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Maisey Member  Posts: 309 |
posted 08-17-2003 09:05 AM
  
My Catahoula X pup is now 8 months old, has had basic obedience. I am in the process of finding an obedience trainer to work with on higher levels, but haven't found one yet. I am a little concerned about his behavior lately with strangers. I knew when I got him that he would get more protective as he grew older, and would most likely be stranger wary, thats not what bothers me. Yesterday we went to the beach and took the dogs, they had a blast. I had Witt on a leash, but hooked it to my truck while I was helping my daughter. He saw a lady walking past and when he took off the leash came unhooked. He ran straight up to her wagging his tail and wiggling, but when he got to her his demeanor changed. He assumed that threatening stance and was barking at her in a threatening way. I had already yelled for him and was running to get him, he turned and came to me. It all happened quickly, I had yelled before he actually got to her, but he went all the way to her did the barking and then turned to return to me. This has happened a couple times in our yard, he will run to the fence excitedly but turn very protective once there. I understand it in our own yard...in his mind it is his to protect. When on a leash, he is SOO well behaved and never acts aggressive to anyone. This is a dog who has had ALOT of socialization, I have worked hard on that and take him everywhere with me. I will be taking him to a trainer to work through this off leash problem but I wondered if any of you had any experience with this or suggestions??? IP: Logged |
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1Dog3Cats Member Posts: 52 |
posted 08-17-2003 09:40 AM
Maisey, Sorry, I don't have a concrete answer for you. Here is a link, to several well written articles on dog aggression. http://www.uwsp.edu/psych/dog/libr Here is the site for a list of great Trainers. http://www.apdt.com/trainers-and-owners/trainer-search/choosing-a-trainer.htm IP: Logged |
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Lucky Member Posts: 48 |
posted 08-17-2003 11:28 AM
I wish I had some answers for you. It is such a hard thing to deal with - especially when it comes out of the blue like that. All I know is that I've known several dogs who start to become stranger aggressive at about 8-9 months. I have no idea why that is. Could it be a teen-age thing...pressing boundaries?? I'm sure that further obedience training will solve the problem and I also suspect that the combination of training and 'growing up' will also help. (Although - to be perfectly honest - I also have a friend whose dog never got over this stage even though he got to the highest level in obedience training. She said she just had to be very aware of his behavior and keep him under strict control at all times. My friend thought that the problem was he was separated from his mother before 8 weeks.) Please let us know how it's going - I think it is a common problem! IP: Logged |
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Maisey Member Posts: 309 |
posted 08-18-2003 12:54 PM
Thanks you two...just to update, I finally found a trainer, one that was reccomended by my Flyball Captain. She specializes in aggression. She said it sounded to her like this would be pretty simple to alter and that it isn't so much an aggression issue at this point. If left unattended it would become one, but at this point he needs direction and I need to learn how to read his more subtle body language. I can do that! IP: Logged |
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