Changing dogs attitude

[ncass11]

My dog is getting out of control lately, it attacked a dog across the road, injured my other dog on the on the neck, attacked him again tonight and now she is tied up out side with no human contact , I've be trying to spend more time with her as much as I can going swimming etc but I don't know what to do and fear she might be put down if she continuos like this,

The dog is a female English mastiff 4yrs old and has started doing this 2011 but it's getting much worse, in 2011 when we had a cyclone it knock the back fence down so we had to lockvher in the front yard, we live in front of a school and those little bastards would tease her over the fence which is what I think made her how she is today


I love her very much and want to know a way I might be able to tame her and calm her down

Any advise?

I was thinking of getting her desexed if that might help?


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[Darren_L]

I don't think de-sexing is a solution to behavioral problems on females. It's more of a male thing
Have you considered taking her to one of those dog training sessions - usually they do group sessions at parks in most areas. I've heard they are fairly effective, but it will probably take several sessions.

Other option is get Dr Harry to visit

 

[Ed]

2 years may have been too long to wait to do something about it, best of luck though mate, hopefully you get her on the right path

 

[kingyinperth]

Yep what Darren said...animal behaviour expert sounds like the only way to see if you can improve her manner,otherwise the future doesn't look good im afraid..heaven help all involved if the next victim was a defenceless child...

 

[Filippimini]

Speak to your vet. These behaviors can be neurological or they can be fixed by pet behaviour experts. I wouldn't just take her to your local dog training group. There are often special programs for dogs like this. I know the lady who ran our dog training sessions ran a program called 'growly greeters' that focused on dogs with anti social behaviors.

 

[HERONVY]

I had one of these latch onto my leg 2 years ago. ..wasnt pretty.
Had to punch it in the head to get it to let go.
Fun fact- in the olden days, bull mastiff dogs were used to aid hunting lions.
The sooner you get it to a trainer, the better. Otherwise the attacks will become more frequent and possibly even turn on you one day.
You don't want one of these dogs attached to your leg via its teeth...its very frightening to say the least.

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[Ian Johnston]

IMHO its too late for training. And the fact these dogs are natural hunting/fighting dogs doesnt help.
Best of luck though.

 

[accentstencil]

This looks like a job for the Dog Whisperer.

 

[Jesterarts]

IMHO itthey're late for training. And the fact these dogs are natural hunting/fighting dogs doesnt help.
Best of luck though.

All dogs are natural hunting dogs, they're dogs.

Also there is no such thing as a natural "fighting" dog. No animal is born with an instinct to fight without reason, fighting is something they are taught.

In regards to the OP, desexing is very much step one. While freezing has a greater impact on male dogs, it does also impact the behaviour of female dogs. It reduces hormones, etc etc.

Is she back in the back yard? If not, sort that out asap. A dog will be protective of it's turf and being in the front yard can be stressful as she protably feels she needs to protect her patch from every single person who goes by.

The next step would be to talk to a local specialist about the best path for your animal.

Also, what is the situation with the other dog? Which dog was there first? Which is the more serious in the pecking order?

If there is tention amongst your dogs about who it higher in the pack order, this would account for both the issues at home and also outside of the house.

Something else to think about is that animals become aggressive when they are in pain or sick. So get her checked out by a vet.

Good luck and don't listen to people saying it's too late as you can train a dog at any stage of it's life, it just becomes more difficult as you first have to work any bad behaviour out. But it is doable.

 

[ncass11]

Thanks guys, I think I'll take her to the vet for a check over, the other dog is only small and does nothing to her for her to attack him like that, I am thinking it might be a jealousy thing because my mother baby's her dog all the time so mine must get jealous of him,

Today I accidentally stepped on the little dogs tail and made him squeal and the my dog got up and went towards him like she was going to attack again so I had to quickly put her outside, I wonder what is triggering it


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