whys my dog shy around other dogs?

my foxy wont hunt with other dogs he stays at my feet unless on super fresh pig sign or out for possums. when im pig hunting he stays at my feet when I take 3 other foxys till we hit pigs or the others get one. but when I take out another we bitch by herself these 2 hunt real well sticking together and of looking all the time. by himself hes a ripper of a dog on pigs just needs back up but its hard when he stays at my feet when I bring back up. why would he do this? the 3 hes shy with are all older bitches. the one he does hunt with hes grown up with at work

Hope you don't mind Posummer but I am going to park my chair here and watch while all the dog techo types on the forum psycho analyse your foxy to give you a reply. Should be fun. I can almost guarantee that before we get to the bottom of page two on this thread someone will strongly disagree with someone else about it. I hope I haven't hijacked your thread because it is a seriously good question you have asked.

your more than welcome to do that :D ill sit and watch for a bit aswell. but im curious to why he does this. be interesting to see what pops up

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Originally Posted by Rushy

Hope you don't mind Posummer but I am going to park my chair here and watch while all the dog techo types on the forum psycho analyse your foxy to give you a reply. Should be fun. I can almost guarantee that before we get to the bottom of page two on this thread someone will strongly disagree with someone else about it. I hope I haven't hijacked your thread because it is a seriously good question you have asked.

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or we can all just shut up and possumer will be no better off......... but is best way to avoid any possible conflict.

I'll start the ball rolling , how old is he ?

2.5 I never ran him with dogs until about 1.5 years. but hes been round these dogs since I got him at 3 months old

Is he timmid or sulky when these dogs are about

I wouldn't say sulky but if I say way ya go or find em then his ears go back and he sulks. but by himself his tail wags and hes happy. if hes with the others and I talk to him he perks up but wont bugger of. if I try talk when hes by himself its like hes deaf and doesn't wanna know me hes to busy hunting. as soon as they get a pig hes of and stuck in

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Originally Posted by Rushy

Hope you don't mind Posummer but I am going to park my chair here and watch while all the dog techo types on the forum psycho analyse your foxy to give you a reply. Should be fun. I can almost guarantee that before we get to the bottom of page two on this thread someone will strongly disagree with someone else about it. I hope I haven't hijacked your thread because it is a seriously good question you have asked.

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I completely disagree Rushy!!! You don't know what your talking about. There has never been heated arguments here about dogs!!

The other dogs are bullies haha.

Have the bitches ganged up on him and given him a throttle...sounds abit like it...can you run him with just one of the bitches at a time so he gets some confidence...

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Originally Posted by Twoshotkill

I completely disagree Rushy!!! You don't know what your talking about. There has never been heated arguments here about dogs!!

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Which forum dog section have you been reading 2SK?

nup he hasn't they all get along. hes had more hidings from the bitch he hunts well with than the others. maybe I should get some vids to post up and show what he does?

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2.5 I never ran him with dogs until about 1.5 years.

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Does he like retrieving a ball? Donyou have enough control that you could line up all dogs throw a ball and tell whichever one to go and retrieve it?

The ball might sound unrelated but id be trying to get them.used to working/completing a task in front of each other and see if you can build on that.

the old bitch isn t into the ball retrieving scene shes like 10 or 11 and the other 2 don't know what that is since theyr my bosses dogs. theyr fine around each other when im not hunting they play and chase each other. when it comes to possums he out does them 3. I took the 4 out oneday and these 3 stayed with me while mine found 19....

I think its a pack order thing,he's been taught his place by the other dogs & when they're around his place is with you.
If he doesn't comply he'll get a hiding from the others, probably feels safer with you .

yea its probably that hes a bit of a softy. if dogs growl at him he thinks its funny and trys to play or sulks back to me

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Originally Posted by Chris

I think its a pack order thing,he's been taught his place by the other dogs & when they're around his place is with you.
If he doesn't comply he'll get a hiding from the others, probably feels safer with you .

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That was my thinking..was wondering if it would become evident with possession of retrieves if they were into making retrieves. The only way i could see fixing it would be clear lines of control (from dog handler) in high prey situation so they know handler is.boss while huntimg and do.away with some of the pack issues. Question is, how much of a problem is it, is it worth the effort to fix? Is there one in particular that makes him timid? I.e if one of them isnt there does he hunt better?

to me its a absolute pain in the ass because hes a awesome hunter and can find stuff when he hunts properly but cant stop them aswell as the other 3. I could try hunting just him and the old bitch and see if he changes?