[cally01]

Yes, this is very normal for a breed such as a Rottweiler and other droving breeds and herding breeds, pointer. A retriever will go from orient straight to chase. A livestock guardian dog should not show eye at all.

I had a horrible problem with my Rottweiler showing eye when I first rescued her. But, her predatory drift was aimed at not only other dogs but at me as well. With Athena unlike a border collie she would not just stop at eye stalk & chase she would go into grab bite and had finisher tendencies. The first time she did this was in an open field where I let her loose to run. She stopped and dropped her head and was in eye stalk mode. I started walking towards her when she came barreling at me and attacked me tearing my leather jacket. With the help of a behaviorist I was able to redirect her predatory drives to objects rather than me. I also was able to get her to imprint on my cats, but, small dogs still put her in predatory drift. I didn't have any opportunities to get her social with small dogs.

As mentioned a "leave it" command should work. With Athena my unsocialized rescue Rottie it was not as easy as just teaching a simple leave it as her drives would lead to grab bite so I had to teach the look at me command and really work with her and redirect and have her focus on me. For small dogs I just don't put her in a situation where she may be near them. Living way out in the country with 16 acres makes this very easy :0)