April 12, 2011
My dog only shows aggression when we tie him up outside, how should I correct this?
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Dearest Cindy,Thank you for providing an excellent resource such as your web site. All of the training tools that you have for sale on it make life very easy. Speaking for thousands of your viewers, we really appreciate you and Ed imparting all of your wisdom onto us. We are truly blessed!
My husband and I own a 15 month old, 80 lb, unneutered rottweiler named Sigma. He is a wonderful dog!... as per many peoples remarks. In addition to being very loving, he is very low in the pack structure, very social and extremely submissive with other dogs?. all by his own natural nature. He is taken on two 45-60 minute walks per day, with an additional third one that is short.
The only time that he displays aggression is as follows: during the day when we are at home Sigma, on occasion, is tied up in the front of our house. He is absolutely fine when people walk by; however, when a dog walks by? he rushes to the end of the cable and starts barking like mad. For a correction, we run outside each time it occurs (usually 2-3 times per day) and sternly tell him ?no? or wheel him in by the cable. But by the time we run to the front of the house, more than 1.5 seconds has passed.
Could you please advise whether we need a bark collar, or to set up the situation with dogs walking by and administer an ?avoidance correction??....
Thank you so much for your continued assistance and support with dog care and training.
Sincerely,
Jennifer
Cindy's Answer:
You could probably use an ecollar and correct him because as you noted, by the time you get outside to correct him it's way too late to make a difference. I'm not a big fan of tying dogs out as it tends to build up this type of frustration and aggression but if you have no choice then I would probably go with the ecollar. IF you can't supervise him outside, then the bark collar would be what I would use as it will correct him every time he barks even if you aren't present.
I'd probably also recommend Dealing w/ Dominant & Aggressive Dogs to give you insight into how to handle any other types of dog aggression should they occur. the fact that he's showing aggression only on when tied out doesn't mean that as he matures this won't become an issue in other areas of your lives as well. typically Rotts are slow maturing and as they grow up you can expect this to surface in other areas. this is normal, but you should know how to handle it.
Cindy
I'd probably also recommend Dealing w/ Dominant & Aggressive Dogs to give you insight into how to handle any other types of dog aggression should they occur. the fact that he's showing aggression only on when tied out doesn't mean that as he matures this won't become an issue in other areas of your lives as well. typically Rotts are slow maturing and as they grow up you can expect this to surface in other areas. this is normal, but you should know how to handle it.
Cindy
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