Comments on: Dog Aggression – What Does it Mean?

By: Dona Clemons

Dona Clemons — Sat, 24 Apr 2021 00:53:01 +0000

My 2 yr old Pit Bull/ Dashound mix barks at doorbell. I pick him up so he can smell the new person coming into his home. But some people, just one so far, he did not like for some reason. He nipped at his shirt. He’s NEVER done that before. He’ll smell them and I put him down and he walks away or watches repair man or whatever this person is here for. And as far as settling down by one yr old.. Um, NO!! He is so, so active. He plays with our 8mth old Siberian Husky. We have 2 cats, all I need to say is ” Leave it” and he will walk away. Or I make this sound with clenched teeth it sorta sounds like chu chu chu. As soon as he hears that he stops. I am disabled and he is a registered emotional support dog. But I can’t get out and walk him or socialize him. When I did he has an extreme amount of energy he’d just tackle or roll or jump right over other dogs. He is neutered. He does burrow under covers. He never makes a mess in house when left alone 4 hours. He is not bone dominant, has no toys due to him being an aggressive chewer. I don’t know why he did that to that repair man. Never ever before. He loves to lick everyone. Give kisses. So I’m dumbfounded. He listens to commands. Well trained. Except for the socialization part. I’m on a fixed income and trainers I definitely can’t afford. Help!!!

By: Nigerria

Nigerria — Wed, 25 Mar 2020 22:43:48 +0000

Hi I adopted a 4yr old bichon poodle and when I first got him he was so nice and playful but now he is starting to growl at me if I start moving around the house fast or if my son is sleep he doesn’t let me get near him Or even try to wake him I don’t know what to do because he is starting to try and run the house with aggression please help me

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 03:58:47 +0000

We recently adopted a 18 month old pit bull from paws. I gave him a bath yesterday and he did ok. He wasn’t happy about it but let me give him one. Today when I got home from work I noticed that he was having an allergic reaction to fleas. We went and bought some things to get rid of the fleas and gave him Benadryl. I decided to give him another bath with the oatmeal and aloe shampoo to try and relieve some of his pain. When I got him in the bathroom and turned the water on he tried to attack me. He hasn’t shown any signs of aggression since we got him. Any guesses on why he tried to attack me?

By: Urvi khanna

Urvi khanna — Mon, 04 Jun 2018 16:06:56 +0000

I have a 2 month 15 days old boxer male dog . I just don’t know what is wrong with him . He is going through is teething problem I know dat so we have given him toys n bones bt he started biting me n my family .I used to think he is just a puppy and it’s natural bt then I reliased it is mandatory to stop him because he bites so hard that it bleeds a bit n there is a long cuts on my hands and feet. One night he was playing n we weren’t allowing him to go out so he lay down in attacking mode and attacked on my leg and that pain was literally much. Now we started scolding her with newspaper banging on floor to make a loud noise and say no but he didn’t really got affected by that .it seems that he doesn’t got affected by it then we tried scolding him on his face verbally by showing a finger that he is doing wrong bt he would then try to jump on me scare me and bite me whenever I tell him to get down from bed he would get down when I have told him by yelling 2 – 3 times bt then he would come runing n hold my feet and bite me . Then I would say no n he would go away sometimes or try to bite more sometimes . He has learned the sit command and when giving food he listen to me n would follow my sit command and when I tell him not to enter a particular room he woul even follow day bt for few seconds as distance between him and me increase s . My father takes him on walks we socialize him . He meets everyone excitedly by jumping and licking them . Bt he does dis with strangers and get excited by seeing amyone or dog bt once he got familiar with a particular person he started a bit of biting . He sometimes won’t even let me pick him up if I touch him to get hold of him he would turn back to bite me or swap I don’t know as I m not sure what he he does he let me hold himself when he needs me like when he need me to get him down the stairs for a walk . He is also I guess middy coz he sometimes won’t let me to touch his forehead while I m loving himor petting him he would just move his forehead in head in air n try to get hold of my hand and then turn his head in other direction as he is trying to ignore me and he cries and then barks at us when we won’t allow him to have food when we are having our food and then he reliased he won’t get he settles down . Once my mom was loving her like moving her hand on his back as he came running towards her as she have came to the house after few hours then suddenly moved back with a jerk biting so hard on her nose that it bleeded a lot . He always licks is showing his love when we come home by then while licking only he starts biting on our face n hand n it’s very sudden we play with him by we can’t lay on floor or sit while he is there as he would jump n start biting and growling he uses to growl a lot by now he does very few times I don’t know what is wrong with him is he being aggressive dominant or is it normal I m so confused about what to do

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 01 Dec 2017 20:48:12 +0000

In reply to Iren. Getting fixed won't help still aggressive

By: Jennifer Fitzpatrick

Jennifer Fitzpatrick — Sat, 15 Apr 2017 07:32:03 +0000

In reply to Ursula. Get an extra long leash tie it around your waste. Start running. Change directions abruptly repeatedly DO NOT TALK TO YOUR DOG. Threat of the day with a shorter leash do the same as you go about your day. DO NOT TALK. After hours of this yoir dog will get sick of you Jr king his neck and hill start to watch what your doing instead of him watching you. Next day or the day after.... do it and at some point remove the leash and he should follow.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 16 Mar 2017 23:10:58 +0000

In reply to Ursula.

Hi Ursula,
I was having the same problem with my dog and was told about ” the gentle leader” – it’s a collar that goes around the dogs nose and behind her ears. It worked like a miracle!!! I am no longer afraid to take her for a walk.

By: Sue

Sue — Sat, 11 Mar 2017 04:04:23 +0000

In reply to Brittani.

I am having the same problem…my dog tonight just attacked a female ….He is a male….I don’t understand this at all…..please let me know if you find out any info on this…..there is no blood shed just a lot of growling

By: Ursula

Ursula — Fri, 10 Mar 2017 02:09:28 +0000

I can’t get my dog to stop pulling when walking. He is so strong I can’t handle him.

By: Brittani

Brittani — Tue, 21 Feb 2017 02:11:47 +0000

My dog just the past few months has been attacking other dogs. If does not matter if they are big or small. She will even attack dogs that she is familiar with. Why is this happening?