--That very 1st video "Sammy handles dominating dog" is almost an exact copy of what occurred with Tessa & the 'offensive female retriever'--in terms of how she did what she did.
Tessa would be the rottie, & the female retriever was the other dog(is that a pointer? that's a pretty dog).
So am I correct in understanding that was Tessa performed was a correction & nothing more?
Tessa did that flip of the retriever, & was initially standing over, & thrashing at the throat--then Tessa put full body weight on & pinned her head full to the ground-with her mouth around the retriever's throat-
Tessa wasn't as mild as Sammy the rottie was-
*BUT* this was the 1st time Tessa ever corrected a dog, 1st time she ever needed to. So Tessa's not experienced in doing this-
It is obvious that rottie has experience & has has great control & patience.
Stepping when I did, in theory--should have served 2 purposes--1 it allowed Tessa to perform her full correction--sending the message to the retriever--
& #2--Letting Tessa know where my limit was for this type of interaction.
But of course, I am human, so it's all just theory.
I gave a short break (sit & relax)--but after the break--the retriever did just what that pointer did--the jumping on her in a dominating fashion, so Tessa corrected again, a partial 2nd, but the pooch wiggled free, then the 3rd & final correction was 'heavier' that the 1st & I pulled her & decided no more play-
-that female retriever was not going to have manners & didn't take the message.
Honestly, when the man started calling Tessa 'very dominant' I thought it was ridiculous, but decided not to engage in a whole dissertation because if the man had a clue from the start, the whole thing would not have occurred. He did not even allow me time to make a decision before he set his ill mannered but friendly dog loose & running.
Most simplistic comment I can make is for this situation is:
Stupid dog owner with no clue sets dog free-- since that dog is friendly--without my permission to approach.
Offending dog tried to dominate from the onset-
Tessa made necessary corrections properly, offending dog didn't take the message 1st 2 times.
Stupid dog owner blames Tessa because his dog is an ass who won't take a message.
Tessa did not display ANY dominant behavior until the corrections took place.
Had the 'dominant' crap not been brought up by the guy, I honestly wouldn't have even given time for a 2nd thought--
He was so accusatory-& I 2nd guessed myself & Tessa.
The accusation seemed so ABSURD--since Tessa is by far the most submissive/butter soft dog I have ever owned.
The food for other thought is now this...Tessa did her 1st corrections-with that retriever-& seemed to gain some deserved 'glee' from it.
So now she's testing the move with other pooches...Like a 140lb rottie, who gave a yelp because she was too rough when she pinned him.
The part I forgot to mention was that this rottie was wearing one of those pointy stud collars--2-3 inches wide with 3 rows of pointy metal studs.
She couldn't get full throat contact so went to the ears/cheeks when she pinned him & he wasn't hurt, he gave the small yelp like pups do when playing & the other nips too hard. He does dominate her, but takes turns & will go belly up for her.
He's intact, so play will eventually lead to him attempting to mount, but he's a good boy & will stop on command, but Tessa doesn't like it one bit when he starts that business, which is usually within about 3-5 min of play...so we break it up a lot.