I have read and read this sight so I hope this is not something that has all ready been covered but need some advise. We have a 16month old AB that about amount ago started attacking our 13yo lab over food, and know goes after for what appears to be no reason. We have had help from a privet trainer in dealing with dominance issues. Well over the past month I have established myself as the alfa. She is obedient trained and very smart. Well over the past month we now have to keep the dog separated most all the time do to the lab is just too dumb to figure that she should avoid the AB or she will be attacked. While at work to night my wife called and said that she was working with the AB on obedience when the lab in the other room started barking out of not being there getting treats too. Well the AB tried to go after the Lab and was stopped by the gate to the other room. At the same time my son came home and opened the door the AB then turned her attention on my son and when after him he shut the door and my wife got the dominance leash on her and my son came in the house but the AB even though was in a down stay keep her hackles up and growled at my son for several minutes. My question is this is this just a phase or a problem we will have to deal with forever. We got the AB do to thinking the lab was about to pass away but that didn’t happen thanks goodness. At what point do you give in and find the dog a new home this is not the option we want we just don’t want to see one of the kids get bit. Our other problem is we have a student from Germany coming to live with for 3 wks and will be here the first of October we don’t want to put him in danger. We do have the trainer scheduled to come back out this week, but she never acts up when she is at the house.
Our oldest son babies her a lot and always have we tell him it has to stop but he doesn’t like being hard on her so she doesn’t respect him as well. We know we created the problem by not raising her right from a pup and stopping this as it started. We now know better.
We love the dog to death but my wife is over her and my oldest son is scared of her. Any advice or suggestions are greatly appreciated. Sorry if this sound like a rant but not sure what to do. It makes it hard to keep peace in the house when you’re always worried about the dogs and it seems to be ruling our lives. We have never had a dominance and or aggression problem with our dogs be for and we have owned rotts with no problems.
Thanks in advance for your help and comments we just want to do the right thing.
David Campbell
Please, while you listen to, read, and order this information, call the best behaviorist you can find and arrange for an immediate visit. If that were my son, I would have him at the eval, but *not* allow him to handle the dog before then.
NO we never let them eat to gether the AB just has to think the other one is getting some thing and she gose off. as fare a my son the AB was in the middle of trying to attack the lab when he walked in and startled her and her attention whent from the lab to him and now he is scared of the AB a trainer has been schedualed.
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a trainer has been scheduled.
That's good.
I would start listening to and reading the links above right away. The more you know, the better equipped you are to understand and contribute to an evaluation by a trainer/behaviorist, and to follow through afterwards.
Well here is an up date we talked with the trainer at her suggestion we have moved the AB crate to the garage and she is in it till we want to take her out to eat bathroom and strech her legs if she is in the house she is to be on lead and pinch coller at all times and only when me or my wife are there to handle her. we are keeping the 2 dogs seperated and not allowing them to see each other. We are going to talk to our kids and tell them the new ground rules, if they are not willing to follow them and learn to be dominatn over her then we will have to give her back to the breader. who is willing to take her. we in no way want to put her down knowing we messed up from the start. The great news is the trainer thinks this can be solved over time and we can have a great family pet. Teenagers WOW
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we have moved the AB crate to the garage and she is in it till we want to take her out to eat bathroom and strech her legs if she is in the house she is to be on lead and pinch coller at all times and only when me or my wife are there to handle her. ....
Were structured exercise and training addressed? The trainer will come to observe and direct this?
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