other dog attack him

frank is a year old staffy, he belongs to my son but i do a lot of doggy sitting. we have worked very hard with his training (as my son lived at home untill recently) even since he was first allowed out other dogs would come and have a go at him, my son had some friends round with there dogs and one of there dogs attacked frank, recently were my son lives he has to share the garden, one of the nieghbours has a rescued dog who is not good with other dogs so they take turns in the garden with the dogs, but the lady had gone into a nieghbours and my son let frank out, she then came back into the garden at that point the dogs had a fight. there was no bad injuries, but my son is now worried because he wants frank to be a friendly dog, not a fighter. the one thing is like i have read on here is to learn about body language. as this the first staffy in our family also i have never had a dog that other dogs has gone for. where can i find the best i would say video's to watch about body language. thanks

Here is a link that should be helpfull

http://staffy-bull-terrier.co.uk/dogbodylanguage.html

As a general rule if you aren't sure about the other dog don't let yours near them. You also have to watch the handlers body language.
If the handler seems nervous or unsure than that is an indicator their dog should be avoided as well.

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Aww poor lad hope hes okay you need to be careful check and check again before you let him out . If your dog is normally good with others hopefully he should still be

I'm afraid if dogs don't feel safe around their handlers aka stop them from being attacked they are going to take matters into their own hands, they learn very quickly they must defend themselves maybe even start before the other dogs attack because he was not protected from this before.
Need to be alot more vigulant and keep him from getting hurt, Learn to handle him around other dogs let him know you wont let anything bad happen to him because you are in control.

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Some good advice there, hiya and welcome from me and Moo

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As said before, really. Getting to know a dog's body language isn't difficult once you get started. Have a look at the link provided in jstaff's post & try to relate what you see there with your own dog, and with other dogs you see on your walks.

You'll notice a difference in the way dogs raise their hackles (it doesn't always mean aggression, it can also mean anxiety/fear/uncertainty), the way they walk (are they stiff legged - aggression - or loose and bouncy - playful). Barking can be either aggressive or playful as well. It's just a matter of watching closely, seeing what your dog (and others) do in certain situations and then looking carefully at how they held themselves both before, during and after the situation.

One dog attack may not make a lot of difference to your dog, but any more may make him want to get his retaliation in first! Staffs aren't known to be super-tolerant of being bitten!

Good luck & let us know how you get on!

P.S. I don't suppose there are any pics of Frank?