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  #11  
Old July 19th 04, 04:25 AM
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You need a professional... behaviorist preferred... to come and eyeball
these apparently aggressive behaviors. Dogs do change over time, just
as we do

Your babysitter having a 6yo free a dog that has just been aggressive
toward a known adult displays a lack of common sense that is of grave
concern.... in otherwords, she did something incredibly stupid and
potentially dangerous.

Jo Wolf
Martinez, Georgia

  #12  
Old July 19th 04, 04:35 AM
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Trey Thrasher wrote:

I have a six-year-old neutered Doberman. We keep him inside. When we leave
the house, we keep him in a kennel in our bedroom. When we go on vacations,
we have a pet sitter (that is her full time job) come-by the house to let
him out to the yard, feed him etc. We have had the same pet sitter for his
entire life. A couple of months ago our dog acted aggressively when the
sitter came to let him out of his kennel immediately after the pet sitter
let him, our dog bit her. Although the bite was not serious, it rattled her
enough that she has informed us that she will no longer sit our dog.

After our sitter quit, my wife and I had the idea that we might enlist our
babysitter to both house sit and dog sit when we are gone. Our dog is
usually out when she sits and she is comfortable being around our dog. We
are now concerned that Plan B will not work. On Friday, our babysitter was
bringing our children home from school and attempted to let our dog out of
his kennel. Our dog acted aggressively and she left the room and returned
with our dogs favorite treat but he still acted aggressively. Ultimately,
she had our 6-year-old child let the dog out. Our dog acted fine after
being released from his kennel but we are concerned about her being able to
release him from his kennel without a family member present to help.

Any ideas on how to correct his behaviour? I had an idea to get another
kennel to keep him in during vacations and to keep him in another room (my
thought was that he might not be as territorial about another kennel in
another room). Kenneling him outside of our home does not work very well,
we have done it on two occasions and apparently our dog barked the ENTIRE
TIME WE WERE GONE.


You can try having your sitter stay a while after you get home and do
some crate/uncrate exercises. Crate your dog for a few minutes,
re-enter the room and have the sitter be the one to open the door while
the dog can see you. Do this repeatedly if it works out well the first
one or two times. After a week of this then try doing it without you
being in the room when she uncrates the dog to see if he'll still allow
her to do it. If that goes well then a few days later try letting her
crate & uncrate him while you're at home but the dog doesn't know it yet
(this way she's not attempting to do something potentially dangerous
without help nearby).

If all else fails then you really only have three options. Find a
family member to keep the dog in their home, preferably one who won't be
away from home often. Take your dog with you on vacation. There are
alot of pet friendly hotels in the US. Or don't go on vacation. I'd
recommend a boarding place but the likelihood is that your dog will be
even more aggressive in such an environment and the staff will be
petrified to go near him.

--
Tara
  #13  
Old July 19th 04, 04:35 AM
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Trey Thrasher wrote:

I have a six-year-old neutered Doberman. We keep him inside. When we leave
the house, we keep him in a kennel in our bedroom. When we go on vacations,
we have a pet sitter (that is her full time job) come-by the house to let
him out to the yard, feed him etc. We have had the same pet sitter for his
entire life. A couple of months ago our dog acted aggressively when the
sitter came to let him out of his kennel immediately after the pet sitter
let him, our dog bit her. Although the bite was not serious, it rattled her
enough that she has informed us that she will no longer sit our dog.

After our sitter quit, my wife and I had the idea that we might enlist our
babysitter to both house sit and dog sit when we are gone. Our dog is
usually out when she sits and she is comfortable being around our dog. We
are now concerned that Plan B will not work. On Friday, our babysitter was
bringing our children home from school and attempted to let our dog out of
his kennel. Our dog acted aggressively and she left the room and returned
with our dogs favorite treat but he still acted aggressively. Ultimately,
she had our 6-year-old child let the dog out. Our dog acted fine after
being released from his kennel but we are concerned about her being able to
release him from his kennel without a family member present to help.

Any ideas on how to correct his behaviour? I had an idea to get another
kennel to keep him in during vacations and to keep him in another room (my
thought was that he might not be as territorial about another kennel in
another room). Kenneling him outside of our home does not work very well,
we have done it on two occasions and apparently our dog barked the ENTIRE
TIME WE WERE GONE.


