We rescued a beautiful 2 year old male husky from our local shelter. They didn't know anything really from his past. All they told us was that he was stray with no chip or collar. He was neutered before we picked him up 3 weeks ago.

From his very first walk around our neighborhood he has always very distracted with other dogs as in pulling to get to them and would bark at times also. Fast forward to more recently we've taken him to the dog park a couple of times. The first time he got aggressive with a female pit bull and I had to separate him from her. Today we tried the dog park again. There were two male huskies there, at first things were going good then he started fighting with one of them. We both separated our dogs and the other folks left. He started playing really good with the remaining husky for a good while but when we were getting close to leaving they began fighting. We separated them and we left on good terms with the other owner but our dogs not so much.

I'm thinking he has potential to play nice but we haven't had a good experience yet, we've gotten close though. I was hoping you guys might have some suggestions on how to better socialize him with other dogs so he can have fun and play. Thanks in advance for your suggestions

Are you sure he is actually "fighting"?? Huskies in general play very, VERY rough. They are SUPER vocal, SUPER mouthy, and to the untrained eye, it looks crazy vicious.

Also, how long have you had him??? Maybe you are giving him too much stimuli too soon. Both of my girls are rescues, and I didn't take Kennedy (my first rescue) to a dog park until 3 months (ish) after I had adopted her. The way a dog is after you rescue them doesn't necessarily mean that is the REAL them. They are (usually) very timid and aren't very sure of themselves and are just kind of going with the motion until they get their confidence.

My husky and beagle play very rough, my wife and i believe my beagle suffers from dwarfism, he is so small and plays really rough with koda.

It looks like they are fighting, they growl and make crazy noises and use there teeth and all in all it looks very vicous. they nip at each other and the beagle bites her fur and butt, she will grab him a bit but its not real fighting.

but you can look up videos of you tube to see how close your really resembles to fighting or playing

From what I've seen I believe they were really fighting. It seems like my dog comes at these other dogs way to aggressive not in a fighting way but in an overly excited way and the other dogs either get annoyed by it or take it the wrong way.

After discussing what happened with my wife we came to the conclusion that maybe like it was suggested that this might be too much excitement for him too quickly.

I was thinking of maybe next time if he does good with another dog just to have him there for a much shorter time playing and leave within a few minutes and on a good note, progressively giving him a little more time to play. What do you guys think?

that does sound like a good idea, you may even try greeting the other dogs through the fence before entering

I personally wouldn't do the greet between the fence thing. Dogs that are unleashed in the dog park are usually crazy energetic and are total spazes!! When you bring a dog to the park that is already super excited to be there, and then make him walk around the perimeter watching all of these dogs run and play..it's torture to him. Eventually I think you could walk around the dog park and it would be okay, but at this point with him being under-socialized, I don't think it is a good idea.

I would start out like he is a brand new puppy. Take him anywhere and everywhere you can with you. Keep the outings short, sweet, and to the point. Correct him if he is too rambocious in his greetings, praise him when he is calm. Then graduate up to planned play dates with approved dogs you know won't take his crap, but won't rip his throat out either. Dogs learn differently then we do. They LEARN from other dogs by being pushed around and being snapped at. That's how they communicate, remember that.

Just take it nice and slow with him and you'll see results. These dogs are very, very smart. We just have to show them what is and isn't acceptable; but we also need to give them the opportunity to learn from their mistakes. It's all about balance.