actually does, and that was right on. Once it's all settled, she is just fine. Has a great time playing nicely with everyone.
So, right now, your "problem" doesn't sound so bad. But, of course, that's my non-professional, non-trainer, non-behaviorist opinion FWIW!
