Severe Human Agression Help Needed

[BugattiAlva]

When a person meets a dog for the first time it is important that the person makes no interaction with the dog until the dog shows calm behavior, like sitting or laying down or tail down or in middle position. The person needs to not talk to the dog, not give eye contact, or touch it. He should greet you and only you ignoring the dog. The dog needs to know its not about him in order to not feel excitement, fear or anxiety. If the dog approaches the guest the owner must correct right away. Either by tugging on their choker chain, firm grab in the thigh, or strong "back up command". Followed by sitting the dog to calm him down. I personally put my dog on his side and make him stay there until I say so. Also when doing this it is important for your energy to be just right. Try to let go of the past (I know it's hard) when doing this exercise or your tension will continue this behavior. Best of Luck! Don't give up! Repetition will allow the dog to see the human is not trying to harm him and he will build trust.

 

[ruthcatrin]

When a person meets a dog for the first time it is important that the person makes no interaction with the dog until the dog shows calm behavior, like sitting or laying down or tail down or in middle position. The person needs to not talk to the dog, not give eye contact, or touch it. He should greet you and only you ignoring the dog. The dog needs to know its not about him in order to not feel excitement, fear or anxiety. If the dog approaches the guest the owner must correct right away. Either by tugging on their choker chain, firm grab in the thigh, or strong "back up command". Followed by sitting the dog to calm him down. I personally put my dog on his side and make him stay there until I say so. Also when doing this it is important for your energy to be just right. Try to let go of the past (I know it's hard) when doing this exercise or your tension will continue this behavior. Best of Luck! Don't give up! Repetition will allow the dog to see the human is not trying to harm him and he will build trust.

Um, if you read the whole thread, this dog does not relax when there is no interaction, infact she continues to get further and further worked up. And "alpha rolling" isn't a solution either, especially with an already fearfull dog.....

 

[chuckorlando]

Even if it did work, you would be a fool to do it to a dog you dont know, that has shown a willingness to bite. And the only saving grace here is the dog is not aggressive with the owner. You could certainly turn the dog aggressive to the owner by trying to force it to do any thing like that

 

[cwayaustx]

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[taisa899]

I'm working on her fear of almost everything first, and then I'll concentrate on her aggression. I picked up a prong collar today and she reacted to it well.

 

[ruthcatrin]

Good! If you can teach her that its not as scary as she thought alot of the aggression ought to reduce all on its own.

 

[taisa899]

So I'm bringing Baby to meet the trainer in my area on Wednesday night. He's had Cane Corso's for 13yrs so he knows the breed. I told him she'd try to get at him as soon as I got her out of my truck and his response was "I don't care if she's braething fire and lightning bolts are shooting out her ass we'll be fine", was the perfect response.
Here's his website http://www.21stcenturyk9.com/dogtraining.html

 

[Smart_Family]

Sounds really promising!

 

[cwayaustx]

Sweet!!!!

 

[ruthcatrin]

Very sweet! Good luck!

 

[musicdeb]

Cool! Keep us posted

 

[taisa899]

Well we met with the trainer for the first time tonight. She reacted alot better than I thought she would. I got her out of the truck and started walking her, handed the lead over to him and she didn't react. he took her around a bit and the only times she reacted agressively towards him was the 2 times she made eye contact with me. We're gonna start one on one training with him this Saturday. He says we'll probably never cure her aggression completely but we will be able to make it manageable

 

[Mooshi's Mummy]

great news! you must feel such a sense of relief. and thanks for keeping us posted, im so glad things seem to be turning a corner for you.

 

[musicdeb]

So glad to hear that you found, what sounds like, a great trainer. keep us posted

 

[ruthcatrin]

Sweet!! And yes, manageable is probly the reasonable goal all things considered, good luck and keep us updated!

 

[Kelly]

It's great to have someone in your corner, isn't it! so glad to hear.

 

[taisa899]

took her to the trainer on Saturday and we worked with her for about an hour. She was really good in not trying to go at him at all. We started working on her fear and he showed me some steps to use with new things. We also started on 1 more basic command which is "lie down" since the only basic command she knows is sit. Surprisingly enough the trainer didn't charge me anything for his time and we've set it up so we'll work with him sparodically with Baby

 

[musicdeb]

So good to hear taisa899. Keep us posted on her progress. She's well worth it!