Recognize Aggressive Dogs and Avoid a Dog Fight
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When I took my daily early morning walk with my dog today at the local park, we ran across a loose dog. Ordinarily this wouldn’t be any reason for worry. Because I have lots of experience recognizing aggressive body language in dogs, I could tell from a distance that something about this dog was wrong. the dog that was coming toward us, had the look of a dog that wanted trouble. Instead of looking friendly, his appearance was quite aggressive-and he was heading straight for us. The approaching dog wasn’t barking, but just by looking at his intense body language, I could see this wasn’t going to be a friendly visit. I had time to change directions and avoid a confrontation with this aggressive dog because I could recognize his aggressive attitude.
You should also be able to recognize aggressive behavior in dogs, so you can avoid potential dog fights. You have probably noticed how dogs will usually demonstrate to each other who is the dominant dog and who is the submissive dog. If one of the two dogs remains submissive when they meet, there should be no reason that a dog fight will occur.
Use the following tips to help learn how to recognize an aggressive dog before any problems can occur. Once you know the warning signs of aggressive dog body language you can take action and the problems an altercation with an aggressive dog could cause. That may be as simple as calming and controlling your own pet, or finding a way to avoid a close encounter with the other dog by leaving the area.
- Everyone has seen aggressive dog body language many times already. One common example of this is when one dog puts his paws or forearms over the other dog’s shoulders. Sometimes the dog that is most dominant may try to mount the other dog to prove his point (not because he is looking for a good time). These dominance displays can cause some problems if one of the dogs does not feel like being submissive .
- Once the dominance display turns into active growling and the snapping of teeth, it is only a short jump to an actual dog fight. You need to avoid ever letting an aggressive dog have a chance to get close enough to you to start a fight.
- An aggressive dog is noticeable by the tense way he is moving and having his eyes directed on the focus of his aggression-your dog. You’ll also notice the aggressive dog holds his tail up without any wagging (unlike a happy and friendly dog) and will also be holding his ears back . It is clear to see he is not in a friendly mood.
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- Of the various types of aggressive body language dogs use, one of the easiest to see is when a dog puts its hackles (the hair on his back) up. For instance the aggressive dog I ran into this morning had his hackles up even before he got close to where we were walking.
I am sure you have seen all of these displays of aggression many times, even if you didn’t always know what they meant. You can more easily avoid an unpleasant encounter or even a possible fight with an aggressive dog, now that you can spot the emerging aggressive behavior body languages.
With my own aggressive dogs, until I finally got serious and trained them better, I could never take them out in public without a leash on them for fear of one of my dogs starting a fight. If you take an aggressive dog of your own with you to a public place, you must be responsible for making sure he doesn’t cause any problems.
By recognizing and understanding what the aggressive postures mean, you can take steps to avoid possible problems before they happen. If there is another dog in the area that is acting aggressively, because you recognize the aggressive dog’s body language in advance you can prevent your own dog from coming in to close contact with that uptight dog. Just veer off the course that will bring you into contact with the problem dog, and avoid the two dogs coming into contact with each other. If it is your own dog that is the aggressive dog of the two, you can take action by really doing a good job of obedience training your dog. You won’t be able to control your dog’s aggressive actions until he recognizes you as the boss of the relationship, and will listen to you when you want him to calm down and not be aggressive.
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