i dident realy want to get my dog fixed yet but the new trainer i went to said i realy should he is 9 months old and i was hopeing that anyonne who has followed any of my other posts would reply to this from what i have read this will not make his problems go away

http://leerburg.com/pdf/neutering.pdf

this helped me..

Michael - What reasons did your trainer give? Do you feel they were qualified to make that suggestion?

she said it would calm him down his main problem is fear agression she is from paw it forward she has a website and lists all her qualifactions on her site .i would also like to add he is a cane corso that is just a family pet I'm not going to be working the dog for any sports or anything like that

So from the website information

http://www.animalbehaviorcollege.com/curriculum.asp

This is what she knows by classes she has taken? It's a study from home thing so there is no practical exam from what i can tell.

http://www.pawitforwardllc.com/about-me.html

I don't see any experience where she has trained a competition dog or any dogs for that matter so personally I would question her experience or expertise on matters extending beyond how to use a clicker properly.

I mean you've met this person and this is YOUR DOG. You can either take the advice you're given by this trainer or dismiss it. Once you neuter a dog you can't exactly take it back so what does your gut tell you to do?

For cripes sake, this "trainer" has so little experience that they've list the books that they've read on their resume page - how sad is that?!?
I hope that you didn't actually spend money on this "wannabe" dog "trainer", you just pissed your cash away for nothing if you did.

I have said this many times in the past - a good trainer lists his titles, in various venues, for his experience.

When a trainer *doesn't* have any titles, they're forced to list their membership in various bogus organizations like the APDT, which are basically BS sites that impress pet owners that don't know any better.
I can't think of one serious trainer that would list something like the "Animal Behavior College" or the APDT, they'd be laughed out of business by anyone that had a clue.

I have had two or three people phone me this month (must be train your PITA month!) and ask me if I was a certified trainer and with what organization. I said 'no and I don't do training'.'Nor do I put credance in certificates'. Somehow many people truely think APDT or whichever is going to mean something.


To the OPs question on neutering.
IMHO it will take some of the edge off of him and perhaps help him use his big head for thinking. Depending on his drive you may get a marked help. I have had dogs that didn't seem the least different and others that could stop and think before acting like a ninny.
Also a thought to me is...a dog that is 9 months old may act fearful at times and just be going through a phase that he will outgrow. Pressing his fear may make it worse before it gets better. I would think that working on his general obedience and redirecting him would do a great deal to helping him.

The single Cane I have worked with went through a huge fear stage at 8-10 months. Her trouble (for her owner) was that she would react to something on a walk (a blowing tarp) and jump back to the owner, jump on them and BITE their arms. So I took her for a week to see what she was doing. I did NOT think this dog was being AGGRESSIVE. Sure enough. She would react to something and race to me for a "mommy check". I had a tug with me and stuck it out for her to 'carry' til she calmed down. Couple days work and she learned that her security check with her mouth was HURTING her owner. Because this Cane has such a hard mouth she hurt.

I had a Bullmastiff bitch go through similar issues (which is how I thought of it with the Cane) but thankfully with a much softer mouth...so it was easier to see what was going on for the dog.....checking with the leader to feel safe.

Probably neither here nor there with your issue but since you have had a assortment of issues with this dog it seems like you need to get a valid assessment of the pair of you....perhaps from a variety of trainers/behaviorists. You need someone to see how he reacts and you react to him.

Being a member of the BBB is like an education right?

Maybe someone can suggest a group up in New York for him to work with?

Michael, did you have any luck with the schutzhund club?

I did not contact them yet I called tmyhe other lady from a recomandation I got from my post looking for a trainer in upstate ny albany area