Originally posted by Butch Crabtree: Wish you could find a elderly person or couple without children visiting for your dogs to live. No offense Butch, but this is a dream. You can't place a dog with ANYONE and expect that they don't come into contact with kids, no matter what their age is.
While I don't think the dog automatically needs to be put down from reading a post on the internet, I do think with a dog with a bite history if the dog needs to leave your home, it should be put down. That being said, so far that does not seem to be the case. I wish you luck in dealing with this.
Just for the record...there has not been a problem since she has been removed from situations with strange children. So instead of getting your water bottle go for a stiff drink and while your doing that, think of giving me a way to make the dog understand what she is doing is wrong..... :rolleyes:
Something that just hit me after rereading your original post. The dog is two years old. Most issues happen between 18-24 mos. The dog is now mature. Things that it was testing all its life it now has the maturity to back it up. Very subtle things. Such as the dog is eating you walk by. The dog lets out a very low growl you don't even hear it. You continue by. In the dogs mind you were coming to take its food. It scared you away.
It means this could be a simple dominance issue. The problem with the kids could as the alpha she didn't say they could come near her. She didn't say they could come into the house...
So she did what an alpha would do and warned them(nip) not to mess with her. Hard to diagnose on the internet. I still have my reservations.
Is there a dog trainer in your area, a professional?
I'm sure this could be corrected by an E-collar or prong, etc. This thing is just easier to correct when they're young. Once they're imprinted psychologically it's much harder. A pro might be able to curve this. If they can't I'm sure we'll read it on the next post or two.
Main thing that's good is the JRT is not a killer unless there's a very small child around there shouldn't be a problem. BUT as people have mentioned you can't always keep people away from the dog. If you had a Rott or something it might be different. Try to keep it away from others until this can be resolved.
I would say take it to a professional. Finding someone that can correct aggressive behavior is much easier to find that a good trainer to make it aggressive. Just my opinion . . .
I hate to generalize about different dog breeds, it offends people but I don't think the Jack Russel is exactly a time bomb.
Sorry Brad, go back to reading your books. :rolleyes: Pronging and ecollaring the dog is not the way to solve this. You can cause more damage that way.
Yes, a JRT may not kill a kid, but they can do serious damage to a kid's face. Not to mention what it does to that kid so far as trusting dogs for the rest of their life.
I am not saying that my dog does not mean to inflict harm but how come she never leaves a mark when she bites? (not that she won't) <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />
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