Dog being aggressive

[Black neck 15,161]

1 hour ago, Bobtheferret said:

Thanks for all the replies, I really appreciate everyone taking time out to give your opinion. I think I have created the problem to an extent as he was such a friendly puppy I was to slack with allowing him to run over to other dogs and people rather than stopping it as it is still not good behaviour. I am in the process of trying to train him that he doesn’t go over to any other dogs or people but I fear it may take a while, he is food oriented though and today as soon as he realised some bacon scraps where on offer he was back as soon as called sitting waiting for his treat! He is a long way from a real problem dog I just want to nip this in the bud before it becomes a real problem. To those that asked if he has seen much work he has had a very good winter and gets worked pretty hard week in week out but I do work full time and he is a 2 year old dog with bags of energy. He gets at least one long walk a day though and has two other dogs at home to play with so it’s not like he is locked up all week then let out for 10 minutes once a week. 

Well Bob I know few folks have said I was wrong in saying he may grow out of it but that's just my experience of the male dogs I've owned I've not had loads but all of them that ran other dogs and acted the goat ignored other dogs int end 

[Bobtheferret 1,223]

4 hours ago, Saltmoon said:

My dog I got now not aggro at all but got beat up a few times by dogs when a pup and luckily didn't turn him into an asshole he used to run up to other dogs but I started shouting loud and short oi at him which switched his mind back to me. Now if it's just a walk I take a tennis ball with me he loves to run and chase so he gets the ball pays zero interest in other dogs and animals all attention is on me and the ball maybe finding something like that could help out. My last dog hated husky types and black labs I had to double foot drop kick him off a husky once he had it pinned down ragging it I ended up walking him at the weirdest hours so I didn't see anyone you don't want that headache. Best of luck with it 

Thanks mate, he is food oriented so hopefully that will help. 

[Bobtheferret 1,223]

3 hours ago, Black neck said:

Well Bob I know few folks have said I was wrong in saying he may grow out of it but that's just my experience of the male dogs I've owned I've not had loads but all of them that ran other dogs and acted the goat ignored other dogs int end 

Not wrong at all, the good thing about a forum like this is getting lots of people’s experiences and views. I agree that dogs do often mature naturally and just become calmer with age. Just like people tbh, think how many of us were complete dickheads as youngsters but end up being decent adults!  

[Black neck 15,161]

3 minutes ago, Bobtheferret said:

Not wrong at all, the good thing about a forum like this is getting lots of people’s experiences and views. I agree that dogs do often mature naturally and just become calmer with age. Just like people tbh, think how many of us were complete dickheads as youngsters but end up being decent adults!  

I've done it other way round I'm told

[mushroom 12,352]

Get an electric collar, fry the fuucker and kick it in the balls before it gets any worse

Everytime my dog sees another dog now I don't have to do anything, he just drops to the floor and screams... I'd call that a success

[Neal 1,784]

15 hours ago, Black neck said:

Well Bob I know few folks have said I was wrong in saying he may grow out of it but that's just my experience of the male dogs I've owned I've not had loads but all of them that ran other dogs and acted the goat ignored other dogs int end 

Not wrong at all Black neck. To be honest, I've usually found the situation alters as a dog matures as you said. In an ideal world sensible males have one little scuffle when they first meet to see who's in charge and then remember it next time. Unfortunately, so many owners aren't as sensible as their dogs and either encourage their aggression or their defensive attitude (and subsequently their aggression again) thereby engendering a loose/loose situation. That's why I now try to keep my friendly and unfriendly dogs under closer control, simply because most other owners make the situation worse.

I quite often meet people with excited friendly dogs like Ned who are so pleased that I let my dogs socialize with them as they're usually subject to the same discrimination as mine i.e. "Heck, there's a dog coming towards us, quickly pick up Fifi and get ready to run!" I firmly believe that's why most of the unfriendly dogs we meet are lap dogs.

[shaaark 10,112]

10 minutes ago, Neal said:

Not wrong at all Black neck. To be honest, I've usually found the situation alters as a dog matures as you said. In an ideal world sensible males have one little scuffle when they first meet to see who's in charge and then remember it next time. Unfortunately, so many owners aren't as sensible as their dogs and either encourage their aggression or their defensive attitude (and subsequently their aggression again) thereby engendering a loose/loose situation. That's why I now try to keep my friendly and unfriendly dogs under closer control, simply because most other owners make the situation worse.

I quite often meet people with excited friendly dogs like Ned who are so pleased that I let my dogs socialize with them as they're usually subject to the same discrimination as mine i.e. "Heck, there's a dog coming towards us, quickly pick up Fifi and get ready to run!" I firmly believe that's why most of the unfriendly dogs we meet are lap dogs.

I think you are right there mate. 90% of all these dodgy situations are down to the dog owners  panicking, even before any of the dogs start any antics

[Black neck 15,161]

1 hour ago, shaaark said:

I think you are right there mate. 90% of all these dodgy situations are down to the dog owners  panicking, even before any of the dogs start any antics

My big lurcher ran past a woman that had a dog no bigger than a hamster she held it above her head and screamed abit me dog looked at her gone out cocked his leg and sloped off the woman then proceeded to throw a barrage of fucks at me

It was really weird 

[Casso 1,256]

I would ask the question on here ,

why does the dog need to engage with other dogs to be completely social

Can a mature grounded working animal not deal with a situation involving dogs or any other animals without months of pointless stressful encounters   

Does a dog even know it’s a dog or is it going through preprogrammed behaviours with another to resolve tension , sniffing , peeing for grounded dogs , and for f****d up dogs barking , snarling biting, they all reduce tension it’s just some are dysfunctional to our human reason  

how can working sled dogs in the far north engage and play with polar bears without been socialised to them before adulthood ?

Edited April 9, 2019 by Casso

[Black neck 15,161]

51 minutes ago, Casso said:

I would ask the question on here ,

why does the dog need to engage with other dogs to be completely social

Can a mature grounded working animal not deal with a situation involving dogs or any other animals without months of pointless stressful encounters   

Does a dog even know it’s a dog or is it going through preprogrammed behaviours with another to resolve tension , sniffing , peeing for grounded dogs , and for f****d up dogs barking , snarling biting, they all reduce tension it’s just some are dysfunctional to our human reason  

Good point 

[Casso 1,256]

3 minutes ago, Black neck said:

Good point 

You know it make sense Blacky 

[Black neck 15,161]

8 minutes ago, Casso said:

You know it make sense Blacky 

The words are a bit big sometimes and I have to refer to the thesaurus but yeah I get most on it

[stormyboy 1,352]

6 hours ago, Black neck said:

The words are a bit big sometimes and I have to refer to the thesaurus but yeah I get most on it

You do not. And you can't have a thesaurus, they were extinct millions of years ago FFS.

[Black neck 15,161]

1 hour ago, stormyboy said:

You do not. And you can't have a thesaurus, they were extinct millions of years ago FFS.

Ahh bollox 

[pengelli 365]

Bob have a look at the Pacdog collars my dog was exact same running off and trying to play with every dog he met only problem was all dogs aren't friendly I got a pac dog collar and handset followed the instructions to the letter and it worked for me I just worked on his recall now he is spot on stops them chasing or running up to joggers cyclists ect as well hope this helps