Comments on: The Dominant Dog – Dealing with Dominance in Dogs https://shibashake.com/dog/the-dominant-dog-dealing-with-dominance-in-dogs/ Dog Tips, Care & Training Mon, 17 Oct 2022 04:37:39 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9 By: Ashley Farley https://shibashake.com/dog/the-dominant-dog-dealing-with-dominance-in-dogs/comment-page-13/#comment-28740 Mon, 17 Oct 2022 04:37:39 +0000 http://www.shibashake.com/dog/the-dominant-dog-dealing-with-dominance-in-dogs#comment-28740 Yea yea I need help with my blue Healer

]]> By: FT https://shibashake.com/dog/the-dominant-dog-dealing-with-dominance-in-dogs/comment-page-13/#comment-11843 Mon, 07 Jun 2021 13:07:20 +0000 http://www.shibashake.com/dog/the-dominant-dog-dealing-with-dominance-in-dogs#comment-11843 Hello: In reading your column, I find it practical and no-nonsense. Most other columns are preachy but unhelpful. Thank you for that.
To my issue, then. I have a 3 yr old Alaskan Husky which I raised from a puppy.. He has been off leash since 4 months and is reasonably obedient when called to heel. Also he has been socialized since 3 months.
He is sweet and very affectionate with people, even children. He has become more sedate and relaxed in the last 8 months in terms of his behaviour around people and the cat.
He is excellently behaved when in the house and well behaved in the yard.

However, he used to be very playful with other dogs, yet recently he has become more aggressive and hostile towards any dog he does not already know.
There are some issues with this:
1- Some instances are clearly dominance behaviour and there is little concern, except that many dog owners are clueless regarding dog behaviour. Also many of them do not understand the concept of off-leash park. But that is a people issue, as you say.
2- Some instances are more clearly aggression and gets rough with dogs of any size. This
This happens on leash or off leash. He does stop and wait for me when he sees another dog before going forward, which often gives me time to assess the situation and decide whether a leash is the appropriate action, such as the other dog being significantly smaller or a puppy.
He is not neutered, but I am not sure that has much to do with it, as some of his friends are not neutered or spayed.
This has led me to rearrange the times at which I go to the leash-free park, which may be counterproductive as he will socialize less.

Any suggestions?

]]> By: Julie https://shibashake.com/dog/the-dominant-dog-dealing-with-dominance-in-dogs/comment-page-13/#comment-11842 Mon, 29 Mar 2021 19:14:30 +0000 http://www.shibashake.com/dog/the-dominant-dog-dealing-with-dominance-in-dogs#comment-11842 Feeling frustrated and disappointed! I have a 11 year old spayed female beagle mix Dixie, wouldn’t hurt a fly and a 10 month old queensland heeler Sierra who is still intact, has had her first heat and will be spaying soon. Dixie has hated Sierra since we brought her home at 7 weeks old. Now that Sierra is bigger she is having dominance aggression towards dixie and it’s unpredictable and she just attacks out of no where. I’m thinking she is jealous and seems to happen with me and not my husband. I’m Sierras person more than my husband. Sierras a good dog except for this one thing. I have to keep them separated and the moment I let my guard down she attacks Dixie. I cannot have her continuously attacking Dixie she’s 11 years old , she’s older and she is a very innocent dog and not fair for her to be attack out of nowhere. Sierra does get favored and we give her a lot of attention due to the fact of her being a puppy she spoiled. I’ve done all Sierra’s training myself your basic sit stay leave it etc. a trainer around my area is quite expensive looking for ways to be able to handle this myself so Dixie does not get hurt and I can nip this in the butt and hoping that spaying will help Sierra is getting exercise we go to the beach every weekend. The only interaction with other dogs is at the beach if you have any suggestions that would be wonderful! Thank you

]]> By: Leonardo Thunders https://shibashake.com/dog/the-dominant-dog-dealing-with-dominance-in-dogs/comment-page-13/#comment-11841 Fri, 19 Jun 2020 17:32:53 +0000 http://www.shibashake.com/dog/the-dominant-dog-dealing-with-dominance-in-dogs#comment-11841 Hey! My name is Leonardo, but you can just call me Leo. I have a Gerberian Shepsky, at home who is around 8 months now. Her name is Cinno (pronounced as “Cheeno”) and i’m having a few issues with her. Although she is extremely friendly and playful and quite smart she is very disobedient. she will run out of our estate when she gets the chance to.

She become very aggressive and bite, hide and run from you when you try and take something from her that could even potentially hurt her. she bites when she plays with you and although it wasn’t a big deal when she was smaller and younger it is now, that she’s growing. she stopped biting the furniture but unfortunately after she destroyed it.

She only obeys commands when she sees you have food in your mouth. Right now, i’m working on getting her to return back to me after running away. If she learns that, it’ll be a big help.

Could you advice me on anything else i could do to help train my dog? I know she’s a puppy right now and i want to get going with these techniques as soon as possible so when she grows up it’ll be easier for me and most importantly, her. Thank you so much in advance!

