I purchased a prong collar and one of your DVDs. Everything went well but now my dog bit another dog (again). I'm worried about future attacks. Can you give me any new advice?

Hello Mr. Frawley,



Thank you for all the advice you provided a few months back. We did get the dog back from the pound after the biting incident and got a crate, a prong collar, your training video and one of the books on your web site. We have been training him, but my husband feels the prong collar is cruel and makes the training sessions with it difficult because he says 'I use excessive force on the poor bastard," I think not. He behaves a lot better after a training session with the prong collar. Now, since he bit my nephew, this dog bit a solicitor who opened our gate and came to the door (that gate now has a padlock), the man walked in even though I have a big 'Beware of Dog' red sign. I thought this was bad, but this man did trespass on the property.



This was about 4 months ago and there had been no other incidents since then until last night. My husband likes to put on roller blades and run with the dog (the dog on a leash, of course) even though I've told him this seems negligent to me (I feel like he has no control over the dog and he could fall and get hurt). There is a couple on the path where we normally walk/roller blade with a mean cocker spaniel who always barks and launches at our dog and he is ALWAYS OFF a leash. When I've seen this, I scare the little dog away, but last night my husband went out with the dog by himself. Per my husbands account, the spaniel ran about a 100 ft at full throttle at our dog and the little dog try to bite our dog on one of his front legs. Our dog grabbed the spaniel by the neck and started shaking him like a rag doll. My husband had to hit him on the head to make him let go of the dog. The owners didn't try to do ANYTHING, they just stood there watching and hugging each other. My husband fell down trying to separate them (because he was on roller blades). After the whole thing was over, the spaniels owners picked up their dog, said it was OK and walked away carrying him in their arms.



I am concerned about 1) possible legal repercussions to us because of this; 2) the repeated aggressive behavior of our dog; 3) getting in serious trouble further down the line. My husband thinks the dog just did what was natural to him and defended himself. I've told him many times he (my husband) has to make sure no dogs get near our dog, but he doesn't seem to get it. Should this dog be put down? I'm worried about future attacks. Can you please provide any advise?