Pain induced, over correction, unfair correction, rank, I'll add another one, redirected aggression. The dog was frustrated at not being able to get to the window. A couple of my dogs sometimes go at it at the back fence when they are rasing hell with someone ore something in the field. When the stimulation is gone, everyone is fine again. Would you people put this in a seperate class?

While i am certainly not in some of these other guys & gals catagory, lets see if i got this straight,
this is a 1yr old apb female, dont know much about this breed but i understand they can be pretty tough customers.
you just started basic ob with her a few months ago. Why so late?
She used to sleep in your bedroom until recently.
I'm guessing there were a few other things she was alowed to get away with until recently.
While i may be wrong here goes.
Females can be dominant, although not as often as males. Up until recently she thought she was equal (sleeping with you ect.) to you, then you went and changed the rules on her. Put a p collar on her and started making her FOLLOW you and your instructions. She is 1 yr now and is starting to show some I repeat some adult attitude, to my way of thinking tho the correction may have been a little harsh (dont know wasnt there)i guess i would advocate tough love at this point. Use the ob to control her as you have been doing, when she breaks, back her up and make her do it again & again & again until she stays put. I would be very careful about using physical corrections on her until you have establish CLEARLY through strict control and rules that YOU are alph, her place is below you. As to the bed isue, by a child gate and put it up at your bedroom door, or close the door. If she trys to get back there bring her out to her crate or bed and put her in sit or down and praise the heck out of her. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

If this was a full attack I think there would have been a more serious bite. I've heard that pitts tend to be sensitive to their handlers. Add female, add 12 months old, add some possible shaky obedience, add little obstinance from the dog to put her mouth on Stoner and. . . .

OUCH!

Bottom line, how about picking up with some good obedeince in the next few weeks and crate training. Work on the obedience and then begin to add distractions with correction. See what happens and how the dog reacts, you will get a clearer picture of the dog's temperament and where you went wrong.

I'm with VanCamp 100% on this one.

Chuck, I get the feeling, when you speak of excusing the dog's behavior, you might be referring to me? On the contrary, I'm only attempting to point out how a handler's error in judgement can lead to such problems in the first place. Remember, there are two ends to every leash.

But, if there is a dominate problem then you will have to take action, including the PRONG THE HELL OUTTA THAT DOG measures. So I'm glad you agree L.

I would definitely take action if that were the case.

LSwanston,

Yes and no. You're probably not saying excuse the dog, I think you may give that impression though. Your not the only one I feel may be giving this vibe. Then again, I seem to be the only one saying this so don't let it bug you too much. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

I'll say this only one more time then I'll stop because I am repeating myself. Yes, of course finding the root of the problem is the first step to a solution. In the mean time though, if (and that is a BIG if)the dog shows aggression it needs to be dealt with head on. While we are busy finding the "root", the dog may have bitten 3 more times. I think we are talking about 2 different things. I'm talking specifics and most everyone else is talking more general. Fix the environment, learn how to be fair with corrections, make sure the collar is on properly(avoiding a pain induced responce), and ALWAYS use the lowest level correction to achieve the desired results. If all these things are followed, and the dog still showed this kind of aggression.....that's what I am talking about.

BAM Chuckie!