You can try having your sitter stay a while after you get home and do
some crate/uncrate exercises. Crate your dog for a few minutes,
re-enter the room and have the sitter be the one to open the door while
the dog can see you. Do this repeatedly if it works out well the first
one or two times. After a week of this then try doing it without you
being in the room when she uncrates the dog to see if he'll still allow
her to do it. If that goes well then a few days later try letting her
crate & uncrate him while you're at home but the dog doesn't know it yet
(this way she's not attempting to do something potentially dangerous
without help nearby).

If all else fails then you really only have three options. Find a
family member to keep the dog in their home, preferably one who won't be
away from home often. Take your dog with you on vacation. There are
alot of pet friendly hotels in the US. Or don't go on vacation. I'd
recommend a boarding place but the likelihood is that your dog will be
even more aggressive in such an environment and the staff will be
petrified to go near him.

--
Tara
  #14  
Old July 19th 04, 04:35 AM
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Trey Thrasher wrote:

I have a six-year-old neutered Doberman. We keep him inside. When we leave
the house, we keep him in a kennel in our bedroom. When we go on vacations,
we have a pet sitter (that is her full time job) come-by the house to let
him out to the yard, feed him etc. We have had the same pet sitter for his
entire life. A couple of months ago our dog acted aggressively when the
sitter came to let him out of his kennel immediately after the pet sitter
let him, our dog bit her. Although the bite was not serious, it rattled her
enough that she has informed us that she will no longer sit our dog.

After our sitter quit, my wife and I had the idea that we might enlist our
babysitter to both house sit and dog sit when we are gone. Our dog is
usually out when she sits and she is comfortable being around our dog. We
are now concerned that Plan B will not work. On Friday, our babysitter was
bringing our children home from school and attempted to let our dog out of
his kennel. Our dog acted aggressively and she left the room and returned
with our dogs favorite treat but he still acted aggressively. Ultimately,
she had our 6-year-old child let the dog out. Our dog acted fine after
being released from his kennel but we are concerned about her being able to
release him from his kennel without a family member present to help.

Any ideas on how to correct his behaviour? I had an idea to get another
kennel to keep him in during vacations and to keep him in another room (my
thought was that he might not be as territorial about another kennel in
another room). Kenneling him outside of our home does not work very well,
we have done it on two occasions and apparently our dog barked the ENTIRE
TIME WE WERE GONE.


You can try having your sitter stay a while after you get home and do
some crate/uncrate exercises. Crate your dog for a few minutes,
re-enter the room and have the sitter be the one to open the door while
the dog can see you. Do this repeatedly if it works out well the first
one or two times. After a week of this then try doing it without you
being in the room when she uncrates the dog to see if he'll still allow
her to do it. If that goes well then a few days later try letting her
crate & uncrate him while you're at home but the dog doesn't know it yet
(this way she's not attempting to do something potentially dangerous
without help nearby).

If all else fails then you really only have three options. Find a
family member to keep the dog in their home, preferably one who won't be
away from home often. Take your dog with you on vacation. There are
alot of pet friendly hotels in the US. Or don't go on vacation. I'd
recommend a boarding place but the likelihood is that your dog will be
even more aggressive in such an environment and the staff will be
petrified to go near him.

--
Tara
  #15  
Old July 19th 04, 04:35 AM
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Trey Thrasher wrote:

I have a six-year-old neutered Doberman. We keep him inside. When we leave
the house, we keep him in a kennel in our bedroom. When we go on vacations,
we have a pet sitter (that is her full time job) come-by the house to let
him out to the yard, feed him etc. We have had the same pet sitter for his
entire life. A couple of months ago our dog acted aggressively when the
sitter came to let him out of his kennel immediately after the pet sitter
let him, our dog bit her. Although the bite was not serious, it rattled her
enough that she has informed us that she will no longer sit our dog.

After our sitter quit, my wife and I had the idea that we might enlist our
babysitter to both house sit and dog sit when we are gone. Our dog is
usually out when she sits and she is comfortable being around our dog. We
are now concerned that Plan B will not work. On Friday, our babysitter was
bringing our children home from school and attempted to let our dog out of
his kennel. Our dog acted aggressively and she left the room and returned
with our dogs favorite treat but he still acted aggressively. Ultimately,
she had our 6-year-old child let the dog out. Our dog acted fine after
being released from his kennel but we are concerned about her being able to
release him from his kennel without a family member present to help.

