My 13 y/o Border Collie gets attacked by younger dogs.?

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We have a family pet Border Collie, Bella, (female) who mainly grew up alone, she is well mannered and doesn't really pay attention to other dogs when we go for walks.
She is 13.

When I moved out I got 2 border collies of my own, the youngest is 2 y/o and she can be the sweetest little thing and is very much a people dog, she gets along with all my friends and my other collie who is male and 4 y/o but she can show a bit of dominance towards him.

However, when we take her to my mums she attacks the Bella.
We thought this might have been a personal trait until we rescued two injured young Staffordshire's this morning.
They we very gentle, kind and happy dogs, They wanted cuddles and belly scratches so we decided to put them outside with Bella since they seemed to well mannered.
But unfortunately they attacked Bella so we had to separate them.

I just want to know what the issue is because Bella does not instigate attacks and is so placid, I can't imagine why sweet dogs turn savage around her.

jpopelish · Answer

Dogs who grow up around other dogs 
learn a whole suite of signals 
that communicate their emotions and status 
in a group.

Dogs that have been raised, 
almost completely isolated from other dogs, 
not only do not learn the correct signals, 
they can learn counterproductive signals 
that will be misinterpreted by other dogs.

-- 
Regards,

John Popelish

GllntKnight · Answer

Why are you allowing this poor behavior and not correcting it immediately?

There is never any guarantee that any two dogs will get along, you're responsibility to constantly supervise, separate/contain when you can't, and immediate correction when caught in the act.

Anonymous · Answer

you always have to be careful with Staffordshire's they are known to fight with other dogs . Poor old dog shes old and set in her ways .

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