Dogs have several types of aggression problems, but dog aggression directed at people is the biggest problem of all of these. If a dog is already displaying aggression towards people, it could easily become a biter and cause serious injuries to a visitor to your home or even a family member.
You will need to correct your dogs behavior if you see it displaying aggression towards people. Dogs usually have a reason that has caused they to become aggressive . Usually the reason for a dog’s aggression towards people is that the poor animal had been abused by someone when it was a younger animal.
It is pretty easy to be aware of a dog that is showing signs of aggression. Growling and snarling are obvious signs that a dog is feeling agitated and aggressive. Often a dog feeling aggressive will be barking, snapping his teeth, and have all the hair on its back raised up. A dog in this state of aggression towards people could easily escalate from aggression to actual biting unless something is done to defuse the situation.
The dog has probably reached this level of aggression towards people over a long period of time-due to some kind of negative conditioning. If you use positive conditioning techniques to regain your dog’s trust and confidence about people, you can gradually relieve your dog of his aggression problem towards people.
Before you even begin your aggression training with your dog, make sure he cannot run loose. Be sure to keep your aggressive dog inside an enclosed yard, or if you have no fence, be sure to keep him on a lead so he cannot get loose and possibly attack any passersby.
You can use this training technique to gradually correct your dog’s aggression problem towards people. Being your dog’s training by arranging to visit with a friend of yours-if the dog already has met this person, all the better. I recommend that you have the meeting away from your dog’s own territory-this should at least remove his instinctual territorial aggression urges to protect his turf. Before you start the training, put your dog on his leash. By controlling your dog via his leash, you can prevent any lunges by your dog. If your dog tries to get at your friend, put him straight back into his sit position with a correction and a firm “no”. You do not want to loose your cool and yell or hit your dog if he does act aggressive. The hitting and yelling will only hurt your training efforts, because your dog will not calm down if he is getting the negative reinforcement.
Make sure your dog has remained in a relaxed sit position before giving him any praise or rewards. If he is doing the right thing, sitting in a relaxed posture, now is the right time to reinforce him with praise and a treat. By only praising him when he is doing something you approve of, you are positively conditioning the responses you want. Each time your dog shows some aggression, just repeat this step-over and over, be patient. The positive conditioning works because you are gradually desensitizing your dog’s fear of people and his response of aggression towards them.
It will be important to repeat this training over and over again on a frequent basis in order to get the results you want. The next step would be to introduce your dog to new people-eventually he should meet new people without first going through an aggressive period.
Start the training by introducing your dog to 1 new person at a time. This is due to the fact that a larger crowd of people could easily be overwhelming for the dog, and make it impossible for him to relax. When your dog is relaxed upon meeting new individuals, you can now try introducing him to a few people at a time. Of course, you want him to be comfortable around groups of people in every social situation, so he can be part of the family.
Follow these simple steps and you can teach your dog that people might not be so bad after all, and that he can finally be comfortable around people without needing to worry about being struck. Not only is the training going to help your dog, you will finally have a pet that you know won’t be a problem and a hazard to your family and visitors, and you can begin to enjoy your dog’s company a lot more. Now you can enjoy bringing your dog to social situations, rather than always having to leave him behind.
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