Any ideas on how to correct his behaviour? I had an idea to get another
kennel to keep him in during vacations and to keep him in another room (my
thought was that he might not be as territorial about another kennel in
another room). Kenneling him outside of our home does not work very well,
we have done it on two occasions and apparently our dog barked the ENTIRE
TIME WE WERE GONE.


You can try having your sitter stay a while after you get home and do
some crate/uncrate exercises. Crate your dog for a few minutes,
re-enter the room and have the sitter be the one to open the door while
the dog can see you. Do this repeatedly if it works out well the first
one or two times. After a week of this then try doing it without you
being in the room when she uncrates the dog to see if he'll still allow
her to do it. If that goes well then a few days later try letting her
crate & uncrate him while you're at home but the dog doesn't know it yet
(this way she's not attempting to do something potentially dangerous
without help nearby).

If all else fails then you really only have three options. Find a
family member to keep the dog in their home, preferably one who won't be
away from home often. Take your dog with you on vacation. There are
alot of pet friendly hotels in the US. Or don't go on vacation. I'd
recommend a boarding place but the likelihood is that your dog will be
even more aggressive in such an environment and the staff will be
petrified to go near him.

--
Tara
  #16  
Old July 19th 04, 04:35 AM
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Trey Thrasher wrote:

I have a six-year-old neutered Doberman. We keep him inside. When we leave
the house, we keep him in a kennel in our bedroom. When we go on vacations,
we have a pet sitter (that is her full time job) come-by the house to let
him out to the yard, feed him etc. We have had the same pet sitter for his
entire life. A couple of months ago our dog acted aggressively when the
sitter came to let him out of his kennel immediately after the pet sitter
let him, our dog bit her. Although the bite was not serious, it rattled her
enough that she has informed us that she will no longer sit our dog.

After our sitter quit, my wife and I had the idea that we might enlist our
babysitter to both house sit and dog sit when we are gone. Our dog is
usually out when she sits and she is comfortable being around our dog. We
are now concerned that Plan B will not work. On Friday, our babysitter was
bringing our children home from school and attempted to let our dog out of
his kennel. Our dog acted aggressively and she left the room and returned
with our dogs favorite treat but he still acted aggressively. Ultimately,
she had our 6-year-old child let the dog out. Our dog acted fine after
being released from his kennel but we are concerned about her being able to
release him from his kennel without a family member present to help.

Any ideas on how to correct his behaviour? I had an idea to get another
kennel to keep him in during vacations and to keep him in another room (my
thought was that he might not be as territorial about another kennel in
another room). Kenneling him outside of our home does not work very well,
we have done it on two occasions and apparently our dog barked the ENTIRE
TIME WE WERE GONE.


You can try having your sitter stay a while after you get home and do
some crate/uncrate exercises. Crate your dog for a few minutes,
re-enter the room and have the sitter be the one to open the door while
the dog can see you. Do this repeatedly if it works out well the first
one or two times. After a week of this then try doing it without you
being in the room when she uncrates the dog to see if he'll still allow
her to do it. If that goes well then a few days later try letting her
crate & uncrate him while you're at home but the dog doesn't know it yet
(this way she's not attempting to do something potentially dangerous
without help nearby).

If all else fails then you really only have three options. Find a
family member to keep the dog in their home, preferably one who won't be
away from home often. Take your dog with you on vacation. There are
alot of pet friendly hotels in the US. Or don't go on vacation. I'd
recommend a boarding place but the likelihood is that your dog will be
even more aggressive in such an environment and the staff will be
petrified to go near him.

--
Tara
  #17  
Old July 19th 04, 05:13 AM
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"Trey Thrasher" wrote in message
nk.net...
I have a six-year-old neutered Doberman. We keep him inside. When we

leave
the house, we keep him in a kennel in our bedroom. When we go on

vacations,
we have a pet sitter (that is her full time job) come-by the house to let
him out to the yard, feed him etc. We have had the same pet sitter for

his
entire life. A couple of months ago our dog acted aggressively when the
sitter came to let him out of his kennel immediately after the pet sitter
let him, our dog bit her. Although the bite was not serious, it rattled

her
enough that she has informed us that she will no longer sit our dog.

After our sitter quit, my wife and I had the idea that we might enlist our
babysitter to both house sit and dog sit when we are gone. Our dog is
usually out when she sits and she is comfortable being around our dog. We
are now concerned that Plan B will not work. On Friday, our babysitter

was
bringing our children home from school and attempted to let our dog out of
his kennel. Our dog acted aggressively and she left the room and returned
with our dogs favorite treat but he still acted aggressively. Ultimately,
she had our 6-year-old child let the dog out. Our dog acted fine after
being released from his kennel but we are concerned about her being able

to
release him from his kennel without a family member present to help.

