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March 29th, 2010 at 7:57 pm
hitting your dog will make him more agressive, thats why that cesar millan guy doesnt hit cause hitting doesnt work.
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March 29th, 2010 at 8:04 pm
Well, I don’t know many "military dog training" but I can say that I really recommend not to hit the dog, because that can cause him to become more violent.
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March 29th, 2010 at 8:39 pm
You need to look for a website for trainers around YOUR area…I’d give you some that i’ve looked at, but unless you live around Salt Lake City, UT, they wont help you.
You’ll probably find a trainer really easy and give them a call, they’ll probably be able to help and if not, they can direct you to someone that can.
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March 29th, 2010 at 9:21 pm
An extremely aggressive dog needs to be euthanized.
There is no way you can solve this. The dog may have mental problems.
What will happen is that the dog will kill someone, and you could end up jailed or sued for all you own.
There are NO answers to this kind of aggression, and don’t fall for tricks if someone says they can fix this! They can’t.
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March 29th, 2010 at 9:44 pm
sounds to me like you guys didnt train him right when he was a puppy… animals are just like us in the sense that if you get hit, you would hit back… i think its called animal abuse what your asking us for…
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March 29th, 2010 at 9:55 pm
Hitting is not the answer. Consult your vet or local obedience center. If you can’t make a turn around, as sad as it is, the dog should be put down if he’s a danger to other dogs and humans. But seek a professional opinion before action.
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March 29th, 2010 at 10:12 pm
First and foremost-you NEVER hit an animal. There is NEVER need for violence and it will most likely simply increase the amount of aggression your dog has.
If you don’t want some "crap" like training, I don’t understand what you are asking for. You are going to HAVE to take your dog to obedience lessons and CONSISTENTLY work with him if you expect change. How much work and effort you put into your pet is directly proportionate to how much of a change will occur. You cannot find that on a website. If you are unable to handle the monetary output or the time and effort needed for your dog to be happy and healthy, you should surrender him to someone who can and will.
The situation you are in now is not fair to you, nor to your dog. Also, if you get a dog in the future, taking your animal to obedience classes will prevent this situation from occurring again.
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March 29th, 2010 at 10:53 pm
Violence towards the dog is not going to help it overcome this problem. It will only make it worse!
You should contact a dog trainer in your area. Ask them if they are familiar with red-zone dogs and if they have a service they can offer. You can also ask if they can refer to you an appropriate trainer who can help.
A good majority of the time, the behavior is caused by a traumatic experience humans may have inflicted upon the dog. This behavior is completely unheard of in the wild, unless the dog is sick with something like rabies.
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March 29th, 2010 at 11:41 pm
Tiki is correct,
There is no way possible to pacify that animal if it has that kinda history . And you think some type of Fight Training will make things better.
You need to have this animal put down and find another breed and another dog not so violentl.
Sooner or later that dog of yours is going to get you in some serious legal trouble. If it attacks and mauls someone YOU can face jail/ Juvie detent time and your parrents can be sued.
Too bad for the animal but you do it yourself, your parents as well as your community any good by keeping it around.
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March 30th, 2010 at 12:21 am
You need to find a good behaviorist, FAST. I didn’t read the other question but I think I will now.
ETA: I went through your other questions and I see that you’ve been having problems for a while. It sounds to me like the dog didn’t learn any bite inhibition when he was a puppy. I really think that your (the dog’s) best hope is a good trainer/behaviorist. Aside from that I would first ask you, has the dog had a complete physical with the vet looking for/ruling out health reasons for agression? Have you tried to pinpoint what triggers the aggression? How much exercise is the dog getting? How much freedom does the dog have? Have you read up on NILIF training (nothing in life is free)? Is the dog crate trained?
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http://k9deb.com/nilif.htm
March 30th, 2010 at 12:57 am
First off, Is this dog the only dog? Or is he part of the "pack" so to speak? If he’s aggressive, he’s trying to be an Alpha dog. He sees you apparently as an opponent. Sounds like he’s not a "beta" dog. What breed of dog is he? See the below website for starters….
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http://www.canismajor.com/dog/alpha1.html
March 30th, 2010 at 1:06 am
Caesar Milan is quite awesome with dogs. He understands how they act in the wild and is able to duplicate the actions of an alpha dog so that his whole pack respects him first and foremost.
You need to invest in a good obedience school and like another poster said, what you put into your dog is a direct reflection of what you will get out of him. If he’s still a puppy, he may be salvageable.
Get off the computer and get to work.
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http://www.cesarmillaninc.com/
March 30th, 2010 at 1:37 am
Don’t listen to tiki. They have no idea wat they are talking about
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March 30th, 2010 at 2:12 am
O.K., I read your questions, he licked a bleach cup, he ate a sock (normal), grabbed a bunch of treats (normal). I hate that your pup is biting you. Have you tried the crate train? I never did but i’ve read on here that it works. WHAT I have done is:
When he is excited do not look at him at all, say in like an Army Commanders voice NO, with deep feeling (not yelling) when he gets excited. Make sure he knows you mean it… just NO…… real deep and loud like. Kind of you like have 1 minute, get it right kind of voice. Let him know you mean it, if he keeps biting put him in the crate. 5 minutes at first, 10 minutes, so on. You can normally find one in the paper or on Craigslist so you won’t have to pay full price. Good Luck. Worse case, put him on Petfinder.com or contact a Golden Retriever rescue or surrender him to the shelter.
