| Training aggressive dogs can be a challenge - This | | | | and thinking your dog is incurable or is somehow |
| article will dispel some common myths, and show | | | | wrong. |
| you some dog training techniques to calm your | | | | Let's go over some dog training techniques. |
| aggressive dog down, permanently. | | | | First of all, when your dog is being aggressive, |
| When you're training aggressive dogs, it's | | | | make sure not to reward his behavior. Start out |
| important to realize where your dog is coming | | | | by just ignoring him. When the delivery man |
| from, as opposed to lumping his behavior into | | | | comes to deliver the mail and your dog starts |
| "bad behavior." Most of the time, your dog is | | | | barking, just completely ignore him. Make sure he |
| either defending his territory or he's afraid. | | | | realizes that his barking is not doing any good. You |
| Defending territory is part of a dog's instinct. If an | | | | may even try on ignoring him for an additional 30 |
| unfamiliar creature invades what he believes is his | | | | seconds-1 minute after the mailman leaves. |
| space, his natural instinct would be to bark and | | | | You should also make sure you or your children |
| try to scare away this invading creature. | | | | do not play fight with your dog. When training |
| The second reason may be your dog is afraid. A | | | | aggressive dogs, it's important for them to realize |
| large, unknown creature three times his size (an | | | | aggressive behavior is not appropriate behavior. |
| average person) encroaches on his territory. Your | | | | If subtle punishments aren't working, you can |
| dog feels scared, and instinctively starts barking | | | | consider giving your dog a time out. Simply lock |
| madly. This is his way of saying "Don't mess with | | | | him in a room for 5 minutes whenever he's being |
| me man. Don't mess with me. I'm not an easy | | | | too aggressive, and make sure he realizes it's |
| target, I'll bite." | | | | inappropriate to do what he's doing. When training |
| The most important thing when training | | | | aggressive dogs, it's important to also reward him |
| aggressive dogs is to understand where your dog | | | | for being nice to strangers. |
| is coming from, instead of becoming frustrated | | | | |