My labrador is 3 years old and well socialised with people and other dogs. He gets on fine with most dogs and plays well with them but he feels he has to assert his dominance against other younger labradors of about 1 year old. He will normally smell them up first then roughs them up - the other dog submits but mine will go on roughing it up till I intervene and pull him off. I think it's more noise than any real damage but not pleasant for the other dog or its owner. I could prevent him from meeting other dogs but in general I think it is very good for dogs to socialise and learn to get on with each other. Any ideas as to how I can stop his bullying behahiour?
2007-02-04 05:05:07 · 11 answers · asked by Jon H 1 in Pets ➔ Dogs
Thats what dogs do... mine does the same, the best way to stop it really is with a water gun or squirt bottle... When your dog starts his dominance act, let him go for a while and then when he gets too rough.. give him a good squirt in the snout and say BE NICE! (or whatever command you like, thats the one I use) it should make him stop for a minute because of the water.. then let the dogs do their thing again, when he gets too rough again correct him with BE NICE! keep using the sqirt bottle to reinforce until you can just give the command BE NICE to make him calm a bit. Basically what this does is teaches him that you are the alpha and you set the boundaries in all dominance issues. By correcting him when he gets too rough you can teach him some self control and define the boundaries of what actions you define as acceptable.
PS If you do this pretty soon you will see him look to you when he starts getting too rough and usually just the remembrance of the negative results that follow his roughness will make him slow down and take it easier on the other dog.
PSS What the person below is suggesting will only lead to worse problems in the future... trust me. Nip this behaviour in the bud NOW before it gets out of hand. Things will only get worse if you restrict your dog from interacting with other dogs, then when you have to introduce your dog to another somewhere down the road he will have no self control and things will really get out of hand. Ignoring a problem doesnt fix it.
2007-02-04 06:22:57 · answer #1 · answered by Kelly + Eternal Universal Energy 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Our springer has always done exactly the same. I've viewed it as a bad fault and would have liked to put him on a retractable lead and wound him in at first signs of a problem if I'd had any say in the matter but is my husband's dog and he's always just pulled him off when it started getting ugly.
Now, our dog is 6 yrs. old and the last little session he had has ruptured his cruciate ligament, he's booked in for a £1,500 op. and my husband is wishing he'd worked on the behaviour. Apparently it's a dog's way of asserting their dominance as pack leader.
One tip I read about is to keep the dog on a long lead and as he gives signs of mounting, pull him away, Alpha roll him on to his back and hold him there for a short while, to assert your own dominance as pack leader. This is what wolves do and it keeps poor pack behaviour in check. Could be a messy business.
Another idea was to have a water bottle and squirt the dog's head as he starts his sheenanigans which should make him stop in his tracks and you say No sternly until he gets the message.
Be a few months yet before we can try any of these with a dog in a plaster cast.
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2007-02-04 06:40:31 · answer #2 · answered by toaster 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think there is no way. Don't let him get in contact with unknown male dogs. I know you want him to socialise, but I was bitten once by a very friendly - to people - dog, a labrador actually, when I tried to break up a fight he had with my own dog. You just say come on, no, or whatever command he knows, and don't let him start these encounters when you know he will start bullying, because sometime the other dog may answer and then there will be a fight.
2007-02-04 05:10:47 · answer #3 · answered by cpinatsi 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I was in this situation not with my dog like that but a Labrador dog towards my Labrador dog when he was about 11 months. A stupid women women let her dog near mine, even though i asked her to put it on the lead, and she said no he's really friendly then the next minute it started snarling and growling at my dog, he then started chasing him and fighting with him , it bit his paw, bit the side of his stomach and bit his head. You won't be able to socialise him. For other dogs and owners sake, I've been in this situation and it isn't very pleasant when you take your dog to the vet crying in pain and full of blood and bite marks.
No doubt about it you should stop him from meeting other dogs, next time it could be damage rather than the noise and i don't think it's fair for other dogs and their owners to witness it.
Please take my advice, hope it helped
PS Until you have witnessed it on your own dog you have different views about others just like my dog did,!
2007-02-04 06:25:54 · answer #4 · answered by Hayley- Lou :) 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Anytime that you take a dog somewhere other than his house he may feel like he need to establish his ground. Even though he has been neutered and the is no Testosterone present in his system he will continue on this way. I have a seven year old male and he has always been that way, no matter what I do nothing seems to make him less aggressive. Its just his personality. Hope someone has a better idea on what to do.
2007-02-04 05:13:44 · answer #5 · answered by Amy R 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you ever watched the Dog Whisperer with Cesar Milan? He really gives a very clear understanding of how dogs think act and behave and shows how to correct the problems. Especially with aggressive or dominant dogs.
2007-02-04 05:54:55 · answer #6 · answered by TritanBear 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He may have a urainary tract infection. This may cause the cat discomfort and they tend to urinate in areas other than their litter box. Try taking him to a vet to get him checked out. Also he may feel uneasy (maybe about a recent move, or even rearanging the house) and this can cause cats to urinate in strange places too. In any even you still will want to take your kitty to a vet and make sure he's not in pain. Good luck! On another note, If your closet smells a certin way, for instance you throw all your dirty clothes in ther, he may be urinating because of a specific smell. Try using urinater elimonator and then spaying your closet floor down with frebreeze! Cats are odd creatures!
2016-03-29 04:34:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take him to training classes to help yourself control him better.Remember if he hurts someone elses dogs you could get in serious trouble with the authorities!
2007-02-04 10:05:38 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
it's normal for dogs to show who's boss,as you say no blood or damage so don't worry....dogs are pack animals so order needs to be laid down...it's good for the young uns to have respect
2007-02-04 05:10:18 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
he is just showing the younger dog who is boss thats all.
my 6year old black lad still does it and i dont think he will stop doing it even when he is old and grey!!!!
2007-02-07 01:54:26 · answer #10 · answered by lucyjake3 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