Bad dog behavior....?

Question

My dog, Ike is a Keeshond mix. He's a wonderful dog, very smart...but he hates everyone except me and my husband. I take him for walk around the neighborhood and if someone comes over to talk to me or to try and pet him, he growls at them. (He does like other dogs, however.) It's embarrassing and I feel like people believe I am mistreating him. How do I get him to be more social?

I did have him checked out at the vet, and he's in good physical health. He did however, nip at the vet for touching him and had to have a muzzle put on!

And I'd never get rid of him because to me he is very affectionate and would never nip at me or growl at me. I got him from an animal shelter when he was 6 weeks old and he was very sick...needed lots of vet attention as a puppy.

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Answer 1

Fear biting can be very difficult to control.
It will take much time and work.
I would strongly recomend that you find a behavorial trainer in your area and have at least one session with just you and the dog and the trainer to have the trainer eveulate what he/she really sees. If they think fear biting or protectiveness.
They can give you tips on how to work with the dog.
Walking is great and done correctly you can use it as a neutral place to introduce new people. When waling you have control of the dog and can make almost instant corrections with the leash and collar. This will allow you to let the dog know what the inappropraite behavior is and show him/her what you are going to do about that behavior.
With work I am sure you can help your dog to be better about people than he is now.
Keeshounds are such beautiful dogs and I am sure people would love to pet him. They are so soft and just look like they need to be petted.
Good luck.

Answer 2

Your dog is the leader of he pack, not you.

When you walk your dog do not let him have the length of the leash and walk in front. This establishes him as the leader. His actions with other people is due to this. He doesn't have boundries as far as his behavior is concerned. As the leader, he figures, he can do what he wants.

When you leave the house for the walk, never let him go through the door first. You must always go first. Never let him follow you out without your invitation. He should remain in place while you exit and until you signal for him to come out. This is the way it would be in a dog pack. He would never go somewhere before the leader.

When the walk starts put him by your side and slightly behind you. In a dog pack he would always follow the leader this way. Keep the leash short so his head must remain up and looking forward. This forces him to focus on you (the leader). In the pack he must focus on the leader. Why? Dogs communicate with sounds and body language.

During the walk never let him pick where to stop. Only the pack leader does this.

When some one comes up to visit. Keep him beside you as it in the walk. If he starts to growl, give the leash a quick snap and make a disapproving sound. At the same time use a visual signal like pointing a finger at him. Saying your dogs name when correcting him is useless.

Now let the dog sniff the visitor first. Tell the visitor to stand still and do not try to pet or speak to the dog. Just stand there and let your dog sniff and check them out. In the dog pack, this is the way they greet each other. This is a necessary step for the dog to accept the other person.

This will do a lot to establish you as your dogs leader and make him very happy. A dog is happiest when he knows what he can and cannot do. The love having parameters to live by. In other words, he's happiest when he's treated like and lives like a dog. He is a family member, but not a human. He doesn't know how and can't fulfill this role.

Why doesn't he do the dog thing naturally? Will a child do the correct behavior naturally? Neither one know how unless shown what is proper and what's expected.

I recommend you get Cesar Millans new book "Cesar's Way". You will learn a lot. If your not familiar with him read this article about him.

http://www.macon.com/mld/macon/living/people/family/14855247.htm?source=rss&channel=macon_family

Answer 3

Sounds like fear agression or protecting you. The best this is first make sure he's been checked out by the vet to rule out any physical problems.

Then get in contact with a behavioural trainer to help work through the agression problem. Basically, you need to let the dog know he is not allowed to growl at anyone he sees, so you use negative reinforcement - like a stern no and a quick gentle pull on the collar. When he does greet someone in an acceptable manner, praise and reward him profusely. Let him know he's the most wonderful dog in the world when he does what you want. Pretty soon he'll connect it in his mind. It will need to be consistently reinforced, and you need to be careful not to reward the dog for growling by petting him or saying calm down, its okay boy. That just tells him what he did was a good thing

Good luck with him.

Answer 4

It depends on the daycare core. Ask pals who've used a daycare middle what they inspiration of it and go via their recommendations. The biggest improvement to daycare and dog parks is socialization. If a dog does not get socialized then there will also be problems afterward as your puppy grows up. I take my canine to the dog park once or twice per week and it's the pleasant thing I do for her. As a rule if your canine is a best canine then in all probability your canine will not have problems at the canine park. By and large canine fights occur over toys or domain however the homeowners are frequently, and that i say that rather of invariably for the reason that you on no account understand with men and women, on high of the fight earlier than it escalates into whatever worse.

Answer 5

Still being stalked by Mesper? Don't worry...he's pretty pathetic if he can't do anything other than look on Yahoo answers and insult people. Pretty pathetic, I agree with you. He'll get what's coming to him. Hopefully some horrible form of cancer or maybe even AIDS. He's a bitter man with a small penis:)

Answer 6

take him to an obedience class or ask the vet why he is doing that: if something is bothering him or if he was mistreated by someone when he was a puppy..that could be why he was afraid of people...have other people feed him treats or tell them why he gets mad so your not embarrassed...those are what i would do in my opinion!!!I'm sorry if i didn't help u!!!

Answer 7

There are a bunch of things you should know about dog training but we are going to discuss what I feel are some the most important. Keep in mind that these are only some of the things you should know. Go here http://OnlineDogTraining.enle.info/?G0PK

1. Repetition is the number 1 principle of dog training. Dogs just like humans learn by doing things over and over in order to get better.

2. Dog Training can and should be fun for both you and your new pet.

3. Training sessions should always be short but sweet. I never work a dog more than 15 minutes in a session to keep from losing the dog's attention. You should train you dog at least once a day but never more than three formal sessions a day.

4. Your goal should be that each training session is just a little bit better than the last one. You need to always strive to make the training better, slowly. I mention this because quite often I see people who do daily training sessions but the dog never gets better and it is not the dogs fault.

5. Having patients is very important in dog training. Losing your temper does not work with a canine it simply makes things worse.

6. Exercise is very important in the training process to get rid of all the dogs nervous energy.

7. Taking your pet for walks is very important because it develops serotonin which gives your dog a feeling of well being.

8. Always be sure to give your dog a bunch of praise in your training. It is your dog's paycheck for doing a great job.

9. Never hit your dog. I have heard people say I never hit my dog instead I roll up a magazine and swat it. It's the same thing... hitting is hitting.

10. After each training session be sure to do something that your dog will enjoy. Take it for a walk, throw the ball or maybe even rub its belly. Just do something that makes the dog look forward to the next training session.

These are things that I teach my dog training students as well as my dog training clients. I hope these things will give you something to think about when training your dog. Spend some time training your dog daily and you will both reap the benefits.

Answer 8

They do say pets are like their owners. Make sure he's muzzled in public, it sounds like it should really have been put down. Are you sure you're really fit to handle and manage a dog if you don't know about this?

Answer 9

He just loves you and wants to protect you! Take a toy and some treats with you and let the strangers give him a treat or throw his toy (if he likes that, my dog does).

Answer 10

the dog, is trying to protect you,he probably thinks someone is going to hurt you.there is trainers that can teach the dog to know the difference.