On 2018-11-19 11:34 AM, jmcquown wrote:
> On 11/18/2018 11:32 PM, Dave Smith wrote:

>> When we got our Malinois we were told that he could not be around
>> other dogs. That was confirmed when my brother brought hisÂ* LabÂ* over
>> to go for a walk. Sonny was so vicious that my bother never brought
>> his dog back and did not want Sonny there.Â* I used to walk him in the
>> woods behind us and let him run free.Â* A couple times we ran into
>> people with dogs running free and he was fine. When a leash free dog
>> park openedÂ* up nearby we tried it out and he was fine.Â*Â* Dogs tend to
>> get along much better when there are no leashes involved.
>>
> I'm not talking about a dog park or in the "woods" in the middle of
> nowhere.Â* Unleashed dogs are not a good thing in a neighborhood.Â* Dogs
> should always be under the owners control, on a leash.Â* These were, and
> they didn't like each other.Â* Uncontrolled, it could have been a bad
> situation involving trips to the vet.


Perhaps not. I have seen too many cases of dogs getting along fine
when both are loose, but very aggressive when one or both are leashed.