Fixing Aggressive Dog Behavior

As the article says, disarming the dog only worsens the problem. Obviously he is either frightened or has some other behavioral issue. Maybe another dog trainer would have been successful. Sometimes positive reinforcement is better than somebody poking you in your neck a bunch of times. Taking an animal's defenses may temporarily solve the problem but it doesn't help the animal.

I adopted a rescue afghan hound. He was vicious to other dogs. Would attack with no provocation and no warning. He attacked my other dog and did damage. I felt i was responsible to keep my other dogs safe in their own home. I was about to put him down. Instead, I fashioned a muzzle that would allow him to eat and drink and everything but get his jaws open enough to bite. It was also comfortable enough for him to wear for long periods of time. After several times wearing this muzzle, sometimes for as long as a week, he is now a pleasant dog that i can trust with other dogs, cats and other animals. I later found out that his father was a known biter. Nothing they did could ever stop him, but they kept breeding him because his pups were beautiful. Although vicious. I hope this treatment works for them. But would euthanize otherwise if they cant keep the dog isolated for the safety of all. Like other crimes - the innocent should not be afraid to live. The dangerous actors need to be removed for the safety of the innocents.

This sounds like a better solution to me pricewise & for the dog doing the biting.

If the Dog Whisperer could not help, it was her only option.
I applaude her for doing something for this dog.

I think this is wonderful, what a nice owner! There should be more people in this world that care for animals like this owner, you shouldn't put them down because of biting. I work at a daycare and the children bite all the time, does that mean we kill them, of course not! Biting is a way of communicating for children who cannot use their words, dogs and animals do the same thing, they cannot talk to us and tell us what's bothering them, so they bite. People really need to be more understanding!

I have a dog that barks a lot and I have bought the barking dog collar and it really works. It's sooooooooooo worth it and does not harm the dog - just gives him a gentle jolt when he barks.

I have a lovely American Eski. He's around 2 years old and has always been aggressive. When I was looking on the internet for a dog I liked that the American Eski is a dog that alarms with loud barks, but is not an attack dog. I really don't know if my dog would bite anyone, but he enjoys biting us and never try to move his food away from him. I love my dog and I warn everyone that he my bite so stay away from him.

My chihuahua has always been a biter and I've had her since she was 6 weeks old.I have arranged for her not to be around other people unless in my presence (she doesn't bite,then) but,if they ignore the precautions and approach her anyway,they DESERVE to be bitten!! I refuse to punish her for protecting her territory!!

This dog has a screw loose obviously. I just can't see spending that kind of money on a physco dog when there are THOUSANDS of dogs that WANT to act right and WANT to be adopted rather than put down. Put the ones down that have a brain malfunction and adopt a nice one.

so you take away the tearing injury....what about a child who is traumatised by a "non tearing" bite? I have a grand daughter who is terrified by dogs because of a dog who nipped her when she was small. Never even broke the skin, but scared her. I have 2 dogs who love children and she won't even be in the house with them. There is a lot more to be considered than whether actual punctures are involved with the behavior. I say that dog needs to be either totally isolated from people or put down. Grinding their teeth down doesn't solve anything, the behavior is still there and terrifying and damaging to everyone but the owner.

We did the filing at our vets suggestion with our 90 lb. boxer who was on a biting spree and it has been VERY successful and definitely more economical. We love me very much but the next step was going to have to be putting him down before we got sued which we absolutely did not want to do but an aggressive dog in a neighborhood of little children is not good. We are extremely happy with the results. I believe it is called truntcation. It worked for our beloved Oscar.

To Linda- The electric collars are cruel and unnecessary. .
You should know that they sell citronella spray collars for barking which are much more humane and usually quite effective. Also, it wouldn't hurt to read up on some dog training books!

I think this is a terrible thing to do to a dog. Dog was born with an aggressive nature. The hard training that it would require for the dog not to act agressivly was not taken. Dental work? That will not change the brain. Change the brain and change the dog. Dogs who behave badly are put into a wire cage only large enough to stand not sit or lay. When the dog behaves badly the dog goes into the cage for a short duration. Let out. . The minute the dog behaves badly again the dog goes back in the cage. This is retraining the brain. Good behavior verses bad behavior. Children do not like time out. This is a dog's time out. Dental work is only good for the dentist pocket book$$$. If you want a dog take the time to study the breed's personality and give dog training lessons immediately. If you don't then you are not responsible enough to own a dog. Shame on you. Better to have had dog put to sleep than alter it's teeth. What about chewing on tough bones? Bet you took that ability away. A dog needs some good chewing time. I could go on an on but the people who own the dog would not listen. Too late. They have acted in an irresponsible way.

It upsets me that any animal has to be put down for whatever reason, but I know sometimes it has to be done. Some people thinks that a dog and or cat is just an animal and should be treated as such, but I have a different opinion. I know some may be offended by this, but I believe that the very same hands that made man, made the animals with every bit of the same love. I believe too that it's wrong to kill any animal out of anger and or just for the fun of it. Someone in a car ran all the way out of the street into my neighbor's yard and ran over and killed a dog of mine. I don't know if they felt bad about it, but I sure did. Until a person gets a pet and totally falls in love with it, they can't understand why the lady chose to get the dog's teeth fixed over putting it to sleep. I can totaly understand.

I just can't imagine not being able to tame this dog even if there was negative feedback from attempted bites. I've helped many a dog not to bite simply by using the kind of gaurd this dog seems to be using with a stiff tug when biting is attempted or a knee to the groin of a dog (gently done) if they go to lunge or bite at anyone. Positive reinforecement could have helped. This dog learned nothing.

It is totally irresponsible to allow any animal that is violent to be near humans. If the owner fears enough for her safety or for anyone around or in her home to have to consider anything this drastic, that the only safe recourse is euthansia. I have no probablem with the choosing the life and safety of a chiild, a guest, a stranger or myself over that of an animal. A companiion animal is an animal, not a person. I will not live in fear of any animal, esp in my own home.

I have a dog who goes for strangers. He is geting better as we work with him, but I didn't want to take the chance that he might hurt someone. My vet filed the canines too.

dog should be put down.Its very clear that he has no brain

We shoot aggressive mean dogs. It rids the gene pool of that behavior and it eliminates the chance of the dog ever harming anyone . . especially a small child, (God forbid)

There is a difference between a guard dog and an aggressive mean dog.