Aggression Q&As

Dear Cindy, I have a two year old, intact male Labrador Retriever (Tucker) who is displaying dominant and aggressive behavior toward other male dogs. Not all male dogs but most. This behavior first showed signs with mounting at 10/11months, he finally stopped because of the training/correction or his hormone's leveling-out I am not sure. It then manifested to the current behavior; he becomes hyper vigilante when he sees another dog, if he obeys the "leave it and Look" command and a...

Ed How are things in Menomonie? I've got some dog issue questions I need to run by you. First off, yeah, I'm a dumbass, I should not have 4 dogs together, 2 beagles, lab and a gsd. But, the damage is done, and I need to figure out how to fix it. We've had the gsd for probably 4 yrs, she came from a humane society in Redwing, nice looking dog, healthy, good temperament, never been aggressive except towards cats and a skunk that got in the Kennel (really dumb for the skunk, huge mess?)...

I came across your website while researching information on dog on dog aggression, and hope you can help me! My husband and I have female two dogs -- a 9-1/2 year old mutt and an almost 5-year old lab mix. The lab mix (Koda) was raised in the house with the older dog (Sadie), and both dogs were spayed as puppies. Sadie has always been very submissive, while we realized very early on that Koda has a very dominant personality. While training Koda as a puppy we've taken steps to ensure that ...

Hello, I am emailing with pics of a bite from my 7 month old GSD female. She was going after my yorkie and I had her leash thankfully but she turned and bit me instead. Of course I was glad it was me and not my yorkie. She has been after them lately, what can I do? I have been establishing the pack structure. Its not perfect yet but its a whole lot better than when I first got her. Only had her a couple of months. I keep her in her crate when she is not on my leash by my sid...

Hi Ed and Cindy: I am writing you for any information and advice you can give me regarding one of our dogs. We have 3 dogs; (Polo), a 6 year old male American white shepherd, (Bella), a 5 month old female lab/shepherd mix, and (Riley), a 4-1/2 year old female australian shepherd/cattledog mix. We got the puppy at 9 weeks old in June, and previous to that we had a 16 year old female black lab/shepherd mix. They are all spayed/neutered except the puppy which will be spayed on ...

I have searched the web site for specifics regarding our dilemma and could not find any similar. Please read and give me direction... We have a 3 year old boxer (female, fixed) and a 2 year old bulldog (female, not fixed) both have aggressive personalities and it use to be that everytime the bulldog goes into heat the two fight. Lately they are out of control and fighting constantly and our bulldog is not going into heat for 3 months, so we can't blame hormones. Our boxer attack...

1) I have an Australian Shepherd 'rescue dog' really was abused. Previous owner's grandparents took the dog when he was not home and took it to a shelter because of how poorly he was treated. When I got him, he was 1 year old. 10lbs under-weight, worms, matted and had been tied to a tree by himself in a yard ? took a good six months before we could have him around any men with facial hair at all (previous owner was a large man with a beard). He is also an in-bred blue merle. Fo...

I have been reading the question and answer section as long as I can tolerate sitting here. I am sorry to bother you, I recently had back surgery and cant sit here any longer. I have 2 dogs, 5 year old mushball of a Boxer and a young 1 year old American Bulldogg. I keep my dogs sleeping in a crate at night. During the day they are out on our 2 acres to run freely. They are contained with the Invisible Fence system. They are very people friendly. Problem is keeping a neighbor dog ou...

I have been reading your website tonight and was hoping that you could assist me with a problem we have with our two labs. The golden lab is 5 yrs old and the chocolate lab is 3 yrs old. Over the last year they have been fighting viscously on and off however over the last month it has become more frequent. The chocolate is becoming possessive of my husband and I, and she attacks the gold when she feels the gold is overstepping the mark (ie. steps forward before she does). I have read abou...

