I am looking to get a couple muzzles to have on hand when I breed my shepherd later this year. The 2 dogs are a little dog aggressive. The male more than the female but the female has her moments with certain dogs. I am looking at the Plastic one Leerburg sells. Both dogs have 4" long muzzles and 11" circumference and 11 1/4 circumference. I am not sure which size to get since there is not one with the measurements of my dog? Vet said I might want to consider a muzzle and to buy it early to get them use to it before breeding the dogs so they get use to it. He said it is better to be prepared than not even if they don't need them.
I forget the percentage but dog aggression is hereditary.
You have some dogs that are aggressive from day one and others that have had incidents or not socialized enough into the world ( if U will) but I don't like that in a dog..JMO
My dog is only aggressive to other dogs when they come in my yard, especially when my kids are outside. I can take her anywhere else outside of our home and she is fine no aggression shown. In the Vet waiting room where there are several dogs possibly there she just lays down and doesn't bother them. The other dog is basically the same way but the owner enforces it more because he lives on a farm with free ranging chickens and he had some incidents of coyotes and wild dogs getting them. So they are really not dog aggressive per se only in certain situations and I am glad my dog is that way even though she is locked behind a 6 foot fence on a 1 acre lot. She has never got into a fight. So maybe I worded it wrong in the post above but the muzzle is just in case they get to mouthy with each other. If my dog had any aggression fault I would not breed her and my vet would also let me know that believe me we have talked at great lengths about breeding her.
OK, I can see that too, my male is not aggressive towards other dogs at all but God forbid one comes in our yard and that would be a very different story, so yours may just be a territorial type of defensive aggression, I can see that.I was not saying yours were by any mean a non breeding pair, I simply from experience seen females that are dog aggressive reproduce that behavior. I don't know for sure that it is passed on, I read it somewhere but I guess we couldn't say that mo matter what you are not going to get a dog aggressive pup to be dog later on no matter what the genetic are..
Some people forget that strange canines coming into our yard is also the same to us as a strange human lurking in.
I think you using the muzzle might be a good precaution , but sometimes that may alter their interest too ,especially if they have never worn a muzzle in the past, either way I hope it all works out for and you get a nice healthy litter
I wish you good luck!
Good looking dog Angelique. The muzzles are only going to be used if there are any aggression signs between the dogs and hopefully I will not have to use them. I also through discussion on here I have decided that are dogs are going to meet on neutral ground coming up possibly this weekend and see how are dogs react to each other. Thanks For all the replies.
IMO, it's ALWAYS a good idea to get your dog used to a muzzle; whether it's a vet situation, a breeding situation,a training situation, or a socialization situation (in which you don't want everyone and their brother to approach and ask "does he/she bite?"), habituating a large/protective-breed dog to wearing a muzzle is never a bad idea.
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