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i adopted my dog when he was 8mos old and he's now just over 1yr old--and an incident happened last week that upset me. he seems okay with alot of other dogs and i've been trying to socialize him by exposing him to others at dog parks. he has played with tons of different dogs there, and even has his playmates he plays with regularly. but last week he went after a dog who wasn't even near him! i tried to tackle him, and luckily the only injury the other dog suffered was a scratch on his nose. i've never seen him do this before--although he has snapped at others occasionally, and after much research i concluded his behavior could be mild fear-based aggression. anyway, since i had never seen him go after another dog like this, i was surprised. does anyone have any experience with this??
i've signed him up for an obedience class but the instructor said it will help some but not with specific dog-dog interaction. my main concern is that i can't trust him with other dogs.
i'd rather not have to muzzle him, especially since he is such a sweetie with humans. we suspect that maybe he was attacked by a dog (or group since he gets nervous when suddenly surrounded by a group of dogs) when he was younger...
help! any advice would be much appreciated!
i've signed him up for an obedience class but the instructor said it will help some but not with specific dog-dog interaction. my main concern is that i can't trust him with other dogs.

help! any advice would be much appreciated!