hair on her back

Hi guys went for walk in the woods today wich was fab..jessie loved it..any this woman on her bike with two hunting dog came along no leads on dogs they both ran over to jesse ...jessie give them alook and they both ran off ..the woman said sorry which was fine..i looked down at jessie and i never seen this before there was a line on her back.it was there for about 30 seconds after..my dog didnt bark or growl or anything just a look and line on her back..i think she didnt like the other dogs..the other dogs were abit dopey ..anyway just wonder did anything like this happen to any of ye

it's called their hackles did it look like this?



Chance does it ALL the time, it's perfectly normal

I'm assuming you mean there was a darker line of hair in a ridge along her back and shoulders. This is perfectly normal behaviour for a dog. It's called raising their hackles. The hairs along the back, shoulders, neck and base of the tail will often raise due to any number of factors - excitement, fear, anger, aggression, cold, surprise, etc..

She might have been excited or possibly nervous. Hackles alone can't tell you exactly what your dog is feeling, but the overall body language can. If she was standed stiff-legged and glaring at the other dogs, it may have been dominance/aggression. If she was avoiding eye contact and centering herself away from the other dogs, it may have been nervousness. If she was wagging her tail and pulling forwards, she may have been excited. There are a number of other body behaviours that would have accompanied the hackles, including ear position, stance, eyes, etc..

She gets stiff and slowy walks..

Could be that she didn't like the other dogs. That isn't necessarily indidicative of aggression though - they may have been displaying aggressive behaviour, which she reacted to. Aggressive behaviour can be easily missed by humans; something as small as staring or a small ear movement.

Ya one of the dogs give a low bark..but im proud of jessie she just played it cool

Sounds like there's no need for alarm then Just one of those things!

that's why it's important to learn and watch your dogs body language