August 10, 2011
My kids are in 4H with their 3 year old dogs. Last year one of them was bitten by another dog and now she’s aggressive. The volunteers at dog practice think a
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My son and daughter train 3 year old border collies for 4-h they are starting their 3rd year. The dogs are from the same litter. My son has the female Ruby and my daughter has the male Zeke. Last year Ruby got bite by another dog and she has been dog aggressive ever since. Once she starts this behavior then Zeke also becomes aggressive. The volunteers at dog practice feel exposing them to the other dogs during a meet and greet exercise will help where my children need to correct their dogs behavior. I'm not sure this is best and would like to know what we should do. 
Cindy's Answer:
The last thing a dog aggressive dog should do is be exposed to other dogs in a close contact setting, especially when being handled by kids.
These dogs need rules, leadership and more training away from this environment. Start with our groundwork program and Pack Structure for the Family Pet.
I’d also recommend Dealing with Dominant & Aggressive Dogs.
Trying to fix dog aggression by letting them "meet & greet" other dogs is extremely dangerous and I would HIGHLY recommend you intervene before someone gets hurt.
Here is a section on preventing dog bites in kids.
I was a 4H instructor in the past and I would not allow this kind of handling with the dogs that my kids had. I actually made a few parents angry when I would not let certain aggressive dogs participate. I referred them to someone who could work with them one on one. Dogs need to be trained AWAY from other dogs first, before you can tackle this problem around other dogs.
We also have a number of eBooks, which include topics that may help you.
This is NOT a problem that should be handled by 4H volunteers or children.
Cindy Rhodes
These dogs need rules, leadership and more training away from this environment. Start with our groundwork program and Pack Structure for the Family Pet.
I’d also recommend Dealing with Dominant & Aggressive Dogs.
Trying to fix dog aggression by letting them "meet & greet" other dogs is extremely dangerous and I would HIGHLY recommend you intervene before someone gets hurt.
Here is a section on preventing dog bites in kids.
I was a 4H instructor in the past and I would not allow this kind of handling with the dogs that my kids had. I actually made a few parents angry when I would not let certain aggressive dogs participate. I referred them to someone who could work with them one on one. Dogs need to be trained AWAY from other dogs first, before you can tackle this problem around other dogs.
We also have a number of eBooks, which include topics that may help you.
This is NOT a problem that should be handled by 4H volunteers or children.
Cindy Rhodes
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