For the newbies here's the background: we adopted Skipper in March, he was an owner surrender who had been treated by the shelter for several serious health problems due to owner neglect including loss of his eye.  We were told by the shelter that he "loved" cats, got along great with them.  This was necessary as we have 2 cats.

So we quickly figured out he liked to chase cats whereas our 3 other dogs didn't bother them other than to play with Luna sometimes.  Last Saturday we found out he really wants to kill cats.   So now Skipper is in a crate when we aren't home.  You just don't know for sure what you're getting with an adult dog who is a rescue.

So now for the good!  Skipper now walks much better on leash (his version of walking when we got him was to have the human follow wherever Skipper wanted to go!).  He no longer growls or snaps when I trim his claws or clean his ears! Yay! (He had so much medical treatment that anytime someone wanted to do anything like that he was defensive.)

AND the biggie - he is much better at meeting new male dogs.  Last night  we met a lady walking a huge GS mix and I allowed Skipper to walk right up to him.  The big dog was very laid back, quite old I think, and little Skipper went right up to him without growling, no hackles and sniffed noses with him!  I wish I had a pic of the two of them because the one tiny/one huge dog was so cute! And Skipper was a perfect little gentleman (before he would challenge other males).