Any ideas on how to correct his behaviour? I had an idea to get another
kennel to keep him in during vacations and to keep him in another room (my
thought was that he might not be as territorial about another kennel in
another room). Kenneling him outside of our home does not work very well,
we have done it on two occasions and apparently our dog barked the ENTIRE
TIME WE WERE GONE.



Two things:

1) Get the dog medically checked. We had a very tame and slightly timid dog
go unexplainably aggressive over the course of a few months. I ended up
taking him to 3 different vets with no help of any kind coming from it. He
died. He had a growth on the brain which the vert said could have been there
at birth but because he was growing, it had room to expand without hurting
the dog as a pup. When his skull became rigid around 2.5 years old, that is
when the aggression started. It started with aggression to our other dog,
one he used to share the same bone with at the same time. Worth getting the
dog checked in case there is something medically wrong that you cant
immediately see.

2) If nothing medically wrong in the end, with a big sized male as that
breed is when fully grown, you need a strong and imposing human when the dog
becomes like this. I don't mean that the human becomes aggressive but that
the human shows no fear and will, as I have had to do before, get down face
to face with the dog and growl at it. At one stage I even quickly flipped a
big male on his back and then held his throat skin in my mouth and GROWLED
pulling at the skin a little with my teeth while holding his body with my
hands until he stopped growling. That got the point across well with this
male who was constantly trying to counter my authority over him. At no time
was the male I had ever physically hurt but you have to realise with a big
male that you can lose him and possibly it can kill someone else if it
becomes aggressive and you need to take control of it NOW with no room for
movement. I am not a big and strong male but I am agile and strong enough to
do what I have described. After that event, I pointedly ignored the dog for
a day while he pleaded for attention and then I talked to him etc. After a
few weeks, all was back to normal and no aggression ever again.

Don't ever let a dog try to rule the roost because if it takes it into it's
head that a 6 year old child is a threat, can you live with the
consequences?

I have only females at the moment and the younger one occasionally plays
dominance games on the older one who has never cared one way or the other
about that but gets upset when the younger gets too rough. As the elder is
12 and I don't want her hurt in any way, I make sure that they know I am the
boss and I consider the elder the next. The younger is getting the idea
straight now but the point of this is that with two females who don't get
along, it seems a heck of a lot easier, in most instances, to keep them from
hurting each other than it does with two males when they are that sized dog.


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Old July 19th 04, 05:13 AM
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"Trey Thrasher" wrote in message
nk.net...
I have a six-year-old neutered Doberman. We keep him inside. When we

leave
the house, we keep him in a kennel in our bedroom. When we go on

vacations,
we have a pet sitter (that is her full time job) come-by the house to let
him out to the yard, feed him etc. We have had the same pet sitter for

his
entire life. A couple of months ago our dog acted aggressively when the
sitter came to let him out of his kennel immediately after the pet sitter
let him, our dog bit her. Although the bite was not serious, it rattled

her
enough that she has informed us that she will no longer sit our dog.

After our sitter quit, my wife and I had the idea that we might enlist our
babysitter to both house sit and dog sit when we are gone. Our dog is
usually out when she sits and she is comfortable being around our dog. We
are now concerned that Plan B will not work. On Friday, our babysitter

was
bringing our children home from school and attempted to let our dog out of
his kennel. Our dog acted aggressively and she left the room and returned
with our dogs favorite treat but he still acted aggressively. Ultimately,
she had our 6-year-old child let the dog out. Our dog acted fine after
being released from his kennel but we are concerned about her being able

to
release him from his kennel without a family member present to help.

Any ideas on how to correct his behaviour? I had an idea to get another
kennel to keep him in during vacations and to keep him in another room (my
thought was that he might not be as territorial about another kennel in
another room). Kenneling him outside of our home does not work very well,
we have done it on two occasions and apparently our dog barked the ENTIRE
TIME WE WERE GONE.



Two things:

1) Get the dog medically checked. We had a very tame and slightly timid dog
go unexplainably aggressive over the course of a few months. I ended up
taking him to 3 different vets with no help of any kind coming from it. He
died. He had a growth on the brain which the vert said could have been there
at birth but because he was growing, it had room to expand without hurting
the dog as a pup. When his skull became rigid around 2.5 years old, that is
when the aggression started. It started with aggression to our other dog,
one he used to share the same bone with at the same time. Worth getting the
dog checked in case there is something medically wrong that you cant
immediately see.

