i often praise my dog when i saw him growling or not letting anyone near me..for me its a good sign that ull be in safe coz nobody will dare to go near you especially bad people..but the problem is even my sister,brother and my mom and dad cant even go near me or she'll growl at them too!am i over doing it?
2006-09-16 07:43:22 · 22 answers · asked by jeanjer28 2 in Pets ➔ Dogs
Yeah you over did it...... you have taught your dog to fear strangers and become aggressive to people who may approach you.
This can become a real problem as you have become aware when your family can't even approach you. Unfortunately because of your actions some one will get hurt, and for no real apparent reason.
Dogs, usually have a 6 sense of strangers, and usually don't have to be encourage when a tense or dangerouse situation presents its self, its their natural instinct to protect you, but you have taken that too far, and encouraged your dog to become aggressive.
The next step, your dog will lash out at people on walks, when they pass by you and soon you will not be able to take your dog any where.
Your best bet is to seek professional training for both you and your dog, so this agression doesn't get out of control and an insocent person will not get hurt.
2006-09-16 07:50:23 · answer #1 · answered by Krazee about my pets! 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I think you know the answer to this one, but fair play to you for asking.
Stop praising your dog for showing aggression!
Sooner or later he'll bite someone, you'll be sued for a hell of a lot of money and your dog will be destroyed by order of the court.
The dog obviously loves you, and you clearly love him too but the behaviour that you've encouraged is causing you a problem even now.
See an animal behaviourist for advice on how to stop this before it gets any worse. Believe me, if you really were attacked your dog will do what it can to defend you.
Hope you manage to sort this out.
2006-09-17 04:58:05 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You sure are. You've now successfully taught your dog that it's good to be aggressive towards people. Your dog has no way of knowing when you think it's cool to growl at someone and when it's not. You had better turn this around right now before your dog escalates from growling to biting. Your dog will be the one to pay the price when he bites someone.
2006-09-16 08:41:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What do you expect on something like that anyhow? I agree totally with its_all_a_conspirac. Her point is completely correct. Once you have shown your dog who you want or don't want around you and you praised her for such behavior, most times they get the wrong idea. It is solely your responsibility now to reverse this process. You need to get some profession help to teach her to break the habits that were instilled in her mind. You made the major mistake keeping her from smelling people to see who is friendly or not on her own probably since she was a little puppy. Remember dogs learn to greet people with wags and such. If you happen to notice her eyeing a specific person and her ears raise back and upfront, this usually indicates she is wanting to lunge at someone..she knows she is facing a danger you created. The first thing you should always have done since she was a pup was get her a tad close to someone just to see what her responses and triggers are. Dogs love to play with people and having her unsocialized in that manner also creates dog fighting mannerisms too. She will now be so aggressive that your only alternative will be to keep her outdoors on a leash in the yard and monitored at all times alone. When you noticed she was responding negatively to that stimulus(your family) you should have pulled her away. Also if you have family over and know she will be this way, the least you could have done was placed her in a room where noone is to enter. At this point in time however, the damage is already done. If at any given time she dares to go near anyone other than you, she will have learned that the person you know is friendly to you is the opposite to her and they need to be repremainded and harmed. You have told her that noone should get within an inch of you. That is wrong to have treated her/him in this respect, you are basically saying to the dog that your love of family is so over shadowed that you don't care for their overall wellfare and that loving anyone other than you is a disgrace and he/she should stay this way forever.
I should know, my son taught my last dog like that and all he learned was to hate him so badly including me that eventually he bit us so bad that I had to get rid of him. Sad scenario but what you teach you have to learn from as well.
2006-09-16 08:12:53 · answer #4 · answered by duntnoduntcare 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No it's not good...What u have done now is made your dog the pack leader.Meaning you have lost control and he is incontrol of who gets near you. Plus whatever esle he sees fit to do. It might of look cute to you but it is not right. You have to take control back.Get a lesh and start by walking your dog with a tight lesh. Make it to where he is right next to u and you are leading.When u put the lesh on u make him come to you. Then when he tries to growl with anyone while the lesh is on you either say no or give him a big grunt and point at him..If he keeps on you should take your fingers in a position to where it is like a dog biting him in the neck and jab him..Not to where u hurt him.Just to let him know who is boss. I learned this on Dog Whisper and it works....Good luck
2006-09-16 07:59:19 · answer #5 · answered by sweet_thing_kay04 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Only if you are the only person that is taking care and living with this dog. Otherwise I would say that you are praising the dog for unwanted behavior. So be careful with how you train him or he may and up being very protective of you and a very vicious dog towards all other people. It make him an unsocial dog.
2006-09-16 07:53:44 · answer #6 · answered by Barry G 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People like you should not be allowed to have pets.
You have signed the death warrant for this dog. It is only a matter of time before he bites someone. If it is a family member, you know your parents will not let you keep the dog YOU made vicious anymore. If they take him to animal control no one will adopt him, and if they find out your bringing him in for biting, they'll kill him before your car leaves the parking lot. No one will give him a second chance if he bites someone.
If he bites someone outside your family, I guarantee they'll turn it in the animal control. If you're lucky they'll catch him with a catch pole and haul him off the be quarantined for a few days before they kill him. If you're not lucky they'll shoot him on your property because he'll no doubt attack the AC officer.
Just be sure you get him his rabies shots as required, since if it lapses and he bites someone, they'll cut off his head to test him for rabies.
I hope you are pleased with yourself. You are killing your dog the slow way.
If you "love" your dog, right now, while there is still hope for it, take it to a no-kill animal shelter and tell them what you did to it. Maybe they can find it a home and teach it some decent manners before it has to die for your stupidity.
2006-09-16 08:50:47 · answer #7 · answered by Robin D 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
R u out of ure mind!!! U are making this dog turn aggressive. What if a child comes up to u and the dog and ure dog attacks the child? Is it a good sign then? DO NOT PRAISE URE DOG FOR EVEN THE SLIGHTEST OF GROWLS.
2006-09-17 02:49:51 · answer #8 · answered by Suzanne M 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You might be overdoing it. She needs to learn who else is in your 'pack' and that will probably include your family members. She still might growl at them if they are in a temper but that is ok, as is growling at them going near your stuff when you are elsewhere.
However, one day you might be outside, injured and need a medic to attend you. You can't teach your dog how to handle that in advance, but because they are a LOT brighter than ppl give them credit for, they can work that out for themselves.
Teach your dog to be bright. Start by including members of your family (on their good days)
2006-09-16 08:03:07 · answer #9 · answered by Tertia 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She just has to get used to the people you care about. I know alot of dogs that until they know the person they will try to protect you and often growl. You are not over doing it. Your family also need to respect her space and when she sees you responding warmly to them and they are friendly she will warm up to them sooner or later. Dont try pressuring her into it though. Give her time and she will learn. She wants you to always be safe and when she knows they wont harm you she will like them too. I hope this helps!
2006-09-16 07:51:45 · answer #10 · answered by flower_angel_goddess 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