My dog bites other dogs at the park. Is it aggression or excitement?

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My dog (she's a Bull arab x bull mastiff and is almost 2 years old) gets really overexcited when at the dog park and this quickly escalates to her biting other dogs really hard and she starts to growl (but she does this when she gets excited - is this another problem?) and i feel like she starts to exhibit aggressive like behavior. because of this i have stopped taking her to the dog park but i know this isn't good for her and i'm not sure about the use of muzzles in this situation. Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed Medium (23 - 60lb) | Female | spayed | 60 lbs

Lindsey Edwards MVB, BSc, IVCA · Accepted Answer

I strongly recommend you both enrol in some socialisation/obedience classes in order to form some more appropriate patterns of behavior around other dogs in a safe, supervised environment. You are right to be cautious about use of a muzzle only in this situation as although it will make things safer for the other dogs it will do nothing to retrain and improve the underlying issues

My dog bites other dogs at the park. Is it aggression or excitement?

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