u/smallbabybat

My 1.8 year old (working line) male either does not understand, or does not respect warning signs from other dogs. Obviously, he plays like a puppy, continuously play bowing, intense sniffing, etc. For example, if he sniffs a dogs butt, and they turn around and do a bark or even a lunge to basically tell him to F off, he just continuously will go back again and again. He was attacked viciously last year, when we were walking by an off leash pitbull. He did not get aggressive back with the dog. He genuinely thinks all dogs want to be friends with him, and the only dogs he really shows any type of dislike to are male pitbull. I would not say my dog plays aggressively at all. I just think plays like any young Doberman with a lot of drive. It’s like he cannot physically contain how excited he is. We do not do dog parks, we don’t just hang around random dogs either. But there are some things that are truly unavoidable. I live alone and care for him alone, and sometimes during double shifts I will leave him at my moms for a few hours, and her older dog is not a fan of his puppy behavior, and he never listens to her warning barks or anything. I am wondering the best way to correct this, as I feel it is a bit tedious given he was attacked previously. I don’t want him to feel punished for just being a young pup, but I also don’t want him to be attacked again or eventually become very reactive from dogs constantly lunging at him. Does anyone have any advice for combatting this?