Category: Dog Training
Learned Aggression in Dogs
Dogs learn quickly, almost too quickly, how to get the things they want. Unfortunately, if you have a dog that has aggression problems, with many of the different types of aggression, and it gets hi... Read More
Social or Dominance Aggression in Dogs
As we’ve mentioned before, dog are natural pack animals. So, as in any group, human or animal, situations, leaders and followers emerge. Leaders are the ones that take charge, of both the si... Read More
How to Deal with Frustration Aggression/Re-Directed Aggression
Just like humans, dogs sometimes get frustrated. And just like humans, they sometimes lash out with aggression when they are frustrated. Frustration aggression can present itself any time the dog ... Read More
Predatory Aggression in Dogs
Dogs are natural predators, even after all these years of domestication. Some dogs are still bred today for this natural instinct. So it’s not really surprising when a dog shows predatory ag... Read More
Protective Aggression, and How to Deal with it
Protective aggression is in a dog’s nature. They are a social species. Left to their own devices they live together in small packs of family and friends. If they think one of their pack me... Read More
Territorial Aggression and How to Work Through it.
If any of our dogs could be classified as having territorial aggression, it would be Chewy Lewis. Although he’s much better than he was when we first got him, nearly ten years ago, he’s ... Read More
Resource Guarding Aggression, and How to Deal with it.
Resource guarding is an instinctual behavior in dogs. In humans too. We like to protect our stuff, sometimes even fiercely so. Well, so do our dogs. They can also get quite fierce when protectin... Read More
Fear Based Aggression: Conquering the Fear
So you’ve got a dog with fear based aggression? That’s no fun. You always have to be on the lookout for signs of fear with your dog, before it turns into aggression. Yeah, no fun at ... Read More