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Comment by Carole and Sophie on October 9, 2010 at 11:31am

Corgis are so sensitive. My sense is the attack in the dog park changed Ein's view of the dog world. I think he perhaps he is attacking before he can be attacked and he is probably protecting you from being attacked again too. This does sound like a "fearful" response rather then an aggressive response. Perhaps you could find a professional dog trainer who can help him come out of the trauma and start trusting dogs again.

Comment by Diane Burda on October 6, 2010 at 3:46pm

Sounds like Ein needs to have his trust of other dogs re-established. I would seek out someone with a passive dog and establish a friendship between the two . Have play dates if possible. Introduce them slowly though, perhaps with a screen door between at first then gradually allow them closer on leash to eventually being free to run and play together or just hang out doing nothing. I have never taken Gunny to a dog park and now I am feeling rather leary of doing so. I would hate to see his sweet personality altered by some bully dog!

Comment by Rebecca Marie O'Bryan on October 6, 2010 at 2:52pm

i have had this same experience with teddy so i hope to help you out. teddy as a pup was very friendly towards other dogs and respectful as ein but one time i was with a friend who had a food guarder. she didnt tell me this and gave teddy her dogs favorite bone, that dog attacked teddy and grabbed him by the belly since he submitted by then i jumped on that dog and threw him off teddy. teddy was fine but super scared as he peed allover and threw up. after that incident at 4months he never trusted dogs that much. what i have done to help him is this: if he sees a dog in the distance and didnt do anything, i gave him a treat and a command"friend" so now he relates dogs to "friends/treats". also if a dog walked by i had his favorite toy handy(like a ball) i squeaked it and he got the ball if he didnt do anything when the other dog walked pass but heres the key, if they greet make it quick. do not let there be a fight. a 5second greet is awsome but no more. be possitive! high pitch voice lots of praise:). but if he did do something i spun him in a circle and said no. i also use clickers. they are amazing. click it and treat do this multiple times until he understands what it means so if u dont have a toy use that and click for good behavior. once he gets comfortable and wants to greet u can make the greet time longer.

but for now i wouldnt take him to the dog park. i would work with him on this. and sidney is right, its fear that hes doing not aggression. i wish u luck and be patient ad teddy is now warming up and he is 10months.

Comment by Geri & Sidney on October 6, 2010 at 1:32pm

I would wonder if the fight at the dog park has made him scared of other dogs. It sounds more like fear than aggression. I'm hoping some of our members with more experience with behavior will chime in. I'm thinking you need to start exposing him to other dogs, beginning from a distance, and reward him when he behaves well. Slowly decrease the distance to another dog, continuing to reward him well when he does not show any fear/aggression. If you are nervous, he'll pick up on that and he'll be scared too, so keep yourself calm and keep your voice happy and sound excited, so Ein will think it's something good.

Comment by Chris West on October 6, 2010 at 11:21am

I don't personally have any experience to offer you advice from, but here are a couple of articles that I thought might be helpful. Good Luck!!

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/dog-sudden-behavior-change-signs-and...

http://ezinearticles.com/?Why-Do-Dogs-Get-Sudden-Dog-Aggression?&am...

http://www.ehow.com/facts_5910846_could-cause-sudden-aggression-dog...