EM showing signs of agreession for no reason. PLEASE HELP!

[Geisthexe]

Thanks Deb!
I found her a trainer who is awesome.
She contacted him so I hope they meet soon.
I can't wait to hear the results

 

[musicdeb]

Kudos! I hope it all works out for both of them.

 

[Rugers-Kris]

It sounds like maybe your pup is going through a fear stage and maybe coming into his temperment at the same time. Ruger had a few fear stages and also has a much "harder" temperment than most EM's. IMO, one of the most important things is to learn your dog. There are always signs as to when they are uncomfortable about to react in a negative manner. Some dogs signs are much more subtle than others(Ruger simply closes his mouth). Once you have done that, it is so much easier to monitor and train around the situations. Good luck to you. I look forward to hearing updates on his progress.

 

[jmli1973]

i'm glad you talked with deb!

Your story has a few things that don't add up for me.

1. The trainer helped your dog with puppy kindergarten, then didn't want to see the dog between 3 and 6 months. What did he tell you do to during that time??

2. Can you point to any event at work that may have cause your puppy some trauma? It could be that he woke up when you weren't there and someone else came to tell him to be queit, or give him a pet when he wasn't sure about the person and you weren't there to say it was ok... Or it could be something else entirely.

3. It doesn't sound like dominance to me - it sounds like a lack of confidence and potentially some fear, and maybe a little uncertainty that you are there to be his leader and take care of things for him.

4. A trainer that suggests boot camp to "break" a dog's "dominance" is not one that i would trust my dog with. That doesn't help you deal with any situation that may come up, either, which i think is what you want if you want to keep taking your dog to work with you - which is great, by the way, that you can do that!

Are you getting to the point where you're anticipating his bad behavior? If so... You need to decide what you want him to do instead - and teach him some good commands, then get a firm picture in your head of him following your commands in those situations. Then practice, practice, practice.

1 year-old is still puppy, so he's still learning where limits are and what's expected. Could be hormones and another 'testing' period are coming on, so you just have to reinforce your rules so he knows what's expected.

Let us know what you end up dong and how it goes!

hi yes the trainer did his puppy kindergarden than left me to work on a few ting and then he came back at 6 months.
I think oscar is just getting into those terrible twos... I was weary of sending him to boot camp as well thats why i wrote the post.
I got great great advice from deb she even got me someone to work with me i have them coming on thursday.
I dont know what happened at work he wasnt sleeping and i was sitting right there next to me i hope to have the trainer come to my work to asses the situtation .
I will keep you all posted

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Thanks for the advice i am trying to watch him to look for signs unfortunately all he does is wag his tail ...i guess i hve to keep watching.
Does the fear stage ever go away or is that part of training

 

[jmli1973]

Thanks for the advice i am trying to watch him to look for signs unfortunately all he does is wag his tail ...i guess i hve to keep watching.
Does the fear stage ever go away or is that part of training

---------- Post added at 06:24 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:24 PM ----------

It sounds like maybe your pup is going through a fear stage and maybe coming into his temperment at the same time. Ruger had a few fear stages and also has a much "harder" temperment than most EM's. IMO, one of the most important things is to learn your dog. There are always signs as to when they are uncomfortable about to react in a negative manner. Some dogs signs are much more subtle than others(Ruger simply closes his mouth). Once you have done that, it is so much easier to monitor and train around the situations. Good luck to you. I look forward to hearing updates on his progress.

Thanks for the advice i am trying to watch him to look for signs unfortunately all he does is wag his tail ...i guess i hve to keep watching.
Does the fear stage ever go away or is that part of training

 

[jmli1973]

It sounds like maybe your pup is going through a fear stage and maybe coming into his temperment at the same time. Ruger had a few fear stages and also has a much "harder" temperment than most EM's. IMO, one of the most important things is to learn your dog. There are always signs as to when they are uncomfortable about to react in a negative manner. Some dogs signs are much more subtle than others(Ruger simply closes his mouth). Once you have done that, it is so much easier to monitor and train around the situations. Good luck to you. I look forward to hearing updates on his progress.

Thanks for the advice i am trying to watch him to look for signs unfortunately all he does is wag his tail ...i guess i hve to keep watching.
Does the fear stage ever go away or is that part of training

 

[jmli1973]

question to the forum.... a friend of mine mentioned that my em could be resource guarding me the owner....any suggestions advice or feedback is greatly appreciated. if he is resource guarding me how to correct it. thanks in advance

 

[jmli1973]

question to the forum.... a friend of mine mentioned that my em could be resource guarding me the owner....any suggestions advice or feedback is greatly appreciated. if he is resource guarding me how to correct it. thanks in advance

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[musicdeb]

Please do a search for resource guarding or food aggression. A lot of posts on this particular situation. It takes a lot of time and patience to resolve the issue. I dealt with it for about 2 months with Titan.