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Tips on Treating and Preventing Dog Aggression
from:Aggression in dogs is a serious matter that requires immediate
attention. It doesn't matter if the aggression level is low or
high. A low level of aggression can quickly escalade into a high
level and cause big problems for you especially if it involves
biting.
Some people don't realize that their dog is showing signs of
aggression because some of these behaviors and so minimal that
they aren't even recognized as aggressive. Believe it or not,
something as simple as not obeying commands, jumping up on
people or other animals are just a few of the low level signs of
aggression. There are some reasons that your dog may be acting
this way, and there are solutions.
Some reasons that your dog may be showing signs of aggression is
because of fear, territory, dominance (alpha dog), guarding
(possessions, food or people), or transferred aggression (ex.
from being teased).
One of the first things you should try doing is to re-establish
yourself as the alpha dog, or the pack leader. Simple things
like making sure that you are the one to walk through doors
first, or making sure that your dog eats only once everyone else
has finished. If you find that your dog is sleeping in the
middle of the floor, and blocking your path or the doorway, move
him out of the way. It may seem a little rude to disrupt a
sleeping dog, but in the wild, the pack leader would do the same
thing.
If you return home from work or from running errands, as soon as
you walk in the door, you have your dog waiting there to greet
you. He's happy and excited to see that you are home. Your first
instinct is to obviously greet and acknowledge him. However when
you are trying to establish your alpha dog status, it is best if
you do everything you need to do upon your return home first.
Make sure that you greet your dog last. Otherwise, you are
greeting him on his terms, not your own.
If you have a regular route that you go to walk your dog, when
greeting other dogs, he is playful and well mannered. But taking
him to a different area is a whole new ball game when greeting a
dog under those circumstances. This is a different place to be,
there are different smells and your dog doesn't know how to act.
So when another dog approaches, it can mean a confrontation. The
best solution would be to not only introduce your dog to many
different environments, but to also enroll your dog into an
obedience class where he can be socialized with other dogs and
learn some better manners.
If your dog is biting, snarling, showing his teeth, he is
showing signs of high level aggression. Although this is a very
large problem, there is a solution. This solution could be a
costly one, but definitely the safest solution. Correcting this
type of behavior is not something that you should attempt to
tackle on your own. You should probably isolate the dog, which
sounds cruel but it is the safest method to ensure the safety of
both you and your family. He will need to be retrained, and the
safest thing would be to hire a professional trainer to help you
with this training.
About the author: Joy Kulcsar
Joy is a stay at home mom and a writer. She loves dogs, loves
learning how to train them in the many different ways that they
can be trained. You can check out her website based on dog
training at http://www.a1-dog-training.com
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