2) If nothing medically wrong in the end, with a big sized male as that
breed is when fully grown, you need a strong and imposing human when the dog
becomes like this. I don't mean that the human becomes aggressive but that
the human shows no fear and will, as I have had to do before, get down face
to face with the dog and growl at it. At one stage I even quickly flipped a
big male on his back and then held his throat skin in my mouth and GROWLED
pulling at the skin a little with my teeth while holding his body with my
hands until he stopped growling. That got the point across well with this
male who was constantly trying to counter my authority over him. At no time
was the male I had ever physically hurt but you have to realise with a big
male that you can lose him and possibly it can kill someone else if it
becomes aggressive and you need to take control of it NOW with no room for
movement. I am not a big and strong male but I am agile and strong enough to
do what I have described. After that event, I pointedly ignored the dog for
a day while he pleaded for attention and then I talked to him etc. After a
few weeks, all was back to normal and no aggression ever again.

Don't ever let a dog try to rule the roost because if it takes it into it's
head that a 6 year old child is a threat, can you live with the
consequences?

I have only females at the moment and the younger one occasionally plays
dominance games on the older one who has never cared one way or the other
about that but gets upset when the younger gets too rough. As the elder is
12 and I don't want her hurt in any way, I make sure that they know I am the
boss and I consider the elder the next. The younger is getting the idea
straight now but the point of this is that with two females who don't get
along, it seems a heck of a lot easier, in most instances, to keep them from
hurting each other than it does with two males when they are that sized dog.


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Old July 19th 04, 05:13 AM
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"Trey Thrasher" wrote in message
nk.net...
I have a six-year-old neutered Doberman. We keep him inside. When we

leave
the house, we keep him in a kennel in our bedroom. When we go on

vacations,
we have a pet sitter (that is her full time job) come-by the house to let
him out to the yard, feed him etc. We have had the same pet sitter for

his
entire life. A couple of months ago our dog acted aggressively when the
sitter came to let him out of his kennel immediately after the pet sitter
let him, our dog bit her. Although the bite was not serious, it rattled

her
enough that she has informed us that she will no longer sit our dog.

After our sitter quit, my wife and I had the idea that we might enlist our
babysitter to both house sit and dog sit when we are gone. Our dog is
usually out when she sits and she is comfortable being around our dog. We
are now concerned that Plan B will not work. On Friday, our babysitter

was
bringing our children home from school and attempted to let our dog out of
his kennel. Our dog acted aggressively and she left the room and returned
with our dogs favorite treat but he still acted aggressively. Ultimately,
she had our 6-year-old child let the dog out. Our dog acted fine after
being released from his kennel but we are concerned about her being able

to
release him from his kennel without a family member present to help.

Any ideas on how to correct his behaviour? I had an idea to get another
kennel to keep him in during vacations and to keep him in another room (my
thought was that he might not be as territorial about another kennel in
another room). Kenneling him outside of our home does not work very well,
we have done it on two occasions and apparently our dog barked the ENTIRE
TIME WE WERE GONE.



Two things:

1) Get the dog medically checked. We had a very tame and slightly timid dog
go unexplainably aggressive over the course of a few months. I ended up
taking him to 3 different vets with no help of any kind coming from it. He
died. He had a growth on the brain which the vert said could have been there
at birth but because he was growing, it had room to expand without hurting
the dog as a pup. When his skull became rigid around 2.5 years old, that is
when the aggression started. It started with aggression to our other dog,
one he used to share the same bone with at the same time. Worth getting the
dog checked in case there is something medically wrong that you cant
immediately see.

2) If nothing medically wrong in the end, with a big sized male as that
breed is when fully grown, you need a strong and imposing human when the dog
becomes like this. I don't mean that the human becomes aggressive but that
the human shows no fear and will, as I have had to do before, get down face
to face with the dog and growl at it. At one stage I even quickly flipped a
big male on his back and then held his throat skin in my mouth and GROWLED
pulling at the skin a little with my teeth while holding his body with my
hands until he stopped growling. That got the point across well with this
male who was constantly trying to counter my authority over him. At no time
was the male I had ever physically hurt but you have to realise with a big
male that you can lose him and possibly it can kill someone else if it
becomes aggressive and you need to take control of it NOW with no room for
movement. I am not a big and strong male but I am agile and strong enough to
do what I have described. After that event, I pointedly ignored the dog for
a day while he pleaded for attention and then I talked to him etc. After a
few weeks, all was back to normal and no aggression ever again.