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March 30th, 2010 at 2:51 am
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March 30th, 2010 at 3:03 am
We had to get professional training for our dog. If it’s coming to the point of considering putting the dog down you’ve got a serious problem on your hands. Look at this website http://www.sitmeanssit.com
They have locations all over the US. I’m assuming you are in the US somewhere correct? Please get some serious training before it’s too late.
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http://www.sitmeanssit.com
March 30th, 2010 at 3:43 am
Call the Humane Soc .or SPCA and ask them for a list of trainers in the area that specialize in problem dog’s, ther are some trainers that take the dog and work with it at their facilities, but I stress, have references from some reputable shelter or rescue group, I think you said he’s a puppy, not sure, can’t see the 2nd part of your question from this page, if he is how can you know he’s such a BAD DOG, how did he get to be so bad?? If you can’t find a trainer maybe he shoud go to the humane society, please Never hit you dog, it can only make things worse, he’ll have no trust of humans, and that would be sad.
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March 30th, 2010 at 4:04 am
Just as a general rule, alot of times the dog is ok, but just has BAD PEOPLE. If you’ve actually watched the dog whisperer, training dogs isn’t really what he’s about, he usually ends up retraining the people who own the dogs. Don’t hit your dog, that’s pointless. If you’re worried about the dog getting put to sleep, act now and take the dog to a no-kill shelter. There are also quite a few breed specific rescues, look for one in the phonebook or internet. They can either take in your dog and re-home him to people more suited to deal with him, or give you some tips on dealing with your specific breed. Also might be a good idea to excersize excersize excersize the dog, it will drain out some of that excess aggression while you figure out what to do with him.
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March 30th, 2010 at 4:14 am
Your dog clearly has dominance issues. The only way you are going to be able to correct this is if your parents are willing to participate too.
Dogs’ behavior very closely resembles that of wolves and your dog obviously thinks he is the alpha "wolf". If you’re going to keep this dog, that has to change and very quickly.
My example: We had a Chihuahua like this. I know Chihuahuas aren’t quite same thing as a retriever, but this is how it had to work:
Fruity (the Chihuahua) evidently got it in his head that he was the alpha male of the household and my mother was the alpha female (no he never tried to mate with her lol). He even attacked my dad, who is a HUGE guy. What made it worse was that when Fruity would stare us in the eyes and growl and bite at us, my mother would coddle him and pet him, and this only reinforced his behavior. He would sleep with whoever he saw fit, and if we so much as moved in out sleep, he would get pissed and bite and growl at us.
The showdown: I was eating dinner on the couch and Fruity hopped up next to me, his ears were forward, his tail and head up, and he growled as he approached me. When I said, "Fruity, No!" He snarled. He reared up on his hind legs to take a bite of my food, and when I reached over to push him away, he bit the *#@& out of my hand. That was the last straw.
I was only 14 at the time but already knew a lot about dogs and their behavior and knew that we had a dominance issue.
Unfortunately, human violence is a bit much for dogs. Hitting and kicking a dog usually only makes it either more violent, or very, very shy and terrified of people. I LOVE dogs. At one time, I wanted to be a dog show judge and read up as much as I could about the different breeds, their temperaments, and dog and wolf behavior in general. I’ve grown up around dogs all my life and have even risked my own life on more than one occasion to save a dog. BUT while dogs are our friends, our companions, and are for the most part intelligent, they are NOT people. I believe they do have feelings, but their thought process isn’t nearly as complex as ours, their family structure is very different, they communicate not at all like us, and they are very primitive and simple animals.
So I decided that starting with me, I had to get the point across that this dog was NOT the boss, so what I did was buy a thick pair of leather gloves, and every time Fruity would act dominant towards me, I would more or less attack him like another dog would. I would grab him by the scruff of his neck, pin him on his back on the floor, and growl down at him, shaking him by his scruff occasionally (not hard enough to make his eyes rattle, but enough to get my point across.) My two younger sisters would see me do this, and eventually they got the idea that they should do it too. After a couple of months, we never had any more problems with Fruity, and when he passed away at a ripe old age, he was one of the sweetest dogs you’d ever meet.
We had a similar problem with a yellow lab we babysat for my uncle for a few months. With him, it was a bit more difficult. Bigger dogs don’t get scared when you stand over them and growl or shake them by the scruff of the neck. And it seemed like I was the only person in our family he had a problem with, but when I would walk outside, he’d follow me around with his hair standing up, growling, and if I sat down or laid down on the ground, he would immediately come and stand over me, exhibiting clearly dominant behavior. I had to grab him by the scruff of his neck and the loose skin on his back, lift him up into the air, and flop him onto his back on the ground, and then choke him. (I know that may seem extreme, but it’s what wolves do; don’t choke him until he’s unconscious, just enough to make him cough and yelp.) I finally got the point across that I was not to be trifled with and after that, we got along fine.
My suggestion to you, if you really want to keep this dog alive (bc I have a feeling if you turned him over to a shelter, they euthenize him), is read up as much as you can about dogs, wolves, and canine behavior and body language. Figure out if he’s just being rough, or if he really thinks he’s the boss (and from what you said about him especially getting after your mom, he sees her as the omega–which is the lowest ranking member of the pack that gets picked on a lot by the other wolves/dogs–and he’s centered his attention on her). And read as much info as you can with dogs who need to get the idea that they are the subordinate animal.
Also, just a tip, when feeding him, don’t just pour food into his bowl and let him have it. Feed him by hand, yourself, even if it’s a piece at a time, and have your family members do it too. The alphas always eat first. Tie him up, and eat in front of him. If your family eats dinner together, let him watch. Then, when you and your family finish eating, feed him. If you want any more advice or have an questions, feel free to email me. You should be able to get my contact info from my page. Hope everything works out for you.
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