kelsey
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Feb 26, 2005, 5:59 PM
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Re: [soulgal] Aggresive or normal?
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i afraid its aggressive and not normal. ur dog obviously dont know bite pressure and perhaps sadly you and family has encouraged this behaviour. if its a male, i suggest you get him neutered it may help calm him down. next time, when teeth goes into hand, remove hand and move away from him. ignore him barking. dogs hate to be ignored. practise this always, there is no "sometimes" in this situation. teeth touches hand, you move away. ur dog is challenging you who is boss. he isnt too sure why he is in ur family which may also result in misbehaviour. give him something to do. train him to do tricks, spend time with him. remember, dogs are unhappy and will misbehave is the dog is only put in backyard without interactions with human. let him see everybody in ur family give him food/treat. he will learn to respect the hand. next time he wants to bite you, make him sit and praise him. i dont really like to use"NO" as it can be mis-used and you will say "NO" to ur dog more than usual. so i invent commands for bad behaviours that i dont want happening again. tip, try teaching ur dog "leave it". make him sit, and put a treat on the floor and him watching and say "leave it". if he lunged for the treat, hold him back or cover the treat, if he gets aggressive and barking, move away for a while but repeat the trick again. he should be able to later just look at the treat until u give him the release command. when he is more reliable, if he wants to get to something that u dont want him to bite or chew, say "leave it" and he will not touch it. hope this helps.
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