Have you written an article on aggression?

I have written an article on corrections - You may want to read it The Theory Of Corrections in Dog Training.



This subject is very complicated. It isn’t that easy to understand because there are many things that come into play. Dogs will become dominant because of genetic and/or environmental issues. For example:

• If several dogs are allowed to live together and not kenneled separately, they will “pack up.” When this happens the dogs develop a packing order and dominance becomes a major part of their life. This can have tragic results, such as in the Sabina Davidson Rottweiler Murder case.


• Many dogs can live a normal life and never become dominant no matter what living condition they are put in. On the other hand a family dog that is genetically disposed can live in a one dog family and become dominant if it is allowed to sleep in the same bed with the owner and is fed from the table.

To understand dominance, one needs to study pack behavior. To anticipate dominance one needs to recognize pack behavior. No matter what, when it all boils down to the bottom of the pot, our 4 legged friends are pack animals. They inherited pack instincts and live by pack rules.



If you go to the article section of my web site, you will find over 200 training articles. There are 2 articles, titled Dealing With the Dominant Dog and Dealing With the Overly Aggressive Dog. You can also find articles on The Drives of Protection Training.



To fully understand what is going on with a dominant dog, there are a lot of things you need to know. Reading these articles is a good start.