Let me start by saying this is TOTALLY LEGAL! In NYC parks dogs can be off leash from 6-9 AM and after 9 at night until the parks close at 1 AM. I take my dog every morning to Central Park for an off leash walk for an hour. We meet dozens of dogs on our walk. Whiskey (my dog) has been a dream for 3 years. He passes 90% of dogs and checks out the other 10% briefly. But twice in the last week he started with two other dogs his size (he's a GS mix at 75 lbs). It only lasted 2-3 seconds and he backed off but he was not just saying "fluff off". Lunging, teeth baring, growling/barking. As I said, 2 seconds maybe 3 but it's unnerved me. I put him immediately into sit and put his leash on, told him he lost his privileges (not sure he understands) and apologized to the other owners. They shrugged it off as "dogs" will be dogs but it's really upset me and I don't think I can trust him anymore.
He's fine at home, no weird behavioral changes so I don't think he's sick but I want to know if anyone has advice in this?
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