My dog has been raised mostly with my mom, brother and I. He only likes my brothers friend kirk. I see all kinds of dogs that are nice to other peope and you can take them out in public, but not my dog. how do i get him to be nicer to other people?
2006-12-19 01:29:07 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Dogs
Some dogs are protective, some breeds of dogs are known for this protective nature. A couple of our dogs hate strangers! They will not go out of there way to attack or anything (one of our big dogs went for a guy who was not invited onto the property) but if invited into our property one of the dogs will circle the person, another will stay away but will keep a very close eye on the person. While yet another one of our dogs will go up and sniff but would rather not be petted, another the pup we do not know what she will do?
I would think if all of your family agrees that you would like your dog more social you need to expose your dog to more people. Of course ALL your family members need to agree on this and want your dog to be more social. We are not the most social people, therefor it is only expected that our dogs are not going to be real social with strangers.
Good luck and parks are a good place to expose your dog to more people....
2006-12-19 01:58:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hey there. You certainly don't have to live with any aggressive behavior from your dog - and you do have a situation that you CAN turn around. There are some very easy methods to use to condition your dog to like other people - using food is a great solution. Have your friends come over and leave great treats outside your door so that they can feed the dog immediately when they come in. Do this a lot in places where your dog is comfortable (taking him out in public may 'flood' your dog, and will be too much for him right now). I've linked below to some good sites that can take you through a step-by-step. Good luck!
2006-12-19 02:54:28 · answer #2 · answered by Misa M 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are various reasons why your dog could do this. Dogs share lots of its characteristics from its close cousin wolf. Even after generations of domestication dogs still like to consider the owner's family as one big pack. It all comes down to what position the dog takes in the pack. If the dog thinks it is the leader of the pack (usually that doesn't happen because it looks up to the one who feeds him and can control him) then he will be more aggressive and protective when it comes to any strangers other than family. If the dog thinks he is lower than everybody in the family it learns to adjust with the other members of the family and who ever you are nice with it tries to please them too.
Protectiveness comes natural for dogs and it is a good thing. It may save your life one day. It is us humans who spoil the dogs by teaching them how not to be protective and be social with everyone. Dogs are not meant to be nice to everyone it sees. A smart dog always chooses the right people it think is eligible to enter the house. Trust me they can read people's inner motives better than we do.
To make it short, your dog is just doing what a normal dog is supposed to do. Be happy with your dogs behavior. Isn't that the whole point of having a dog rather than a cat (or a dog that looks like a cat)
2006-12-19 01:51:41 · answer #3 · answered by Jeyan J 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Oh boy..I just went through a very bad ordeal with my dog Hank, sort of like this. How old is your dog? I rescued Hank from a shelter when he was a baby. He was a Husky/Beagal mix. He looked like a Beagal with blue eyes..anyway I noticed the first year of his life he was extremely sweet with other people, particularly children. Then I noticed about a year and a half into his development he started growling at people and was super, super defending of me. Yet sometimes he even growled at me, which upset me a great deal. I noticed he even started to growl at children he did not know, BUT he was still very sweet overall to adults and children he knew prior to turning 1 year and a half. I consulted with a breeder and she told me that dogs really come into their personality at around two. One day Hank started growling and was very aggressive with a 6 year old little girl. I locked him in my friend's study and decided to ship him off to a friend of mine, a person he liked, who had a large yard. To make a long story longer, Hank bit this woman to the bone one day and he bit a neighbor of her's. So he had to be put down because his personality had apparently changed and he was very aggressive.
I can suggest two things: Perhaps some sort of obedience training AND you may want to contact the Dog Whisperer. He has a show on TV and has done a lot in terms of changing the behavior of aggressive/somewhat anti-social dogs. Apparently he has a website you can get information on and if you watch the show he can give you tips on how to deal with dogs that you wish to socialize more. Unfortunately I did not know of this show while Hank was alive or I would have contacted him.
Good luck
2006-12-19 01:39:56 · answer #4 · answered by Suzanne 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
its youre reaction to how you intoduce new people. the dog feeds on the reaction you have or the reaction of the other person. i know how to react to dogs ive walked up and pet many gaurd dogs people where like wow he didnt take youre arm off what did you do. i tell the he expected me to be scaried i wasnt to a dog that means well if we arent gonna fight lets make friends.
2006-12-19 01:33:33 · answer #5 · answered by wofford1257 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If u don't mind spending a couple of bucks, u can put him in some dog training classes! and he is guaranteed to straiten up!
2006-12-20 01:30:15 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
wel they always say that if a dog doesnt like someone that mean that they are bad people
2006-12-19 01:51:06 · answer #7 · answered by heyyall 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IF HE SEEN THEM EVERYDAY EVERTHING WOULD BE FINE
2006-12-19 02:09:55 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