celesterosemary
Member
Hello everyone,
My family has a french mastiff who's about 1 1/2 years old. He's going to be living with me now because he had a biting incident and my mother is going to be having a baby soon so he can't stay, it's not safe for the baby/ youngest child. He wasn't socialized very well/ at all really by my family. He's been around other dogs and a few other people but he doesn't go on walks because he has a very big backyard to run around in. He has problems with being very aggressive towards people who come to the door (woman delivering a package was the cause of the incident) loud aggressive barking, jumping towards people, etc. he has to be put outside when people come to the door or while people he doesn't know come into the house. He's very sweet and loving around the family with all of the kid and with our other dog, a boxer a few months older than him. But he's scared of strangers and therefore aggressive.
I don't know where to start with socializing him and training him not to be aggressive. any advice will help. thank you
My family has a french mastiff who's about 1 1/2 years old. He's going to be living with me now because he had a biting incident and my mother is going to be having a baby soon so he can't stay, it's not safe for the baby/ youngest child. He wasn't socialized very well/ at all really by my family. He's been around other dogs and a few other people but he doesn't go on walks because he has a very big backyard to run around in. He has problems with being very aggressive towards people who come to the door (woman delivering a package was the cause of the incident) loud aggressive barking, jumping towards people, etc. he has to be put outside when people come to the door or while people he doesn't know come into the house. He's very sweet and loving around the family with all of the kid and with our other dog, a boxer a few months older than him. But he's scared of strangers and therefore aggressive.
I don't know where to start with socializing him and training him not to be aggressive. any advice will help. thank you