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The Correct Way To End Dog Aggression

[ 0 ] August 15, 2010 |

We all love our dogs.  They are a part of our family and we need them to be safe and content.  But , if you’ve got an assertive dog then you know that things aren’t well with your 4 leg family member.  An aggressive dog is hazardous to you, other dogs, and folks and this is often terribly frightful.  You may have attempted different strategies to curb this aggression to find yourself keeping your dog away from other people, other dogs, and situations where he could be assertive.  While this may prevent an attack, it is doing make for a sad dog and an unhappy dog owner.  To mend this problem, it needs a real complete approach to heal your dog of aggression. 

Some dogs are aggressive against folks; some are assertive against other dogs.  If your dog is aggressive by barking, snapping, and behaving in a menacing manner to friends, people walking by the house or that you pass by on a walk than you know that something has to modify. 

Your dog’s health is the very first thing to investigate when exhibiting indicators of aggression.  A visit to the vet will disqualify a likely health problem.  A sick dog or a dog that’s in pain is rather more likely to show signals of aggression to protect it from harm. 

After ruling out potential health issues, it is time to begin to train your dog.  It is important that you are the dominant one in your relationship with the dog and that your dog looks to you for decisions.  This takes much practice.  Many use treats or some kind of other reward to coach the dog to focus on you and that behaving in a manner that you are expecting is what brings positive reinforcement. 

A dog exhibiting dominance is a common source of aggression towards other dogs.  Again, a good way to correct that problem is to coach your dog to focus on you for direction.  This could be done in a secure environment for the dog where she will feel at ease.  In this training, you focus your dog to concentrate on you.  The dog follows your direction and is rewarded when your dog behaves correctly.  When your dog is focused on you, give it a reward.  Soon, you can try walking past another dog and use this technique.  If your dog starts to show aggression, use your focus command and with enough training, your dog will target you, and not the other dog.

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