Why is my dog defensive at home but scared outside?
I have noticed that my dog is more defensive and violent when at home. Once a dog came to our house, my dog attacked it and injured it and the other dog ran away.
Another day, my dog saw the same dog on the street, it just ran away, the other dog pursued it but as soon as my dog got to the front of our gate, it turned back and attacked the other dog until the other dog ran away.
Is this a normal dog behavior?
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Dogs can be very territorial animals.
When at home, your dog is in his territory and is just responding to what he believes is an outside intruder coming into his territory. This is why your dog immediately responded in the second case as soon as entered his yard.
But in the 2nd case, why he ran is because he was outside of his territory and did not want to challenge the other dog outside of where he felt safe.
Now is this normal? I wouldn't say it is abnormal, but if you dog will attack anyone (or at least any dog) that enters his yard, then that is something that needs dealt with because he could possible seriously injure someone (or some dog) who just happens to come into you yard.
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