julialyle32
Member
Hi All-
I've posted several times over the last year or so about my EM Buster. Most recently I posted this: Aggression in Adult English Mastiff - Mastiff Forum. This is somewhat a follow up to that post.
We've tried some "training" but only so much is possible when a) you can't have other people around to practice with without being highly embarrassed or putting them at risk and b) you don't dare take him out of the house hardly for fear of him seeing a stranger. He's learned to sit, shake with both hands, lay down, and somewhat roll over, but as far as behavior? Worse than ever.
He is completely out of control. It's like Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde with him. Around the people he knows? Sweetest, laziest, lap dog around. Love him to death. See a stranger out the window? In the driveway? On the sidewalk? Dear god the world is ending. He is literally going to bust his way through our glass door one of these days. So now whenever people are over he gets locked in the bathroom. What a life, right? We're at the point where someday we want to have kids, we want to have family over for holidays, we want to have dinner guests. I love Bussy to death but he has to get the message that I'm not goofing around anymore and that he needs to listen to me. We've recently bought a new house and it has made it 1000x worse. He now feels like he owns the place and if anyone so much as steps onto our street they need to be taken out. He's like an angsty teenager and has a major attitude problem that needs to be taken care of.
Training is not an option as we can barely take him to the vet, traditional training methods (treats, etc) don't even phase him, and he's becoming a danger. It's time for extreme intervention. So I guess what I'm asking is - has anyone had any luck with shock/vibration collars for aggression, general attitude/unwillingness to listen? I'm not here to debate the humanity of shock/vibrate collars, I've used them in the past with success with other dogs but never for stranger danger issues. I'm at a loss as to what to do but something's gotta give. I'm getting really tired of not being able to take my dog out of the house other than to potty.
Thanks-
Julia
I've posted several times over the last year or so about my EM Buster. Most recently I posted this: Aggression in Adult English Mastiff - Mastiff Forum. This is somewhat a follow up to that post.
We've tried some "training" but only so much is possible when a) you can't have other people around to practice with without being highly embarrassed or putting them at risk and b) you don't dare take him out of the house hardly for fear of him seeing a stranger. He's learned to sit, shake with both hands, lay down, and somewhat roll over, but as far as behavior? Worse than ever.
He is completely out of control. It's like Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde with him. Around the people he knows? Sweetest, laziest, lap dog around. Love him to death. See a stranger out the window? In the driveway? On the sidewalk? Dear god the world is ending. He is literally going to bust his way through our glass door one of these days. So now whenever people are over he gets locked in the bathroom. What a life, right? We're at the point where someday we want to have kids, we want to have family over for holidays, we want to have dinner guests. I love Bussy to death but he has to get the message that I'm not goofing around anymore and that he needs to listen to me. We've recently bought a new house and it has made it 1000x worse. He now feels like he owns the place and if anyone so much as steps onto our street they need to be taken out. He's like an angsty teenager and has a major attitude problem that needs to be taken care of.
Training is not an option as we can barely take him to the vet, traditional training methods (treats, etc) don't even phase him, and he's becoming a danger. It's time for extreme intervention. So I guess what I'm asking is - has anyone had any luck with shock/vibration collars for aggression, general attitude/unwillingness to listen? I'm not here to debate the humanity of shock/vibrate collars, I've used them in the past with success with other dogs but never for stranger danger issues. I'm at a loss as to what to do but something's gotta give. I'm getting really tired of not being able to take my dog out of the house other than to potty.
Thanks-
Julia