Thank you so much for all the time you have put into getting this information together! It has been a relief for me to read it and know that there are many other dogs & owners out there dealing with this issue. Here's my story and question. I have a 2 year old American Staffordshire, Gus. Gus grew up in a house with 2 other dogs and 3 cats until he was six months old. Then I got married and moved out of that house into the mountains which is very secluded. There was no animals for ...

Hello Mr. Frawley: I appreciate the time and effort you put into helping dog owners. You and your website are the first resource I go to when I have a dog question. Now that I have "buttered you up" I'll ask my question. Background: I own two dogs (5 year old male GSD, 6 year old male black lab). Neither dog is neutered. They have lived together peacefully in the same 10'x20' kennel for the last 4 years with daily exercise (approx. 30 minutes) in our yard. Problem...

Dear Ed, I am going to pray you read this and answer me. I have 2 dogs that have begun fighting and we are at the end of our rope. We know we need professional help, we know that we have made the mistakes that have lead up to this. I have 4 children ages 2, 5, 9, and 12 they all love our dogs, as my husband and I do as well. We have a 4 and ? year old terrier chow mix and a 3 and1/2 year old pit boxer mix. They lived peacefully together until Jan 16, 07. That was their first fight....

I have reviewed your web site and hope you could share your insight and opinion about our ability to positively resolve this situation. I have a 12 month Brittany who was one of 2 puppies (both male) in a litter I bred. Parents and grandparents had good temperaments. We compete in field trials which require 2 dogs to be turned loose together and search for birds in 30 minutes to 1 hr braces. I have 6 dogs who are all house pets; 1 female (the puppy's mother), a 13 year old neutered...

We have a problem with our 15-week old female GSD - or should I say, she has a problem with our neighbors pit bulls. Our little girl is a solid, stable, dream of a dog. She has displayed very sound temperament and good nerves from day one. However, I worry about negative effects from our neighbors pit bulls. We share our back fence with them, and at any given time, at lease one of their FOUR pit bulls is in the yard. We have never liked these dogs, as we were told horror stories about the...

My name is Justin and I've been a longtime customer of Leerburg.com. I'm hoping that my dedication to the site and your products will tempt you to give me a little personalized assistance with my Rottweiler. I have a pure breed German 5yr old neutered male Rottweiler with dog aggression issues. I have purchased and studied Basic Dog Obedience, Dealing with Dom/Aggr Dogs and E Collar Training as well as most of the training equipment you recommend and have put them to great use. I...

Hi Ed, I found your site online and I wish I found it earlier. After reading some of your site I realize I didn't know the importance about properly training dogs from the start and it clearly wasn't a smart thing to do when I stuck my hand in the middle of my fighting dogs - but it already happened and I want to try and figure out what to do now. Basically I tried to break my dogs up during a fight that took place indoors, and I was in the middle of them from the get go so...

I write you because my dog attacks other dogs without warning. I've had 2 different trainers revue her and find nothing wrong with her, one trainer specialized in aggressive dogs. My dog doesn't attack all the time, it's extremely random. She gives no warning signs except for some posturing, there is no growling or anything. In fact she is quite silent. Never barks. A huge problem is I'm not strong enough to really pull on the pinch collar enough to do anything useful when she gets into fight...

Hello, I need your expert advice in regard to one of my dogs (who is a 4 yr old male rottweiler) a few months ago my mother was walking him in an open area in the north of England, He left her side to investigate a german shepard who was been walked by some guy, the investigation became a little hostile and soon turned into a fight. The owner of the German Shepard kicked out at my rottweiler in response my dog bit his leg. Later we found out that the dog walker was an off d...

I'm about to delve into some problem solving with a client's S&R dog. This particular dog has a great deal of talent and truly excels at his work. One problem though. He is aggressive to other dogs on the search. Do any of your materials address this issue? He is 3 yrs old and intact. Susan

Hello my name is Alicia and I raise boxers, And I have a question for you. I have a female boxer that is aggressive towards my other boxers and does not want to go anywhere near them and if they come toward her she will fight them. What can I do to help her? or to help her join the pack. Thanks, Alicia