Dogs are pack animals, so there is always the chance of confrontation between them. While you can’t always stop aggressive behaviour, you can look out for the signs and prevent a situation escalating by taking the right actions.
One of the big mistakes dog owners make when they think their dog is becoming aggressive it to get anxious and panicky. The dog will be looking to the owner for a lead, and will only feel it more necessary to defend itself if the owner seems scared. Stay calm in these situations and it may help to relax your dog and stop a potentially dangerous situation.
Another mistake is to try and comfort your dog through petting or even giving a treat. While with humans this might seem a reasonable thing to do, it may be accidentally reinforcing the aggressive behaviour by leading the dog to think it is being rewarded. Act normally when your dog becomes aggressive and don’t give it any encouragement.
If a fight does occur, never try to break it up yourself by coming between the dogs. You may end up getting hurt as the dogs are in an aggressive state of mind. Instead, the best way is to try and distract the dogs. A well trained dog should respond to the come command, but in a fight situation training may be forgotten or temporarily ignored, which is why you may need to distract the dogs before using a return command. Don’t risk your own health to break up a dog fight in any situation.
By: Richard Cross Terris
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I hope this video helps with your aggressive puppy
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By its very nature, a dog is an aggressive animal. Aggression is necessary to not only hunt, but also to protect territory and resources, and mate successfully. Breeding has diminished this behavior immensely over the centuries. However, dogs remain more than able to inflict serious injury on humans, other dogs, and themselves.
If you are attempting to properly train an aggressive dog, you are actually trying to reprogram mother nature’s hard-wiring of your dog’s brain. That doesn’t mean that the task is impossible – not in the least. As dog-owners, there are numerous things we could do, to effectively subdue and train dangerous, aggressive behavior out of your dog.
1) It is vital that you socialize your dog. By doing this, you are getting your dog to learn through their experience with humans(other than you) and other dogs. In addition, this conditions your dog to easily accept and deal with new situations and people without fear or anxiety – two factors that rear their ugly heads in the form of aggressive behavior. Socializing your dog is more of a consistent concerted effort, rather than strict regimental training.
2) Seriously consider group dog-behavior classes. These are a great opportunity for your dog to interact with other dogs and humans, as well. Ideally, these types of classes will be initiated when your dog is still a puppy or quite young. Often, an unruly, imbalanced dog will be turned away from such group-classes, because they pose a danger to the other dogs, their owners, and themselves. If this is the case, you and your aggressive dog will be better suited for intensive on-the-leash obedience training with specialists experienced in dealing with these particular dog-behavior problems.
3) Don’t waste any more time waiting for the perfect solution to your dog’s aggressive behavior to fall in your lap. Get ahold of a system, guide, or program and stick to it. Training the aggression out of your dog doesn’t have to be a tall order. However, the longer you wait, and the older your dog gets, the harder training your dog not to be aggressive will be.
A Mastiff puppy aggressively toying with the cat might make for a great photo, but a full-grown Mastiff doing the same with someone’s baby definitely is not. An aggressive adult dog is the result of dog-owners that relish the spontaneous, “cute” behavior of their puppies, yet completely fail their dogs, by hindering their mental development with a lack of discipline. This is a recipe for a dangerous, destructive situation to arise. In addition, your dog continues to struggle with aggression, anxiety, and confusion around other dogs and humans(often your own family). They are yelled at or scolded, but they will NEVER realize why.
All too often, the laziness and ineptness of the dog-owner results in a tragic accident involving their dog. Thousands of dogs are destroyed every year, because of attacks on humans or other dogs. These incidents are readily attributed to the particular breed being “naturally dangerous and aggressive”. That is a cop-out, actually better translated as certain dog-owners being “naturally lazy and irresponsible”. There’s no way around it. The training of your dog has everything to do with the training of YOU and vice versa. If you aren’t fully prepared for the investment of effort, money, time, patience, furniture, frustration, and love that is necessary to properly rear a dog, please do the world a favor – don’t get a dog.
By: James Mitchell
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For many people, choosing a dog for their family is as simple as finding a cute puppy. In reality however, this method is looking for trouble and its the number one reason dogs end up in a shelter. Choosing the right puppy for your family is a systematic procedure and by following a few simple steps, you can get a puppy that’s perfect for your lifestyle.
Dog Groups
If you want to select the right puppy, you should start by looking at the various dog groups. There are eight dog groups in total. You can narrow down the breeds that are suitable for you by looking at these groups. For example, the Sporting Group consists of retrievers, amongst others. Retrievers love to swim and are generally very athletic. By knowing this simple fact you can decide if a puppy from the sporting group is right for you. You have to ask yourself whether you are an active person who is willing to take the time to sufficiently exercise your dog so he or she doesn’t become bored and destructive. If your answer is no, than a breed from another group maybe right for you.
Breeders
Getting a puppy from a reputable breeder is very important when it comes to selecting a puppy. Sure, they maybe a bit more expensive then a puppy found in some random classified ad, but in the long run you will avoid a handful of problems. Good breeders raise their dogs in a proper home and will breed healthy and mentally stable puppies. Unfortunately, many people purchase a dog from a backyard breeder, only to later find out that their puppy has a serious health issue that will cost thousands of dollars in vet and medication bills.
Choosing a puppy from a litter
Just like babies, each puppy in a litter will have a different personality. Some will be very hyper and others more mellow. These traits will give you an indication of future temperament of the puppy. For example, if a puppy is overly dominant or aggressive with the rest of the littermates, that puppy will usually be more difficult to train later on and may even try to be dominant over you as an adult. On the other hand, a shy pup may translate its shyness into aggression later on, especially with strangers.
By: Peter Madrid
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Will my aggressive dog hurt a puppy?
Watch this Video to stop your aggressive dog.
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