How do I train my 3 year old female dog to not be so aggressive towards other dogs?

Question

She's so sweet to people... completely calm, relaxed, great with kids. But with other dogs, she is very aggressive. How do you stop this?

Answer 1

I have a four year old little dog that acts the same way.

I've been told the only thing I can do is to take her to obedience training.

Answer 2

You have a 3 year old dog and you have no control over it? Her nature toward people is calm and relaxed....so you got lucky on that one...but this aggressive behavior toward other animals will not prevent your dog from biting a person who may get in between her and another animal. Take your dog to a professional training facility where you will be trained to handle the dog either during the program or at the end of the program...my suggestion is a program where she is left at the facility...so she will have more opportunities to have distraction training with other animals
around. Good luck...3 years old is harder to train for she already has very horribly bad habits. This will be costly, but worth the investment...It would take maybe 2 or 3 months to just train your dog so that you can stay in control of her. Her desire will not change to attack other animals...but her obedience and love for you will keep her at bay!

Answer 3

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A friend recommened it to me a few years ago, and I was amazed how quickly it worked, which is why I recommend it to others. The dog training academy also has as an excellent home training course.

Answer 4

I also had a dog, Virgi, a German Shepard that was great with people but aggressive with other dogs. It took alot of patience and most importantly, consistentcy. Animals are creatures of habit so the first thing is to break the habit. I started by walking him by other dogs always on leash ( other dogs also) never letting him get close enough to touch for safety reasons of course. When he would act up, I stopped walking, repremanded with one-word commands, NO! this went on for about three months. When he would walk by them and not act up, I would stop walking and reward him with praise and a small, healthy treat (carrots). The next step was to let me get a little closer and repeat the training. Good behavior gets praise, bad gets repremand. This also had taken a while but that is why it is important not to get frustrated and give up. It took them a while to get that way, it will take a while to break it. I know you love your dog otherwise you would not have been looking for advise. This worked for Virgil and I, he turned out to be a great dog around all animals even cats.

Answer 5

OK! This is Most effective, the more socializing the better, when she starts to get aggressive Pull Back on the leash (just a little, Not enough to hurt) and tell her No firmly if she doesn't stop go in front of her and grab onto her mussle and tell her No again and keep doing this until she uderstands what your wanting from her . Everytime you take her out you must do this if she gets aggressive and you do need to keep taking her around other dog's atleast until she's learned this then you can lessen the socializing but never the lesson. Repetition is the only way.

Answer 6

I am having ths same problem with my three your old dog and the only thing that's been working for us is taking her to a professional trainer who specializes in behavior issues. You want to make sure that you are dealing with the situation in the proper manner or it could escalate to a dangerous problem. Ask your vet or contact your local humane society for references to trainers in your area.

PS: Sorry for all the people who are making it sound like it is your fault that the dog is like this. Being a responsible per owner with the same issue, I understand and sympathize. It's something that truly breaks my heart and I feel like a "bad mom" but there is something going on with my dog that I simply don't undertand and that's why I have taken the step to work with a professional who understands dogs better than the average dog owner would. A dog's behavior is not always the owner's fault.

Good luck!

Answer 7

Ha ha. I have the same problem. I work at a rescue, where we rescue all animals, including dogs. We have a large enclosed area, where all the dogs play together. My dog will go in amongst up to 14 other dogs, and will growl and put her hackles up! When I walk her she does the same when she see's another dog. Take her to dog training. The main point I am making by this, is that she will learn to be on a lead, around other dogs, and she will learn to socialise and not be grumpy. My dog is exactly the same as yours. 3 year old female softy with people and kids, very loving, just a small nightmare with other dogs!

Answer 8

I have had 3 male dogs already, and they do tend to be very aggressive and ta time even seem to have an evil look in their eyes. But this does seem natural for dogs. The thing though is, when my dogs see other k9s, they bark, become very restless (and I mean, they'd try everything, just to chase that dog) when they are inside their territory, I does seem that dogs, both male and female leave marks on their territory, and when you take your dog for a walk, they'd also piss around and poop around, this is to leave a mark on lands, which is like staking claims to the territories, so usually, the dogs in those places would be very hostile to your dog. It natural, and you can't remove that from them, no matter how much training you give it.

Answer 9

I also have a 3-year old female dog who is the EXACT same way!! Unfortunately, there's nothing you can really do. We took her to an amazing trainer and he told us it's just the type of personality that the dog has. Apparently she's an Alpha (dominant) dog and will not back down to anyone. My dog is only 15 pounds, but I'm pretty sure she has no concept of how large she really is. She recently fought off a pitbull that was off leash and attacked her.
Although you can't stop it, just be careful when taking her on walks. Make sure she's on a short leash and if she's small enough, just pick her up if she's she's acting up towards other dogs as she walks by.

Answer 10

Your dog is probably not used to being around other dogs. First, make sure she gets to spend time around other pooches like her. Dogs are social animals like people and need social interaction, just like people, too, which brings us to another point. You may be part of the problem, as well. Watch yourself with other dogs. Do you give them the opportunity to jump on you and leave their smelly spit on you for your dog to smell. She may be a jealous dog and just does not want to share you.

Our little Annie has been very aggressive around other dogs. One day this summer my wife and I went to a "dog park" for some birthday celebrations. Annie was amazing! She was not aggressive nor the other dogs (about 30 all together)either. We all let our dogs off leash so they could move around among everyone freely. Annie just went around smelling butt like all the others and now and again they would give each other kisses on the spout.

These are just some ideas. I have no idea what is going through your dogs head and these could be way off base. Good luck though.

Regards
Jon

Answer 11

Dear Erin D,
I am a dog expert i have 5 dogs.I have also worked for several pet shelters and we train the dogs by putting them with other dogs in a small place.Then what we would do is put your dog on a leash and the other dog on a leash. And every few minutes we would move them closer and closer and if they started to bark then we would pull on there leash. And then once they get nose close and dont bark then try it again from the begining if it works then the dogs wouldnt bark at each other but if they do.Then all you have to do is try it again until they get it!!