]]> By: Olivia https://shibashake.com/dog/the-dominant-dog-dealing-with-dominance-in-dogs/comment-page-13/#comment-11840 Thu, 25 Jul 2019 06:12:29 +0000 http://www.shibashake.com/dog/the-dominant-dog-dealing-with-dominance-in-dogs#comment-11840 I have a Staffordshire bull terrier, I’ve had her for 6 years and up until 3 years ago I’d never had a problem with her, I could let her off her lead down the park and never have to worry. Since meeting my partner who had a young staffy (now 4), my Bella goes for any dog if we are out walking. I’m abit lost for what to do.. i think she’s being protective over our other dog but I don’t know how to stop this, she never bites she runs and head buts these other dogs while making an absolute racket but it looks very aggressive.

]]> By: Anita https://shibashake.com/dog/the-dominant-dog-dealing-with-dominance-in-dogs/comment-page-13/#comment-11839 Sat, 06 Apr 2019 16:37:05 +0000 http://www.shibashake.com/dog/the-dominant-dog-dealing-with-dominance-in-dogs#comment-11839 Hi we just adopted a very large male american bulldog mix. Hes very pushy and likes to bark. He pulls on lead everywhere and today put his kouth on me and growled when trying to get him out of the trash. He stands over my other dog and barks. Im trying to be cautious bc i have three kids, one is a toddler. We have been making him sit before food and treats and before going out or in the house. He has had no training and i want to keep my kids and him safe. Any tips?

]]> By: JANICE METELSKY https://shibashake.com/dog/the-dominant-dog-dealing-with-dominance-in-dogs/comment-page-13/#comment-11838 Sun, 17 Feb 2019 16:55:22 +0000 http://www.shibashake.com/dog/the-dominant-dog-dealing-with-dominance-in-dogs#comment-11838 I m having a very serious issue..We have a female rottie, a female pit bull they got along just fine. Sometimes a little pissing match but nothing vicious..We recently got a male puppy..Well now its game on! Both the female rottie and the female pittie are at each other for blood fighting..they cant even see each other without a dog fight. I mean a fight for blood each gets along fine with the new male pup. My rottie more so because they are both young. We had our female rottie fixed thinking that might help the issue. The female pittie is being fixed in 2 weeks. We are at the end of or ropes keeping the house divided and making sure doors are closed and they dont see each other. Please what can we do? desperate for help.

]]> By: Rainie https://shibashake.com/dog/the-dominant-dog-dealing-with-dominance-in-dogs/comment-page-12/#comment-11837 Fri, 11 Jan 2019 19:30:48 +0000 http://www.shibashake.com/dog/the-dominant-dog-dealing-with-dominance-in-dogs#comment-11837 Hi, thank you very much for the useful information! I have an Akita boy about 7months old! He’s a lovely boy. But, occasionally he jumps on me, growl and bite during the training section or after a long walk like he’s just frustrated with the command that’s given and started to be the boss as in like hey that is enough I’m done doing this!!!

He sometimes also like to jump on me out of a sudden and started to hump and I would just say no and ignore him!

Is there any more advice you can provide in case my Akita mouth on me during training section? He is a very dominant dog! Though he doesn’t growl at me when I try to take away his food bowl.

Appreciate your help:)

]]> By: tina welch https://shibashake.com/dog/the-dominant-dog-dealing-with-dominance-in-dogs/comment-page-5/#comment-11836 Wed, 05 Sep 2018 05:34:20 +0000 http://www.shibashake.com/dog/the-dominant-dog-dealing-with-dominance-in-dogs#comment-11836 In reply to JOEL.

i have 2 male dogs. 1 is retriever/pitbull mix and the other poodle mix. They use to play all day everyday together. One day the poodle mix started growling at the younger, bigger and gentle dog whenever he seen him. I’m not sure, but i think it was because our female started her heat cycle, even though the bigger dog was still to young to be interested. Well this went on for a few weeks and the bigger dog just ignored him. But then one day he got tired of it and they got into it. Now they fight the second they see each other. I have grandkids who i worry about getting hurt, not to mention the little go dying. What can i do? Will getting them fixed work? Keeping them in separate rooms is making things worse.

]]> By: Anonymous https://shibashake.com/dog/the-dominant-dog-dealing-with-dominance-in-dogs/comment-page-12/#comment-11835 Wed, 01 Aug 2018 06:43:32 +0000 http://www.shibashake.com/dog/the-dominant-dog-dealing-with-dominance-in-dogs#comment-11835 My 5 year old boxer bull mastiff Ruby-ALWAYS GOES FOR THE OTHER DOG! Regardless of what the other dog is doing, or shows aggression towards absolutely anybody unless you have met her a few times. Makes it difficult to take her to dog parks- even if she has a muzzle she will still bulldoze any other dog and pin them down as if any other dog is a threat and there is nothing that can be done. She is a 50kg dog made of all muscle- we rescued her as she was passed from house to house and we think someone tried to use her as a fighting dog. She’s okay with one of our mates dogs but that’s it. Even a trainer couldn’t get near her to help us- she was dead set on getting him!

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