Don't ever let a dog try to rule the roost because if it takes it into it's
head that a 6 year old child is a threat, can you live with the
consequences?

I have only females at the moment and the younger one occasionally plays
dominance games on the older one who has never cared one way or the other
about that but gets upset when the younger gets too rough. As the elder is
12 and I don't want her hurt in any way, I make sure that they know I am the
boss and I consider the elder the next. The younger is getting the idea
straight now but the point of this is that with two females who don't get
along, it seems a heck of a lot easier, in most instances, to keep them from
hurting each other than it does with two males when they are that sized dog.


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Old July 19th 04, 05:13 AM
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"Trey Thrasher" wrote in message
nk.net...
I have a six-year-old neutered Doberman. We keep him inside. When we

leave
the house, we keep him in a kennel in our bedroom. When we go on

vacations,
we have a pet sitter (that is her full time job) come-by the house to let
him out to the yard, feed him etc. We have had the same pet sitter for

his
entire life. A couple of months ago our dog acted aggressively when the
sitter came to let him out of his kennel immediately after the pet sitter
let him, our dog bit her. Although the bite was not serious, it rattled

her
enough that she has informed us that she will no longer sit our dog.

After our sitter quit, my wife and I had the idea that we might enlist our
babysitter to both house sit and dog sit when we are gone. Our dog is
usually out when she sits and she is comfortable being around our dog. We
are now concerned that Plan B will not work. On Friday, our babysitter

was
bringing our children home from school and attempted to let our dog out of
his kennel. Our dog acted aggressively and she left the room and returned
with our dogs favorite treat but he still acted aggressively. Ultimately,
she had our 6-year-old child let the dog out. Our dog acted fine after
being released from his kennel but we are concerned about her being able

to
release him from his kennel without a family member present to help.

Any ideas on how to correct his behaviour? I had an idea to get another
kennel to keep him in during vacations and to keep him in another room (my
thought was that he might not be as territorial about another kennel in
another room). Kenneling him outside of our home does not work very well,
we have done it on two occasions and apparently our dog barked the ENTIRE
TIME WE WERE GONE.



Two things:

1) Get the dog medically checked. We had a very tame and slightly timid dog
go unexplainably aggressive over the course of a few months. I ended up
taking him to 3 different vets with no help of any kind coming from it. He
died. He had a growth on the brain which the vert said could have been there
at birth but because he was growing, it had room to expand without hurting
the dog as a pup. When his skull became rigid around 2.5 years old, that is
when the aggression started. It started with aggression to our other dog,
one he used to share the same bone with at the same time. Worth getting the
dog checked in case there is something medically wrong that you cant
immediately see.

2) If nothing medically wrong in the end, with a big sized male as that
breed is when fully grown, you need a strong and imposing human when the dog
becomes like this. I don't mean that the human becomes aggressive but that
the human shows no fear and will, as I have had to do before, get down face
to face with the dog and growl at it. At one stage I even quickly flipped a
big male on his back and then held his throat skin in my mouth and GROWLED
pulling at the skin a little with my teeth while holding his body with my
hands until he stopped growling. That got the point across well with this
male who was constantly trying to counter my authority over him. At no time
was the male I had ever physically hurt but you have to realise with a big
male that you can lose him and possibly it can kill someone else if it
becomes aggressive and you need to take control of it NOW with no room for
movement. I am not a big and strong male but I am agile and strong enough to
do what I have described. After that event, I pointedly ignored the dog for
a day while he pleaded for attention and then I talked to him etc. After a
few weeks, all was back to normal and no aggression ever again.

Don't ever let a dog try to rule the roost because if it takes it into it's
head that a 6 year old child is a threat, can you live with the
consequences?

I have only females at the moment and the younger one occasionally plays
dominance games on the older one who has never cared one way or the other
about that but gets upset when the younger gets too rough. As the elder is
12 and I don't want her hurt in any way, I make sure that they know I am the
boss and I consider the elder the next. The younger is getting the idea
straight now but the point of this is that with two females who don't get
along, it seems a heck of a lot easier, in most instances, to keep them from
hurting each other than it does with two males when they are that sized dog.


 




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