Stopping Dog On Dog Aggression
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A lot of factors can be responsible for making a dog become aggressive. After all aggression is part of their natural instinct. Just to be able to survive, dogs needed to be aggressive. Aggression was needed in order to be able to hunt and catch food, and to protect their families and territory. Despite thousand of years of domestication, dogs retain the aggression instinct, and if a dog becomes overly aggressive you will benefit from knowing how to control your pet. By recognizing your dog’s body language you can see when he is about to become aggressive and be ready to control it. Understanding the reasons for dogs becoming aggressive is a good way to go about stopping dog on dog aggression before it gets a chance to occur.
There are a variety of ways dogs try to show they are dominant, such as placing their own head over the other dogs, or by putting their paws on top of the other dog’s shoulder area. Growling and displaying teeth along with raising the hair on their back are also displays dogs use when becoming more aggressive. It is good to avoid this stage of aggression before it occurs. If the second dog doesn’t act submissively at this point, there could soon be a fight. Anyone familiar with dogs has seen these dog behaviors many times before. If you notice these aggressive attitudes, avoid encountering the situation that is making our dog aggressive.
Use the advice below, and I bet your dog will learn to start enjoying his new dog friends like mine did and lose his aggressive attitude.
- Take your aggressive dog on a visit with you to a friend’s house who has a nice non-aggressive dog. Because dogs are more aggressive to other dogs of the same gender, try making sure his new friend is of the opposite sex. If you can’t meet at your friend’s place, try to meet somewhere neutral. so your pet doesn’t feel the need to protect his territory.
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- Have both dogs on their leashes so you can maintain complete control in case your dog lunges. Have the dogs take the sit position far enough away from each other that they cannot touch. Keep your dog in the sit position and do not let him become agitated or aggressive. Show your dog you are happy when he stops acting aggressive by giving him a rewarding tasty treat and lots of praise. It is necessary to act in a consistent fashion to obtain fast and effective results. Stay positive with your training and remember not to yell when frustrated as that will not make the training go faster or easier.
- Once the dogs show that they are calm around each other bring them close enough to take a preliminary sniff at each other. When relaxed dogs greet each other neither one is displaying teeth, growling or raising hackles. If your dog remains relaxed now, you have started the process of removing his aggressive attitude toward other dogs.
- For future meetings, try using different locations to check the aggressive dog’s attitude. Repeated meetings with the other dog will eventually desensitize your dog from his aggressive response to seeing another dog.
- Try to have a final test visit in your dog’s own yard, once he is comfortable with his new friends company. Start the final test with the dogs on the leash, just in case the aggressive dog cops an attitude on his home turf. If your dog remains relaxed, let them play together in the yard. Now that your dog is able to stop being aggressive with other dogs, you will feel a big relief.
Although this is just the start, you now knew how to introduce your doggy to new dog friends, and stopped his really bad dog on dog aggression problem.
Try introducing your dog to a new friend and I bet you will have good results stopping your dog’s aggressive attitude. For more articles about solving dog behavior problems and dog obedience training advice please click here- www.BehaveDoggy.com
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