David I would get that in check quickly. I'm gonna let some one else handle why he doing this.

I will suggest how to stop it and it must be stopped if he to growup to be a stable dog to be around.

Its only toward women and it doesn't matter if he knows them or not? I'd leave a lease on him and at the 1st sign of him flaring up pop him, tell him, "No!" he needs to know that this is not appropiate behavior.

I'd also setup sessions were these women stood by and toss him weiner or dog buiscuts. Then eventually pat him to let him see everythings is ok. This should take a couple of days or even a month pending his reactions to the ladies interaction with him. You need to have him on lease and monitor his actions reinforcing good behavior with praise and admondishing poor behavoir with change.

You have to show him at 9 months whats acceptable and whats not.

HEllo

i just wanted to add to this thread while i have no experience what so ever with protection trained dogs, I have on the other hand whitnessed a dog become violent twice in my life when it felt its owner was being threatened or hurt. BOTH occasions the dog knew the attacker. First occasion was when i was younger and i had witnessed a couple getting into a an argument in public they started shoving each other and in the messs the womens pet siberian huskey got invloved and actually began to bite the mans arm. The second time i had seen something happen which was more recent was a fight between two brothers actually! both became violent with each other and the dog (large mutt)attacked the one brother that was not the owner. I am not sure if dogs are just more confidant around people they know and might run away if they think their life is in danger of if they think the person is a big threat to them? it just gets kinda confusing i think it must all depend on the situation? i mean some dogs might not defend you from a human but will defend you from another dog or animal and vice versa right? Someone would have to be pretty stupid to risk getting ripped up by attacking someone with a large powerful dog. those teeth and that bite YIKES LOL

oh yeah id just like to add that BOTH these dogs were friendly dogs and allowe people to pet them etc... actually my one friends dog is Extremly friendly and gentle (compared to my annoying mouthy pushy bully brat lol) Id just like to add another thing i remember while i did not wintess it i did hear about it this involved a weak nerved chow mutt that attacked friends bfs face because it felt threatened. THIS dog i think was just attacking out of fear and not protectiveness but that brings another thing to question a lot of fear biters will nail or do some damage to a person b4 they run off and slink away and i mean whos gonna wanna deal with that? (sadly this dog is now put to sleep <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> ) lots of weak nerved fearful dogs out there

Steve I don't know what to think about your comment, its not the same thing. I'll agree that dogs do sometimes interven in domestic conflicts where a dog may grabs an arm or growls and get between two family members or nips the the family members being aggressive or attacking its owner. It is an defense but its not an attack/defense that a protection dog would use.

A fear bitter as U mentioned couldn't be counted on to defend against anyone.

In an encounter with a protection dog the subject is controlled and dominated, the bite is firm and vicious usually it continues until the subject stands still/stops moving (and who but the trained can do this if a dogs bittng you) or the dog is ordered to out.


Its like comparing a 1st grade school yard fight and a professional UFC fight, you are sure one these groups guys knows what they are doing.

Most protection dogs will alert on a stranger a lot quicker then a family memember, there is a courage factor they really go after strangers faster but if command they will bite or act aggressive toward all but the closest family memember.

My dogs will defend against another dog or human.
The GSD is not very doggy but he won't let a growling dog get close to me. Where as if the dogs barking at him he may ignore it pending the threat level.

The female Rottie/pitt will go get a growling dog if it looks at me.