Aggressive Dog

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Your dog's a jerk.

SexyTmar

I have a big dog over 100 lbs and I have a little dog approximately 15 lbs. The little dog is the boss (of the dogs)...

They each have a muzzle and these work GREAT! They hate them so it certainly did not take long to get the point across. Now all I have to do is say the word 'muzzle' and they will both stop doing whatever they are doing.

tmauck4472

I do like animals.


But to me they are still animals. That is why I do not own them. ONE hard bite from an animal I owned and it would be put down.

oh wow and would you put down your child because it decided to bite someone? SMDH
My dog bites but only if you reach down to pet her, your in her territory and you better not even attempt to touch me or her. My neighbors dog bit my kid (it took 60 stitches to sew her back together) and he killed the dog, within minutes of it happening. They were fined $1000 from the city because of it. The dog got scared of her roller blades and attacked her although it had never bit anyone before. My heart breaks because they killed the dog, it should not have happened that way. My dogs are my FAMILY and I would never ever just put one down because it was protecting it's territory. You just have to be pro active and see if you can break the habit..if not put up warning signs that you have a dog that bites and cage the dog when anyone comes over.

I'm struggling to even respond to you in a way that won't get me banned but suffice to say I find your comparison of a child and a dog to be the least intelligent and most ridiculous thing I have ever read on MFP.


If my dog injured a child like that I would kill it. If your dog injured a child like that I would kill it.

I agree with him. If I'm attacked by an animal, I will defend myself in whatever way necessary; if that includes using lethal force, so be it. If you want to compare animals and children, sure. If your (or anyone else's) teenager attacks me with something sharp that would pierce skin, I will defend myself in whatever way necessary. Cruel? Maybe. I call it self-defense and putting my own life over anyone or anything else.

As much as my dog is my fur baby, if she did ANYTHING to harm my child, I'd beat her myself. No way can you compare a child to a dog, I call my dog an idiot when she digs up the garden, I don't call my child names EVER. I say "come here sh!thead" and she comes with her tag wagging, I call my child sh!thead and I'll be visited by child welfare. see the difference? your dog is not your child! treat it as the animal it is!

My dogs are my children. That dog had never bit anyone before ever. never even ever showed one sign of aggression. The dog got scared and did the only thing it knew how to do. At the moment it happen I was glad the dog was gone but after time my heart hurt for this animal that was drowned in a bucket of water, the way it died. And yes I compare my animals to my kids, sorry if you don't agree. A dog should be punished for doing something wrong, but to KILL it because it was protecting something it loved or cared about is wrong. Animals attack for different reasons, if it attacks because you teased it, you deserve what you get, if it attacks because it was trained to do so it's not it's fault but the person that trained it and they should be put down, if it attacks because it's protecting it's territory I say one day you may be happy your dog will protect your child or you for that matter.

Doodlewhopper

I don't know why I read this topic as Aggressive Dong

I think you need the shock collar....

StarChanger

I do like animals.


But to me they are still animals. That is why I do not own them. ONE hard bite from an animal I owned and it would be put down.

oh wow and would you put down your child because it decided to bite someone? SMDH
My dog bites but only if you reach down to pet her, your in her territory and you better not even attempt to touch me or her. My neighbors dog bit my kid (it took 60 stitches to sew her back together) and he killed the dog, within minutes of it happening. They were fined $1000 from the city because of it. The dog got scared of her roller blades and attacked her although it had never bit anyone before. My heart breaks because they killed the dog, it should not have happened that way. My dogs are my FAMILY and I would never ever just put one down because it was protecting it's territory. You just have to be pro active and see if you can break the habit..if not put up warning signs that you have a dog that bites and cage the dog when anyone comes over.

Please know that YOU are part of the reason the rest of us dog lovers have such a hard time getting insurance for certain breeds, that we have to put dogs down because of aggression problems, that shelters are FULL of animals who have to be euthanized due to aggressive behavior. I know you claim to love your pets, and I'm SURE you do....but allowing ANY dog to show aggressive behavior unless absolutely defending territory / family against a real and true threat make YOU a very POOR pet owner.

Even dogs trained in police work know when to "turn it on, and turn it off". Your dogs are just a potential menace to society.

If any of my dogs show aggression, they are IMMEDIATELY forced into submission. I don't care how "mean" you think it is. CHILDREN don't come with 1 inch canines and the ability to rip a person's throat out. I can't even BELIEVE you made that argument....

Sincerely,
Owner of a Chesapeake Retriever, a French Mastiff, and a Boxer

wild_wild_life

Wow, this thread went from 0 to "you don't deserve to parent children" in less than 2 pages.

LonLB, just because you CAN say anything you want, doesn't mean you should.

OP, I would derinitely advise talking to a trainer who can hopefully get to the root cause of the aggression. Depending on whether it's dominance, territorial, fear, excitement, stress, not enough exercise, etc, will determine how best to address it. Going straight to a shock collar or "alpha roll" may not be the best thing depending on the dog. Unfortunately there's not a one size fits all solution. I do agree it should be addressed before it escalates. If the person reacted as the dog hoped (retreated), the behavior was probably reinforced.

Good luck!

randomtai

Wow, this thread went from 0 to "you don't deserve to parent children" in less than 2 pages.

tmauck4472

Whatever you come in or on my property and it's my dogs territory. I have a dog that bites and I put her up when someone comes over but if I don't then you know you enter at your own risk this is THEIR home not yours, don't like it don't visit, I could care less what anyone thinks of me. AND FYI my kids are fabulous both have graduated from High School and both have graduated with an Associtates Degree right out of high school, not as high as some but def not just your run of mill kid (or me when I graduated with nothing but my high school diploma). My kids nor my dogs run amuck, but this is their home not yours and they have rights here that do not extend to you.