[pogomisha]

First, it is me that is disabled not my dd. I wasn't when we first got Glitter (I had an accident) but my dd has always been her handler. I wanted to make sure that at all times my dd could handle her and make sure that Glitter knew that my dd was the Alpha. I am using dd to stand for dear daughter. She is now almost 10 and we have a regular trainer and the only time she has exhibited this behavior is with these two dogs. I should have explained this further but I felt I was taking up to much space before so I tried to shorten it. We have finished basic obedience and are working toward getting her off lead trained and our obedience trainer, who we go to classes with, thinks my dd is capable of controlling her and has given us things to do but I was just curious if you all thought it was the sheep factor. She has been to the dog park on lead with a halti on and has exhibited no aggressive tendency. She has had strange dogs run up to her on walks and has not exhibited any aggressive tendencies it is just with these two dogs. At our regular obedience classes she does not even pay any attention to the other dogs there even when she is doing recalls and has every chance of going after them because she is on a long line that is dropped but my dd is able to pick up if necessary. There has to be a reason she does not like these two dogs. The classes for the CGC training has been taking place at the Dog Park and there are lots of dogs running loose and maybe that could cause her to attack the other dogs but then why doesn't she attack the other 4Her's dogs that are participating? She has only attacked them one time each but we want to make sure she doesn't attack them again nor any other dog. It is not a male/female issue that has been eliminated. The sheep thing is the closest thing I can figure out. I was hoping you could help us. My dd is an excellent handler. Our obedience trainer was so impressed with the way she handles our dog that she has asked her to help her when she goes and shows other dogs at dog shows and gave her one of her GSD pups to train and show which we had to give back when I had my accident because we felt it was not fair to the puppy to keep because I was in the hospital for 3 weeks after my accident and then had to stay with relatives and it was just not fair to a puppy to have to stay in a kennel that long. Glitter, who was older, was cared for by my older sons and neighbor. I am considering getting my dd another dog to work with but only because my dd wants to do agility and Glitter does not seem too enthused about this and probably will not have the speed necessary to compete so we are looking at other breeds to get for that and she could do 4H with that dog but that still leaves us with why does she only watch these two dogs and why did she only grab them? At the dog park tonight for our last class, she didn't try to attack them but we have been redirecting her attention when she even looks at them but other dogs that were loose came around her and she ignored them. It just puzzles me and I thought since this was a behavior forum someone might be able to solve the puzzle for us.