How to Get My Dog to Stop Being Aggressive While Walking
Dogs sometimes pose a problem for owners due to aggressive behavior. These dogs are difficult to walk or take anywhere. Dogs can be aggressive during a walk for numerous reasons, such as not being properly socialized as a puppy. Also, many dog breeds are known for their territorial behavior and suffer from natural dog-aggressive tendencies. Dog aggression can be difficult to deal with if it is due to the innate personality of the breed, because you are trying to change generations of programmed genetic behavior. Overcoming aggression can be achieved with patience and training.
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Things You'll Need
- Dog choke collar
- Dog prong collar
- Leather or cotton six-foot leash
- Pepper spray
- Dog treat
Instructions
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Place a choke collar or prong collar on the aggressive dog prior to taking it for a walk. A choke collar works when you snap it using the leash in small quick jerks or pops. It is a mild correction. A prong collar works well for a strong and powerful dog. It offers control by pinching and compressing the dogs neck. Attach a six-foot lead to the collar. Only use a leather or cotton lead. A nylon lead will burn your hands if the dog lunges or pulls.
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Ask a friend with a dog to help you work your dog. Request your friend and his dog meet up with you on the street. Have your friend stand with his dog six feet from you and your dog. If your dog exhibits aggression, promptly snap its choke collar or snap the prong collar using the leash. Give a firm, "No." Attempt to walk by your friend's dog while controlling your dog. Do not walk to close to the other dog. Give firm quick jerks if your dog exhibits any form of aggression. If your dog behaves, praise him and offer him a treat.
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Walk your dog in numerous locations where you often run into other dogs. Always control your dog using the leash and collar. Try to make the dog focus entirely on you. Any time the dog exhibits any growling or lunging, promptly correct him with a snap of the leash and collar. Watch your dogs actions. The fur on many dogs will rise up along its back before it ever utters a growl. This is a sign of aggression and you can snap the collar and issue a firm, "No" when you see the fur rise before the dog ever growls.
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Enroll the dog in obedience classes. It is important to expose the dog to other dogs in a controlled setting. An obedience class is an ideal setting to work on dog aggression. Your dog will learn to socialize in a positive setting with other dogs. Training can also be a bonding experience. Dogs have a "pack" mentality. This means that the dog must respect you as the leader of its human pack. If the dog does not respect you, then control of an aggressive dog will be difficult. Obedience classes can help you establish yourself as the leader of the pack.
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Tips & Warnings
Neuter a male dog and spay a female dog to lessen dog aggression.
Remember that a male dog will fight another dog, but it will normally not kill another dog. A female dog will fight to the death if she is aggressive.
Always carry pepper spray with you on a dog walk. If you should loose control of your dog and it attacks another dog, spray your dog in the eyes with the pepper spray to make it back off. The pepper spray will not have any long term effects on the dog, but it might save the life of another dog and will help prevent humans from getting bit during a dog fight.
Pepper spray is also an ideal way to protect your own dog if another dog should attack. Spray the aggressor in the eyes using the pepper spray.
Some dogs will become so aggressive and worked up towards other dogs on a walk that the leash and collar corrections do not work. You will need to reach down and grasp the scruff of your dogs neck. Give the dog a firm shake while saying, "No." This is only in extreme cases and only with more dominate breeds.
If the dog does not respond to the shake on the back of its neck, then you will have to lift the dog off its front feet and clutch skin under its chin while saying, "No" and making eye contact. This is how a wolf or canine pack leader would handle aggression in the wild. The dog respects this behavior and expects it from a pack leader. Stare your dog in the eye. Do not break eye contact. The dog must break eye contact first as a show of submission to you. The more dominate and aggressive the dog, the longer it will take before the dog looks away from your eyes.
Be careful with your dog if it exhibits aggressive behavior towards you during a walk. Many dogs will bite the hand that holds them back from their target on a walk. Seek professional help if your dog ever attempts to bite you.
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Comments
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This is a very old fashioned method of dog training and I'm appauled this is on here! reward based training is a much better method of training and more effective and not harmful to dogs at all. chaoke chains seriously damage your dogs neck and throat!
